Taking It to the Net

1. Child neglect is a serious problem. It affects children and adolescents and has implications for how they will rear their own future children. How might you use Bronfenbrenner's theory to organize information about the factors underlying child neglect in a paper or class presentation?

http://www.calib.com/nccanch/pubs/usermanuals/

2. Drinking and other drug use by college students is a serious concern on most college campuses. Suppose a representative of the Dean of Students office came into your classroom and distributed a survey of drinking and drug use, asking you to complete it anonymously. Are any of your rights as a human subject being violated?

http://wwwadmin.murdoch.edu.au/research/ethics/hrec/hrec.html

http://trochim.human.cornell.edu/kb/ethics.htm

3. A requirement for your methods course is to design and carry out an original research project. Among the many decisions you must make is what type of data you will collect. You decide to research adapting to college life. Your instructor asks if you will use an interview or a survey, and requests you to learn about the distinction and the benefits and difficulties of each.

http://www.solent.ac.uk/socsci/rd/ia2hprog.html

http://trochim.human.cornell.edu/kb/survey.htm