Bell Ringer III Dr. Ginny Tonic is interested in the relationship between alcohol consumption and one’s health. She is operating from fundamental cause theory, and hopes to provide further evidence for said theory. She calls on you, a renowned researcher to help with basic tasks. She is specifically attempting to explain how alcohol consumption influences health. I. Based on this prompt, state a possible research question and research hypothesis a. The more alcohol consumption and individual consumes the more likely their health will be negatively affected. II. Create 2 dimensions for the concept of health. Justify your answer. a. Environment b. Family III. Now create one variable for each of the dimensions of health that you identified. …show more content…
How will you measure alcohol consumption? What is the level of measurement (nominal, ordinal, interval, ratio)? Justify your answer. a. Alcohol consumption can be measured by an alcohol use questionnaire. The level of measurement would be ordinal because the questionnaire had numerical category with order. VI. Name three things that you would do to make sure that your study complies with the ethical principles of beneficence, respect, and autonomy. a. The participants would not be forced to consume alcohol and they would only be asking to report what they are already doing. b. This study would have a broad variety of participants that are 21 and over. c. This study will have conditions where the participants are free to make choices of their own. Participants will understand the reason for the study and one hopes to learn when conducting the study. VII. Discuss one particular moderator for the relationship between alcohol consumption and health. Justify your answer. a. Relationships can be a moderator for the relationship between alcohol consumption and health. If an individual tends to hang out with those who like to drink often that may increase the likely hood of their alcohol consumptions. People tend to surround themselves with people with similar likes and