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Data Collection<\/h3>\r\nDifferent survey questions offer different advantages and disadvantages for data collection. For example, it may be easier to remember how much time you spent on your phone yesterday compared to questions about your general habits, but a single day of phone use may not be representative of your phone use in general. The next few questions ask you to consider a statistical question that allows for many different options for collecting data, each with its own advantages and disadvantages.\r\n\r\nWork in groups of two or three to complete the remainder of this activity.\r\n
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Question 4<\/h3>\r\nSuppose you want to investigate whether there is a relationship between a student\u2019s phone use in class and their grades. Write survey questions or state variable names to answer the first two questions below.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nPart A: List three ways that you could measure phone use. Make sure your list involves at least one categorical variable and at least one quantitative variable.\r\n\r\n[reveal-answer q=\"947182\"]Hint[\/reveal-answer]\r\n[hidden-answer a=\"947182\"]Consider what types of data different types of variables take.[\/hidden-answer]\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nPart B: List three ways that you could measure grades. Make sure your list involves at least one categorical variable and at least one quantitative variable.\r\n\r\n[reveal-answer q=\"671060\"]Hint[\/reveal-answer]\r\n[hidden-answer a=\"671060\"]Consider what types of data different types of variables take.[\/hidden-answer]\r\n\r\nPart C: Revisit the lists that you made in Parts A and B. Which of the approaches do you like the best?\r\n\r\n[reveal-answer q=\"898393\"]Hint[\/reveal-answer]\r\n[hidden-answer a=\"898393\"]What do you<\/em> think? Which of the items you listed do you think will reveal the kind of data that will help to answer the research question?[\/hidden-answer]\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\nWhen developing the variables to collect data in the question above, you considered individuals as the observational units. How might your variable selections change if the observational unit shifts from individuals to class sections of students? Keep in mind that variables should be characteristic of the observational units as you answer Question 5 next. How should the data collection change when observing class sections rather than individuals?\r\n
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Question 5<\/h3>\r\nSuppose you want to investigate the relationship between phone use in class and grades using class sections as the observational units instead of individual students.\u00a0Write survey questions or state variable names to answer both of the questions below.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nPart A: Name one way you could measure phone use in a class section.\r\n\r\n[reveal-answer q=\"77027\"]Hint[\/reveal-answer]\r\n[hidden-answer a=\"77027\"]Consider what types of data different types of variables take. How can the data reveal information about the class section rather than individual students?[\/hidden-answer]\r\n\r\nPart B: Name one way you could measure grades in a class section.\r\n\r\n[reveal-answer q=\"750738\"]Hint[\/reveal-answer]\r\n[hidden-answer a=\"750738\"]Consider what types of data different types of variables take. How can the data reveal information about the class section (e.g., class policies, average grades) rather than individual students?[\/hidden-answer]\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n

Ethical Issues<\/h3>\r\nThink back on the survey questions and variables given in this activity as well as the ones you wrote to answer Questions 4 and 5. Do you have any ethical concerns about the data collection plans proposed? Some examples to consider include:\r\n