Minor edits + difficulty understanding some parts

I could add more on the limitations of the study, overall it seems a bit brief so far!

DorothyNeufeld (talk)20:03, 4 August 2013

The limitations overview could be a little bit more detailed, but as an overview it should be brief and to the point. Do you think the overview needs a closing paragraph, or are the limitations sufficient?

Schuolee (talk)22:07, 4 August 2013

Hi, I think it would be better to expand the limitation a bit. I had given some explanation of “untruthful self-reports”, but I am not sure whether “unrepresentative samples” indicates lack of generalizability?

XiaoYueLiu (talk)23:29, 4 August 2013

I think it does indicate a lack of generalizability. Since the questionnaire was developed by and completed by the same third-year psych students, we're probably not representative of the any population (unless the population is defined as "third-year psych students UBC" haha!). That's my rationalization at least, what do you think?

Schuolee (talk)00:54, 5 August 2013

And also regarding to another facet of generalizability is different conditions. Having high generalizability is the degree that they apply widely over different persons, situations, cultures, and times. For example, from our questionnaire, the reactions from an individual who encounters unfortunate events may different from the reactions from getting fired in the workplace. Or any other examples that could be added to the “limitation” part?

XiaoYueLiu (talk)01:15, 5 August 2013

Exactly my thoughts. While we are a diverse group of students, we are all subject to relatively similar situations/cultures, so generalizability is an issue with our GD. That's a good example. Aggressiveness/sensitivity to a negative comment is also a similar case.

Schuolee (talk)01:35, 5 August 2013
 
 

And the explanations for the other limitations sound great, thanks for writing that up!

Schuolee (talk)00:55, 5 August 2013