Blog Entry #12

April 5, 2010 saunderskatejnwp

Research Methods

Participants: I hope to have six participants. 3 of whom are in relationships currently and 3 who are single. I hope that this gets a balanced view of what guys want in relationships from the single and taken perspective. I want them to be guys that I am acquainted with but not that I have a personal relationship with. I think this will leave otu possible bias in the answers but also make them feel comfortable. I will not include names in the paper rather just age and status to protect their privacy. I will let them know entirely where and how their information will be used prior to questioning them.

My research will be gathered through email surveys. I think that this topic would yield better results not done in person and to make the participant the most comfortable.

The surveys will include a few questions getting the age and relationship status of the participant and then some more in depth questions regarding what they look for in relationships. There will be about 10 questions all together and should only take around 10 minutes to complete.