1. a) Choose some behaviour, or belief which is of interest to you and in approximately one paragraph describe how this issue is related to Age, Gender and/or Marital Status.                   (6 Marks)

1. b) State several inter-related hypotheses about your issue, that you would like to examine. (10 Marks)

1. c) Provide some substantiation for your hypotheses, i.e. a theoretical / empirical basis.

i.e. go to the library; use the internet, check course texts etc.                              (12 Marks)

1. d) Identify the variables mentioned in your hypotheses and draw a simple path model showing their relationships to one another.                                                                     (15 Marks)

Part II:  Choose 4 of the variables identified in Part I and indicate how you would operationalize them.         State your measurement strategies as precisely as you can.

(Use each of the three major operationalization strategies [i.e. “look, ask, existing data”] at least once. )     Your selection/operationalization should include one variable which is operationalized at each level of      the 4 levels of  measurement   ( Nominal, Ordinal, Interval and Ratio).

Identify which is at each level of measurement.                                                 (20 Marks)

Part III: a) Discuss the issue of reliability with respect to each of the measurement strategies selected in                 Part II.                        .                                                             (10 Marks)

1.   b) Discuss the issue of validity with respect to each of your measurement strategies.  (10 Marks)

Part IV: Imagine that you have been awarded a small research grant ($13,000) to carry out your investigation.  Identify the practical, ethical and political issues involved in the implementation of your research design.                                                                                        (17 Marks)