Bruce, a biologyprofessor, is interested in opinions about the summer research program at his college and decides to conduct a survey of students who have participated. He will ask students to complete the survey at the start of the summer and then again at the end of the summer.

1. What kind of survey study is heconducting? Describe your reasoning.

2. Describe advantages and disadvantages of this design for this study.

3. Bruce needs to develop a sampling plan. What issues should he consider as he decides whom to include in thestudy?

4. In one part ofBruce's survey, he asks students to please rate statements about personal growth on a scale from 1(strongly disagree) to 7(strongly agree). Using the criteria for constructing good questionnaireitems, act as a pilot tester orreviewer, and offer Bruce some advice on the followingstatements/questions:

a. I have the patience to deal with the frustration that arises when experiments fail or do not provide clear-cut results.

b. I have patience with others and an interest in how other people understand things.

c. I am sure that my research area is something I want to continue to pursue during graduate study.

d. I have some doubts about whether my scientific skills are good enough.

e. I take responsibility for and making my scientific community a healthy, nurturing one and take significant efforts to do so.

5. What format(online, paper) do yourecommend? Justify your response.

6. What should Bruce include in the coverletter? You do not have to write the entireletter, but provide a bulleted outline of the major ideas it should contain.

7. Assume that Bruce is considering using a telephone interview survey instead of an online survey. He comes to you for recommendations for training interviewers. What advice would you provide about how many interviewers he needs and how they should conduct theinterviews?

8. What would you recommend to Bruce in terms of the institutional reviewboard?

9. What are some potential ethical issues that Bruce mightanticipate?