Brianna,+Sally,+Alice

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 * Size**: 15 men and 15 women who are alone (each person does 15 so in total there should be 90 samples)
 * Location**: Mall/ Coex
 * Question**: In America or Korea, are men or women more willing to lend their cell phone to strangers?
 * Age range**: 15-30
 * Time**: weekend 12:00-3:00; in front of Coex or a mall

Women would be more willing to lend their cell phones to strangers in America because they are more lenient on lending the cell phone to others and woman have stronger bonds with other women.
 * Hypothesis**:

Men would be more willing to lend their cell phones to strangers in Korea because women are sensitive about lending their cell phones because phones are very personal and intimate to them so they would be more hesitant to lend the phone.

1. Approach the subject in a hurry, as if you are in great hurry to use their phone. 2. Ask them "I do not have my cell phone and I need to make a urgent call. Could I borrow your cell phone?" 3. Observe their reaction. 4. Repeat the procedures on other subjects.
 * Plan**:

- Size of the community: Normal is a small suburban society compared to Seoul, and this can be a variable in the experiment because it can affect people's reaction towards others. - Finding people alone: Malls are large places where people usually go to socialize with other people, especially on the weekends. Finding people alone will be difficult than other places because people usually do not come to malls alone. - Subjects' emotions: People are greatly affected by their current feelings so even if one usually lends cell phones to strangers frequently, she or he may not during our experiment, due to their mood.
 * Potential Flaws:**

Future contacts will be made through facebook and e-mail.

Reviewing the Literature: Alice Ahn: 1. **"If You Need Help, Just Ask: Underestimating Compliance with Direct Requests for Help"** This article summarizes an experiment about how the “predicted compliance” and the “actual compliance,” according to Flynn and Lake, differed from each other. The method of the experiment is quite simple: 50 students attending Columbia University were assigned of a task they had to fulfill to gather the data to complete the research. These participants were recruited through posters and advertisements posted on the campus and their jobs were to either ask strangers to borrow their cell phone, complete a questionnaire, or ask for an escort to a specific location. For the cell phone experiment, the participant had to ask a stranger if he or she can borrow the phone to make a call regarding a sociological experiment.They were suppose to ask three people and make the call to Flynn or Lake’s office to verify their success in the experiment. Before conducting the experiment, students estimated that 10 participants will successfully gather the data however the actual study showed only 6 managed to complete the experiment. Flynn and Lake concludes that the willingness of an individual when directly asked is underestimated and that rejection of request depends on subject's beliefs, experience and current situation. This article relates to our research topic because it shows how small tasks of lending cell phones to strangers can be affected by the location and time of day. It can be used to improve the settings of our research as it gives a clear idea how important location and time when determining the result.

2. **"Effects of Interviewer Gender, Interviewer Choice, and Item Wording On Responses To Questions Concerning Sexual Behavior"** This article summarizes an experiment that explores the role gender of the interviewer and wording of a question affects the responses of both genders in a topic regarding sexual contents. Catania, Binson and three other researchers have conducted an experiment where they would call random people to ask them to complete a survey and observe their reactions regarding the gender of the caller and how the question is worded. They performed the research on approximately 2000 people, ranging from age 18 to 49 to observe the result. The results revealed that when the questions were worded “supportive,” men tended to be more influenced than women as they gave quite different responses from what they gave to the other caller. Women, however, did not show much variation as they showed no much difference in their responses. The interesting part of the experiment is about the gender of the caller. Men showed different reactions as a female interview and male interviewer asked the same question. They showed great difference as their wordings of the response, and their responses changed. Women, in the other hand, did not show that much of a difference whether a female researcher or a male researcher asked the questions. Catania and Binson concluded that men are easily affected by the gender of the person and the situation they are at than women due to their position in the society. This article relates to our topic because it shows how our gender can affect the responses of the subjects being studied. It can be used to interpret and analyze the data and the flaw of the conducted experiment.

Sally Park:

Brianna Wirtz:



(John Williamson) I think that you might also want to find the difference between people that are alone and people that are in a group because I think it could add more depth to the observations.

I think this is a really good set up. There is a lot of clarity in the details your provide. I think including possible flaws is also a really great thing to do during the planning process. Nice. -Cymone

Peyton: This sounds like a really great experiment! However, I do agree with John. It might be interesting to see the difference between people who are alone, and people who are in a group. Everything else sounds great though! Good job! Good luck! :)

Danny- I also agree with John and think that you might also want to find the differences between people that are isolated and people that are in a large group.


 * Raw Data (Brianna)**

It was difficult to find people who were by themselves. At first I got a little discouraged when 5 women turned me down back to back. The first person to say yes to me was a guy who looked like he was in his 20’s. A lot of people claimed to not have their phone with them; I included these people in the category of not lending their cell phone. One woman told me to go to customer service to ask to use a phone there. Overall, out of the 15 women I asked, only 6 let me use their cellphones. Out of the 15 men I asked, 11 men lent me their phone.

*in Kohls || *sitting in mall || *creepy ||
 * ** Subjects ** || ** Yes/No ** || ** Comments ** ||
 * Male #1 || Y || *in Kohl’s ||
 * Male #2 || Y || “Right here?”
 * Male #3 || Y ||  ||
 * Male #4 || N || “Wife has the cell phone”
 * Male #5 || N || “Don’t have one” ||
 * Male #6 || Y ||  ||
 * Male #7 || Y ||  ||
 * Male #8 || Y ||  ||
 * Male #9 || Y ||  ||
 * Male #10 || Y ||  ||
 * Male #11 || N || “Don’t own one” ||
 * Male #12 || Y ||  ||
 * Male #13 || Y || *wife/girlfriend came over and stared at me ||
 * Male #14 || N ||  ||
 * Male #15 || Y || *by doors at Bergners

*teenager || *in Bergner’s ||
 * ** Subjects ** || ** Yes/No ** || ** Comments ** ||
 * Female #1 || N ||  ||
 * Female #2 || N ||  ||
 * Female #3 || N ||  ||
 * Female #4 || N || “Use the phone at the service desk” ||
 * Female #5 || Y || *sitting outside of pretzel place
 * Female #6 || Y ||  ||
 * Female #7 || N || *”looked” for it but said she didn’t have it
 * Female #8 || Y || *shoe department in Bergner’s ||
 * Female #9 || N ||  ||
 * Female #10 || Y || *jewelry department at Bergner’s ||
 * Female #11 || Y ||  ||
 * Female #12 || N ||  ||
 * Female #13 || N ||  ||
 * Female #14 || Y ||  ||
 * Female #15 || N ||  ||

=Final Presentation =

Screen Cast: [] (Part I of the screen cast) [] (Part 2 of the screen cast)







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 * Final Paper (Brianna W):**