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Social practical: Perceived gender difference in obedience - Coggle Diagram
Social practical: Perceived gender difference in obedience
procedure
questionnaire
:
5 closed questions
1 open question
data scored as a likert scale of 1-5, 5 being fully obedient and 1 being fully disobedient
hypothesis
there will be a difference in perceived gender differences of levels of obedience
aim
to investigate whether there is a perceived gender difference in levels of obedience
sample
10 males and 10 females student volunteers in year 12
DV
perceptions of obedience for males and females
IV
the gender being asked about in the questions
results
mean, mode, media and range was higher for perceived levels of female obedience
conclusion
females are perceived to be more obedient than males
evaluation
internal validity
coding may have been subjective as the non multiple choice questions had to be graded from 1-5. could be demand characteristics or social desirability bias
external validity
low mundane realism in asking questions about obedience
generalisability
low, small sample of students of the same age
ethics
ppts were given the opportunity to withdraw and were asked for full consent at the start
reliability
easy to replicate as the questionnaire can be sent out again easily