IMRaD Methods


Methods
Participants: Those who participated in this study were college students from the random ages of Freshman to Seniors at the University of Iowa in the fall semester of 2018. The total number of participants of the survey were the nineteen students that were in the Rhetoric 1040:0019 class, as well as the forty students on the ninth floor of the Slater Residence Hall.
Procedure: The students who participated were asked to complete in an anonymous online survey, they were asked a series of questions pertaining to the topic of whether or not major division in the United States contributes to the perception of vulnerability by other World Powers, such as China Russia, North Korea, etc. The first two questions were more general, asking whether or not the participant voted in the recent mid-term elections or not and why. As well as what their stance is on foreign policy. Then the questions started to get more specific, including the third one asking, “why do you think there is major political division in America today?” This one was followed up by asking, “what is the most prominent issue of division today?” The last two questions pertained to the amount of news the participants watch and if they agree with or not that division makes America vulnerable to other World Powers. The answers were varied in different responses, along with responses such as strongly agree, agree, neither agree or disagree, somewhat disagree, disagree, and strongly disagree. These questions were presented on a website called surveymonkey.com were asked through invite only. The survey was distributed anonymously.
Data Analysis: The end results acquired from the were then converted into percentages. These percentages were copied down on to a bar graph to further analyze the results. The two most important survey questions that were true depictions of the topic and give a better understanding on how the survey was conducted were the fourth and sixth question. The importance of these questions depict the finalized results of how division effects the perception by other World Powers.

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  1. UnknownNovember 12, 2018 at 6:22 AM

    This methods section is very good and gets the point across well. It is a good way to precede your findings and give the readers some background information on the studies. In order to make it even better, I have a few suggestions. First, you should have all of your numbers be either in word form or number form. For example, either type out all of the words for numbers or use the numbers , but don't do both. My next suggestion is to say how many of the students participated. Most likely not everyone participated, so say the number of students that participated out of the total amount possible.

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