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Sociology Report Analysis

__//**USA-Korea**//__ __//**Spring 2011 Sociology Research Project**//__

Google Docs: [|https://docs.google.com/document/d/1d3PBZCOCYKZKqEMe8yltuQU7x6iF3015NYY4GWI0lKE/edit?hl=en#]

Big Picture Question: How does gender difference play a major role when responding to strangers?

Specific Question: Will male or female college students be more patient when strangers ask for directions?


 * patient: willing to be more helpful (give up more of his/her personal time explaining) when asked for directions

1. Topic: Gender- we will be asking college students for directions and seeing if the males or females are more patient.

Research Plan 2. Procedure: - Walk up to a college student and greet them - Ask them for directions to a certain destination (depending on which college we are testing in) - After they finish telling you where to go, tell them you do not understand or ask them to repeat the directions - Record how many times you ask them to repeat the directions before they give up and walk away - When asking them to "repeat their directions", we differentiate the previous question from the new question - Stop asking after 8 questions if they do not walk away or refuse - Have your partner examine the college student's body language while they are giving directions

3. Hypothesis: //If strangers ask college students for directions, then female students will be more willing to allocate their time explaining the directions than male students.//

__**"Reviewing the Literature":**__

Soho Char's "Reviewing the Literature"

DK Lee's "Reviewing the Literature"

Ali Lohr's "Reviewing the Literature"

__**Comments:**__

Kari- What do you do if they don't know here that place is, don't use their information? Also, why did you choose to stop after eight questions? And if when they are giving directions and you know they are pointing you in the wrong direction, will you say something about that?

Hannah- I agree with Kari those are some thoughts to look into, and you said different colleges? How many different colleges and will that then affect your research in anyway? And what if they don't get frustrated or impatient are you just going to keep standing there or whatever for a long time until they do; like will you have a time limit for some of it?

Mike- Overall I think these are good ideas. However, I think you should only talk to college students who have a lot of extra time. If you pick a time during school hours most college students will probably be trying to get to class and wont answer any questions.