Using the eight design descriptors, describe a study to determine why enrollment in your major at your university is increasing (decreasing).

olf > chapter 4 Stage 2: Research Design > Exhibit 4-2 Dimensions of Data Collection Design Dimensions Data Collection Design Options Objective of the study . Reporting (who, what, when, where, how-in the past) . Descriptive (who, what, when, where, how-now) Causal IdA 190316 . Explanatory (why, how-now) . Predictive (what, why, in future) Researcher's ability to manipulate variables being studied . Experimental (ability to manipulate) . Ex post facto (no ability to manipulate) The topical scope of the study . Statisticalstudy (significant breadth, some depth) . Case study (little breadth, significant depth) The measurement emphasis of research . Qualitative (emphasis on measures of meaning) techniques . Quantitative (emphasis on measures of frequency) Complexity of design . Single methodology . Multiple methodologies The method of data collection . Monitoring . Communication study The research environment . Field setting . Laboratory research . Simulation The time dimension . Cross-sectional (one measurement at one point in time) . Longitudinal (many measurements in specified period of time) The participants' research awareness . No deviations perceived . Deviations perceived, not researcher related . Deviations perceived, researcher induced understanding or to generate statistics for comparison. In a study of crime, for example, such a study might tally the number of employee thefts that take place in shopping malls versus free-standing stores. Businesses use reporting studies, but because they rely on existing data, they may not cover all the vari- ables a researcher needs to measure. Phase 1 of the bank research is a reporting study A descriptive study attempts to determine who, what, where, when, or how much. Descriptive research on employee theft would measure the types of theft committed (clothing vs. electronics vs. housewares , where ( receiving dock, stockroom