help with these discussions.

I need 1. This week we learned about sampling.For this week's discussion I want you to answer the following questions,some of which you may have already thought about.(Make sure this is done AFTER you go through the rest of the content,lectures,exercises,etc.):

1.What is the POPULATION that you are studying?In other words,what is the larger group you're pulling your sample from?

2.Approximately how big is the population, and how big is your sample going to be (you can estimate these, I don't need real numbers).

3.What kind(s)of sampling technique(s)make sense for your project?

4.How would you be selecting participants/units to include in your sample?(In other words,what is your selection methods/criteria to ensure your sample isn't biased,is big enough,etc.?)

5.Can you foresee any problems with your proposed sampling method? Is there something that could 'mess up' your sample in a way that it wouldn't 'look like' the population?

2. This week we learned about the various ways that records and secondary data can be used. In most cases,the research proposals for this course are based onusing secondary/existingrecords from some kind of agency (e.g.,prison files,arrest histories,police reports).In other words, individual recordsthat is otherwise collected and stored somewhere already, that you will be accessing.

However,sometimes these proposals need newprimary data that the researcher(you)propose to gatheras the experiment is running. Maybe you need a special form filled out by someone (a police officer, an inmate, etc.) that doesn't otherwise exist yet.

The discussion question this week is:whereis the various data your experiment will use coming from?Are these records that are already collected and stored by an agency (prison,police)?If so,what records are you specifically planning to collect/access?Does your project require any new 'primary' data collection?If so,what is used to collect that?

Answering this question should help you firm up your ideas for the research design section.You do not need to respond to another student's post to receive full credit this week.

3. This week you learned all about survey research. One of the main things to consider when designing a question is whether it should be 'open', allowing a free response, or 'closed', where the user chooses from a set number of options for answers.

For this week's discussion post, I want you to first choose a topic relating to something involving the public and criminal justice issues. Second, I want you to then write both a closed-ended version of the question (with answer choices) and an open-ended version.

Third, in your post, explain what kind of information each version might give you.

Fourth, I want you to respond to at least two classmates' posts. When you reply to classmates, suggest situations where their questions would work well (or where they might not), and indicate whether the questions are clear and the answer choices seem appropriate (exhaustive, mutually exclusive, etc.)