Faiza,+Jessica

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 * Research Topic:** Height in Relationships & Assumptions of Others
 * Q:** How does a couple's height difference affect others' perception of the couples' romantic relationship?


 * Research Plan:** We will ask conduct the experiment with 20(or more) people at each of our schools. Half of the participants will be shown one picture of a couple where the girl is taller than the guy and given a survey. The survey will have 3-5 questions about the couple's relationship. The other half of the participants will be shown another picture where the girl is shorter than the boy and given the same survey. Then, we're going to compare the results between the two groups, between the two countries.

(Jenny Darrow) I think your research plan and idea is good. I would make sure that the couples shown in the two picture look as similar as possible. What ever race you use for one picture should be used in the other picture and stuff like that.

(Scott Endsley) I think that this will be a very interesting experiment to conduct. I think your hypothesis is accurate that the couple with the shorter female will be perceived as happier as well. Make sure to follow Jenny's suggestion that the pictures need to be similar with race, age, physical features, etc.

Peyton: This sounds great!!!!! However, I do agree with Cymone. Maybe you could sample more people! Sounds great though! Good luck! :)

1. On a scale of 1~10 (1 being 0% happy and 10 being 100% happy), how happy do you think this couple is? 2. Circle what kind of relationship you think this is: casual fling, serious relationship, user/used relationship (for $, status, etc) 3. How long (yrs, mos, wks) do you think this couple will last?
 * Questions:**


 * Hypothesis:** Students will say that the couple with the shorter girl and taller guy will be happier, more serious, and last longer.


 * Why this is our hypothesis:** Society (and the media) has set the expectation that men should be tall, strong, and brave, and that women should be feminine and cute. We (Jessica/Faiza) have noticed that people think relationships with a tall guy/shorter girl are considered "cuter" and we wanted to see whether people would make assumptions of the romantic relationship on the deeper level (happiness, span of relationship). We predict that people will indeed assume that couples (tallguyshortgirl) will be perceived as happier to others who view them.

http://ns.umich.edu/htdocs/releases/story.php?id=1013 http://bfgb.wordpress.com/2010/01/19/normal-at-any-cost-tall-girls-short-boys-and-the-medical-industrys-quest-to-manipulate-height/
 * Articles:**

(John Williamson) The only thing I have to say is maybe make the sample size larger but other than that it seems like a good experiment with a reliable research plan.

I think this is a very interesting topic. I am interested to see how it turns out. I think this experiment is a good set up. The only thing that may be concerning is the few amount of people you wish to survey. I think the more people you survey the better off your results will be. -Cymone

PICTURES:

Resarch data: ID: jessanne93 password: welcome click on the pie on Sociology Survey & Sociology Survey 2

Sociology Survey 1(Tall guy) [] U-High Results


 * How cute do you think this couple is on a scale of 1-10 ||
 * Scale(1-10) || Results ||
 * 1 || 1 ||
 * 2 || 0 ||
 * 3 || 1 ||
 * 4 || 1 ||
 * 5 || 1 ||
 * 6 || 4 ||
 * 7 || 6 ||
 * 8 || 4 ||
 * 9 || 2 ||
 * 10 || 4 ||


 * On a scale of 1-10, how happy is this couple with their relationship? ||
 * Scale(1-10) || Results ||
 * 1 || 0 ||
 * 2 || 0 ||
 * 3 || 1 ||
 * 4 || 0 ||
 * 5 || 0 ||
 * 6 || 2 ||
 * 7 || 1 ||
 * 8 || 9 ||
 * 9 || 4 ||
 * 10 || 7 ||


 * How often do you think they fight? ||
 * Rarely || 7 ||
 * Occasionally || 16 ||
 * Often || 1 ||
 * Constantly || 0 ||


 * How long do you think this marriage will last? ||
 * A few months || 0 ||
 * A few years || 2 ||
 * A decade || 4 ||
 * Till death do them part || 18 ||

KIS Results
 * How cute do you think this couple is on a scale of 1-10 ||
 * Scale(1-10) || Results ||
 * 1 || 1 ||
 * 2 || 0 ||
 * 3 || 2 ||
 * 4 || 1 ||
 * 5 || 1 ||
 * 6 || 2 ||
 * 7 || 1 ||
 * 8 || 7 ||
 * 9 || 6 ||
 * 10 || 3 ||


 * On a scale of 1-10, how happy is this couple with their relationship? ||
 * Scale(1-10) || Results ||
 * 1 || 0 ||
 * 2 || 0 ||
 * 3 || 0 ||
 * 4 || 1 ||
 * 5 || 1 ||
 * 6 || 1 ||
 * 7 || 3 ||
 * 8 || 4 ||
 * 9 || 10 ||
 * 10 || 4 ||


 * How often do you think they fight? ||
 * Rarely || 9 ||
 * Occasionally || 13 ||
 * Often || 2 ||
 * Constantly || 0 ||


 * How long do you think this marriage will last? ||
 * A few months || 0 ||
 * A few years || 3 ||
 * A decade || 5 ||
 * Till death do them part || 16 ||

Sociology Survey 2(Tall girl) []