Experimentation Critique

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The paper discusses that the purpose of the research report is to inform readers about the problem investigated, the methods used to solve it, the results of the investigation, and the conclusions reached. The paper presents an analysis and critique of research information reported in an article, " A Study in Sexual Health Applying the Principle of Community-based Participatory Research" with respect to a description of the independent and dependent variables examined, sampling methodology employed by the research investigators, and the reliability and validity of their study. The paper states further that the purpose of the research report is to inform readers about the problem investigated, the methods used to solve the problem, the results of the investigation, and the conclusions inferred from the result.

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"Although sampling for exploratory research and sampling for experimental research have some common shared elements, Isreal, Schultz, Becker and Parker (1998) used, and appropriately so, a sampling method known as convenience sampling. Notably, convenience sampling was employed by Reece and Morgan (2004) in order to retrieve information that approximated the "truth" with respect to campus cruising by males. As the name implies the sample of men selected by Reece and Morgan was so selected because of convenience, namely, two men who had a reputation of engaging in cruising activities on campus. However, Reece and Dodge would have been more convincing had they expanded their subject base to the size of possibly 20 or 25 participants. Not unlike any research method the size of the sample has important ramifications. Often times a too small sample becomes opinionating rather than an opinion."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Israel, B. A., Schulz, A. J., Parker, E. A.,& Becker, A. B. (1998). Review of community-based research: Assessing partnership approaches to improve public health. Annual Review of Public Health, 19, 173202.
• Reece, Michael and Dodge, Brian (2004). A study in sexual health applying the principle of community-based participatory research. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 33(3), 235-248.
• Van Dalen, Debold B. (1966). Understanding Educational Research. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company.
• Weiers, Ronald (2003). Introduction to Business Statistics. Scranton, PA: Thomson Learning Company

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