Tutorial Activity – Week 2

Task: Identify the independent and dependent variable in this explanatory research question:

Does number of bystanders affect bystander willingness to intervene in a crime?

Independent variable: ____________________

Dependent variable: ____________________

Follow-up task: Identify a sociological topic of interest to you. Identify an independent variable
and dependent variable related to the topic. Write an explanatory research question with these
variables (feel free to use the research question I have provided above as a model).

Sociology topic: ____________________

Independent variable: ____________________

Dependent variable: ____________________

Explanatory research question:

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Task: Identify two attribute options for each of the following variables and corresponding
survey questions.

Variable: Victim
Operationalization: Have you ever been the victim of a crime reported to police?
Attributes: (Remember to pick two attributes that would allow you to categorize every response
you received for this question.)
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Variable: Police contact

Operationalization: Have you had contact with police as a victim in the past month?
Attributes:
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