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Findnamesof19famouswomenand20lessfamousmenforListtwo
Tofindpopularpersonalities,possiblyreferringtorecentAmericanawardshows
(Oscars,GrammyAwards),music(Top40MusicCountdown),trendingpersonalities
onsocialmedia(Twitter),andthenationalnews.Thestatusofeachindividualshallbe
considered,butagainpopularitycannotbedirectlymeasured.Itwilldependon
individuallevelperceptionsofpeeracceptanceandstatus.
Assesseachpersonalityonconceptsofsocialacceptanceandstatus
Createballots,oneforlistone,oneforlisttwo(toabletodistinguishdata)
possiblyhavetwocheckboxesoneachballot,oneformen,oneforwomen.Eachballot
willhavethecorrespondinglistnumberforthegroupthattheparticipantwasin(oneor
two).Thequestionwillnotbeputontheballotforambiguity,butperhapsbewrittenon
aboardandreadaloud.Participantswillbeinstructedtoremainquietsoinformation
Divideparticipants(thathavesignedinformedconsent)evenlyintotwogroups
Separatetwogroups
Takeonegroupinaseparateroom,havethemsitspacedout(eachgroup,1&2,3&4if
done)
Oncetheroomisreached,readinstructions
Askifthereareanyquestionsorconcerns
Begintoreadthelist
Oncethelistisfinished,askparticipantstoremainquiettoavoidanyinformationthat
couldskewtheresultstobespread.
GiveBallots?
willnotbesharedtopossiblyskewtheresults.
ImnotsureifIshouldgoaheadandgiveparticipantstheirballotsdirectlyaftertheyhear
thelist.Thiscouldgivethemtheopportunitytoinformthesecondgroupofwhatisbeing
asked,whichcouldpotentiallyskewresults.IfIwaittohandoutballotsandletthetwo
groupscometogether,Icoulddebriefbothgroupsatthesametime,butruntheriskof
theparticipantforgettingthelisttheywereread.
Participantsreturntoclassroom
Switchouttosecondgroup
Readinstructions
Askifthereareanyquestionsorconcerns
Begintoreadthesecondlist(differentfromfirstgroupslist)
Oncethelistisfinished,askparticipantstoremainquiettoavoidanyinformationthat
couldpossiblyskewtheresults
Possiblygiveballots?
Takeupballots,donotletparticipantspassthemupastheymaychangetheirresponse
andskewresults
Takeparticipantsbacktotheiroriginalclassroom
DebriefbeforethisstepifIdonotdebriefthetwogroupsasawhole
Debrief(forbothgroupsifIhavenotalready)
Answeranyquestionsbothgroupsmayhave
Afterdoingsomemorereadingonthisexperiment,Ifoundtherewasanotherpartwhich
somearticlesdidnotinclude.Ireallyhadtodosomediggingforthispart.Originally
therewerefourlistsandfourgroups.TwogroupswoulddowhatIhaveplannedout
beforewithtwolists,andthetwoothergroupswouldbegiventheothertwolists.Thelist
wouldbereadtothemandthentheywereaskedtorecallasmanynamesastheycould.
Mostofthenamesrecalledwereusuallythatofthepopularpersonalities.Thiswould
requiremorenumericalworkandmorelists,whicharehardertomake.GiventhetimeI
have,IdontknowifIshouldincludethenamerecalling.IfIshouldincludethat,Ihave
theprocedurebelow:
NameRecallingPortion:
CouldIpossiblyrecyclelistsfromgrouponeandtwoifIdothis?
Findnamesof19famousmenand20lessfamouswomenforListthree
Findnamesof19famouswomenand20lessfamousmenforListfour
Insteadofhavingtwogroups,createfourevengroupsofparticipants(thathavesigned
informedconsent)
Separateallfourgroups
*followfirstproceduresetforthefirsttwogroups
Takethirdgrouptoaseparateroom
Readwritteninstructions(Willnotaskparticipantstorecall,willtellthemtolisten
closelytothelist)
Readlistthree
passoutblanksheetsofpaperandpencils
Askparticipantstorecallasmanynamesastheycanfromthelist
takeupsheetsofpaper,donothavestudentspassthemupastheymaycopynamesthey
havenotalreadywritten
debrief
answeranyquestions
askparticipantstoremainquiet
takeparticipantsbacktotheirclassroom
switchforgroupfour
takegroupfourintoaseparateroom
Readwritteninstructions
readlistfour
passoutblanksheetsofpaperandpencils
askparticipantstorecallasmanynamesastheycanfromthelist
takeupsheetsofpaper,donothavestudentspassthemupastheymaycopynamesthey
havealreadywritten
debriefansweranyquestions
askparticipantstoremainquiet
takeparticipantsbacktotheirclassroom
debrief