Discussion week 11

Grant assistance would be used to pursue a longitudinal study to track changes in various social
psychological and health factors for up to the next 20 years. The aim of the study is to provide
information about how the personality, attitudes and values of people may be changing over
time. This is important because we currently know very little about how peoples opinions,
values and levels of satisfaction with their lives may change gradually over time, and perhaps
also change rapidly in response to current events in society. Another key aim of the study is to
examine how changes in attitudes and values may relate to changes in health and wellbeing over
time. Because the annual survey uses repeat respondents, it can track subtle changes in attitudes
and values over time, and is becoming an important tool for researchers [Donnellan, M.B]. The
data can be collected from large number of respondents over the period of next 20 years. A
structured questionnaire will be used to collect the responses of people. Sample would be
obtained by random selection of peoples. A sample of at least 500 participants is deemed
necessary and this could take months to obtain.
This will be a quantitative study and the data will be analyzed with the help of statistical
modeling. The data will be analyzed using different statistical analyses including Bayesian linear
Regression, Structured equation modeling, and multilevel models. The Repeated measure
ANOVA will be used to examine relationship between change in personality, attitudes and
values over the period of time. Significance level of .05 would be used for statistical analysis
(George & Mallery, 2012; Week Ten Study Notes, 2013)..
Null hypothesis: there is no change in personality, attitudes and values of people over the period
of time.
Alternative hypothesis: there is significant change in personality, attitudes and values of people
over the period of time.
References:
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Donnellan, M.B., Frederick, L., Oswald, B.M.B, & Lucas, R.E. (2006). The Mini-IPIP scales:
Tiny-yet effective measures of the Big Five factors of personality. Psychological Assessment,
18, 192-203.
George, D., & Mallery, P. (2012). IBM SPSS Statistics 21 step by step: A Simple guide and
reference (12th ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson.