Questions: 1. What is the difference between convenience sampling and random sampling? 2. What were the main findings of the article? 3. Given the findings, what are advantages and disadvantages of convenience sampling? Article 2. Emotion and Expression: Naturalistic Studies file:///C:/Users/Sophia/Downloads/PAPER%202%20Fernandez-Dols_2013_Emotion_and_Expression.pdf Questions: 1. What is the rationale for conducting a naturalistic study for this type of research question? 2. If you were to conduct a study examining this question, how would you operationally define the constructs of interest? 3. How would you minimize bias in your observations? Article 3. How Meaningful Are Data from Likert Scales? file:///C:/Users/Sophia/Downloads/PAPER%203%20Ogden_2011_HowMeaningful_LikertData.pdf Questions: 1. What types of survey items did the researchers use? 2. Why did the researchers use this type? What were the advantages? Disadvantages? 3. Which survey item type do you think provides richer data? Why? Article 4. Math and Science Pursuits: A Self-Efficacy Intervention Comparison Study https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1069072710374572 This article provides a good, and interesting, example of a between-subjects design. Different strategies to increase college students’ sense of competence in doing mathematics were compared and evaluated. Questions: 1. Which was the experimental group? Control group? How were the groups assigned? 2. What were the dependent and independent variables measured? 3. What was the experimental manipulation? Article 5. Active vs. Inactive Portrayals of Children with Obesity file:///C:/Users/Sophia/Downloads/PAPER_5_Active%20Versus%20Inactive%20Portrayals%20of%20Children%20With%20Obesity.pdf Questions: 1. What did researchers accomplish by using a within-subjects design? 2. Evaluate the characteristics of participants. Are there ways in which the sample might have influenced the findings? 3. State in words the effects portrayed in Figure