Design a Focused Survey Template

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Instructions: Record your responses on the template below each question and submit your completed template to the appropriate assignment. Do not change any of the items on the template except to add or delete space.

Refer to the corresponding assignment scoring guide for how your assignment will be scored.

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1. State the population of your study. You should be able to do this in one to three sentences. Include specific characteristics including age range, gender, location, and any other identifiers that are unique and relevant to your population. Justify why this is the best population for the study.

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EXAMPLE:

My target population is 1000 American residents residing in any state, ages 18 plus. I believe this is the best population to use for my study because I would like to focus on the attitudes of American residents towards GMOs specifically. The minimum age is set to 18 so that the participants can give their consent, and no other limitations are set on the population, to provide for varied and diverse population demographics.

1. Describe your sampling strategy.Write at least one paragraph describing your sampling strategy, how you would attempt to conduct your survey, and any potential issues that might affect your survey results. You should use one of the following techniques: random, stratified, cluster, systematic, or convenience. Your choice of strategy should be based on the purpose of your survey and your population. Explain why this is the best chosen sampling strategy.

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EXAMPLE:

My sampling strategy is random sampling.Because about 95 percent of homes have a phone, I would follow the same reliable procedure that the Gallup poll surveyors do: a computer would be used to create a list of every possible telephone number, and from this list, 1000 phone numbers would be randomly selected (Newport, Saad, & Moore, 1997).

If this sampling strategy were used incorrectly (for instance if the sample size were not large enough), the sample would not be truly representative of the larger US population, and therefore the results would not necessarily be valid.

Hint: Read the textbook for detailed explanations of sampling methods.

Reference

Newport, F., Saad, L., & Moore, D. (1997). How polls are conducted. In Where America Stands. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons.

3. Provide your survey questions, minimums, maximums, and typical responses: Follow the guidelines in the courseroom for the Project: Designing a Focused Survey assignment. Discuss why these are the best questions and justify your estimated values for the means.

Question	Question Type	Typical Response	Minimum	Maximum
(you fill in)	Binary	0.5	n/a	n/a
(you fill in)	Binary	0.5	n/a	n/a
(you fill in)	Binary	0.5	n/a	n/a
(you fill in)	Binary	0.5	n/a	n/a
(you fill in)	Quantitative	(you fill in)	(you fill in)	(you fill in)
(you fill in)	Quantitative	(you fill in)	(you fill in)	(you fill in)

EXAMPLE:

Question	Question Type	Typical Response	Min.	Max.
1. Are you male or female?	Binary	.5	N/A	N/A
2. Do you hold at least a bachelor's-level degree?	Binary	.5	N/A	N/A
3. Do you believe that GMOs are dangerous?	Binary	.5	N/A	N/A
4. If asked to provide a specific summary of how GMOs are created and what potential risk factors have been identified, do you feel confident that you could accurately do so?	Binary	.5	N/A	N/A
5. How old are you?	Quantitative	37(average)	18	115
6. What is your yearly income?	Quantitative	35,000 (average)	0	2,000,000

EXAMPLE:

The questions I have chosen are the best questions to use, because they are brief and direct, so that survey participants have a clear idea of what is being asked. The questions are also nonbiased. Additionally, the questions I have chosen specifically focus on variables that I am interested in examining such as age, gender, and educational level. I am interested to know if beliefs and attitudes related to GMOs correlate with these variables. For questions 3 and 4, I arrived at my estimations by reviewing websites and statistical studies related to GMOs.