Professor Phil wishes to study the marital expectations of men and women.
State the independent variable.
State the dependent variable.
Write a statement of the problem.
Write an hypothesis.
How would you operationalize the variables?
What is the level of measurement
How does your text define independent and dependent variable?
What is your statement of the problem?
Independent variable: Gender (male or female)
Dependent variable: Marital expectations
Statement of the problem: The objective of Professor Phil's study is to examine the differences in marital expectations between men and women.
Hypothesis: There is a significant difference in marital expectations between men and women.
To operationalize the variables:
- Gender (independent variable) can be operationalized by categorizing individuals into two groups: male and female.
- Marital expectations (dependent variable) can be operationalized by designing a questionnaire or interview that asks participants about their expectations regarding various aspects of marriage, such as roles, responsibilities, communication, and long-term goals.
The level of measurement for the variables in this study would likely be categorical:
- Gender is a categorical variable (male or female).
- Marital expectations can also be measured on a categorical scale (e.g., Agree-Disagree Likert scale, with options such as Strongly Agree, Agree, Neutral, Disagree, Strongly Disagree for each expectation statement).