The information for this assignment comes from an NPR story, “What It Takes to Lift Families out of Poverty,” which is h
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The information for this assignment comes from an NPR story, “What It Takes to Lift Families out of Poverty,” which is have quoted extensively.
1. Was this study an experiment or a correlational study? Why?
2. What was the IV in the study? Was the IV independent groups or within groups?
3. There was more than one DV in this stuy. What were at least two of the DVs?
4. What kind of experiment was this, according to the four types introduced in Chapter 10?
5. Can the study support the claim that “Giving families a livestock investment causes them to have more food to eat?”
Here is a quote from the article that you should base your opinion on: The effect of the aid was actually quite small, she says. Families' incomes and food consumption together went up by only a small amount—about 5 percent, on average, when compared with the control group.
6. Which validity is the comment below addressing?
"Moving poverty is hard," Baird says. "The fact that they [Karlan and colleagues] were able to move it, and it was sustainable after a year, I think is important." The findings are a leap forward, she says, because it shows charities and governments a basic strategy that often works. And even a little bit of extra money can make a huge difference in these peoples' lives, she says. It can help them send their kids to school. Or even just give them a little more hope.
7. What do you think about the ethics of this approach? Is it fair to withhold aid from families like this? What do you think of the main author’s view on the ethics of this project?
8. The main author of the study addressed the ethics question this way:
One issue is that some families go home empty-handed, with no aid. So the idea seems unethical. But Karlan disagrees. "The whole point of this is to help more people," he says. "If we find out what works and what doesn't, in five years we can have a much bigger impact.”
Do you think it is an ethical study? Why or Why not?
1. Was this study an experiment or a correlational study? Why?
2. What was the IV in the study? Was the IV independent groups or within groups?
3. There was more than one DV in this stuy. What were at least two of the DVs?
4. What kind of experiment was this, according to the four types introduced in Chapter 10?
5. Can the study support the claim that “Giving families a livestock investment causes them to have more food to eat?”
Here is a quote from the article that you should base your opinion on: The effect of the aid was actually quite small, she says. Families' incomes and food consumption together went up by only a small amount—about 5 percent, on average, when compared with the control group.
6. Which validity is the comment below addressing?
"Moving poverty is hard," Baird says. "The fact that they [Karlan and colleagues] were able to move it, and it was sustainable after a year, I think is important." The findings are a leap forward, she says, because it shows charities and governments a basic strategy that often works. And even a little bit of extra money can make a huge difference in these peoples' lives, she says. It can help them send their kids to school. Or even just give them a little more hope.
7. What do you think about the ethics of this approach? Is it fair to withhold aid from families like this? What do you think of the main author’s view on the ethics of this project?
8. The main author of the study addressed the ethics question this way:
One issue is that some families go home empty-handed, with no aid. So the idea seems unethical. But Karlan disagrees. "The whole point of this is to help more people," he says. "If we find out what works and what doesn't, in five years we can have a much bigger impact.”
Do you think it is an ethical study? Why or Why not?