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Case example for Descriptive study variables

Definition : Variables are characteristics studied in research that can take on different values (e.g.., weight, height, exposure to a substance, demographics (i.e., where you live, your ethnicity, how much income you have, medical background). See if you can identify the variables that are under investigation in the following descriptive study:

Many children who live in the Bronx , a borough of New York City, are developing asthma. In a descriptive study investigating this problem, parents whose children have asthma are asked about whether they smoke around their child, whether they live near a freeway, whether their child regularly sees a healthcare provider, their family income level and also if there is a history in their family of asthma. Prior research has shown that these factors may have an influence on the development of asthma in children.

Discussion questions

1. What are the variables that are under investigation in this study?

2. If you were the researcher, what other variables would you study to see if it may contribute to developing asthma? Why?

3. Given the variables presented in the example and the variables that you thought of, why would these variables be useful to the researcher?

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	Case example for Descriptive study variables Definition : Variables are characteristics studied in research that can take on different values (e.g.., weight, height, exposure to a substance, demographics (i.e., where you live, your ethnicity, how much income you have, medical background). See if you can identify the variables that are under investigation in the following descriptive study: Many children who live in the Bronx , a borough of New York City, are developing asthma. In a descriptive study investigating this problem, parents whose children have asthma are asked about whether they smoke around their child, whether they live near a freeway, whether their child regularly sees a healthcare provider, their family income level and also if there is a history in their family of asthma. Prior research has shown that these factors may have an influence on the development of asthma in children. Discussion questions 1. What are the variables that are under investigation in this study? 2. If you were the researcher, what other variables would you study to see if it may contribute to developing asthma? Why? 3. Given the variables presented in the example and the variables that you thought of, why would these variables be useful to the researcher?