Limitations

Hi, as I was filling out the questonnaire I noticed that while theer were questons related to preference for having children in the future, there were few or no questions related to my own demographic as a parent (father).

Perhaps we should include this as an oversight.

Also how about something about a more controlled environment for filling out the questionnaire? Would filling it out in a given time and place ie a group sitting create a more homogeneous condition for completion?

It brings to mind the final application of our questionnaire: do we intend it to be filled out by individuals in unmonitored circumstances (like we did, on our own via internet) or for more controlled clinical applications?

Not sure if this is relevant but it just occurred to me.

It's quite common to have internet questionnaire that people fill out in their own time and seems to be relatively accepted. Nevertheless if you folks think this warrants further discussion then this section is the place to do it in!

I thought it would be interesting to build on the confounding differences between university students and the rest of the population. Specifically, how our social roles change the way we view gender and personality as we age, and as our social roles become more important as we age (ie work roles, family roles). Specifically in how increased participation in the workforce for women increase their sense of agency vs. their involvement in social roles. As students, we seem to be more defined in term of personal attributes (as the 20 statements test shows) as opposed to our occupational roles as we get older. I hope this is relevant to the study!

I think there only being ten males is probably the biggest limitation here.

I just tacked on a bit about that continuing in section 2.

Hi, these are what I have in mind (some of them might already have been mentioned) 1. sample size was too small and the gender distribution was uneven (10 males and 50 females), therefore, the results may show low in generalizability and decrease the external validity.

2. The differences between the demographic characteristics of participants may have introduced confounding factors into the studies. (The GD scale is really a universal measurement).

3. The use of a correlational study (especially using questionnaire) to conduct investigation and the inability to demonstrate a causal relationship between the research variables, because of the use of a correlational design instead of longitudinal/experimental study.

4. Since the participants of the study were the same group who made the questionnaire. Moreover, we knew the concept , prediction, and the purpose of the study, thus, it may possibility of creating both experimenter bias and participant bias (we may not get the true reaction from the subjects).

5. The participants were not random selected, which can't represent the large population. (the best it can represent is the university psychology major students only)

Hi there, you're completely right about the external validity and generalizability concerns. When thinking about the rest of what you've written, I think it's good to keep in mind the goal of the project (to design a questionnaire).

Hi,

  Reading through limitation 12 and 13 I noticed some similarities between the two. Both address how randomness/selection can have an effect on the generalizability of the questionaire to the pubic. Therefore would it be appropriate to combine them as one limitation instead ? Since I did not write these limitations, I think its best if I receive input from others, or if possible from the contributors, if I were to make an edit to their contribution.

Sorry not sure why my reply was cut off...Here it is again. Reading through limitation 12 and 13 I noticed some similarities between the two. Both address how randomness/selection can have an effect on the generalizability of the questionaire to the pubic. Therefore would it be appropriate to combine them as one limitation instead ? Since I did not write these limitations, I think its best if I receive input from others, or if possible from the contributors, if I were to make an edit to their contribution.

Hi Karen, I also noticed some repetition in some of the latter limitations that were posted and I actually asked Dr. Veale this same question today. She told me that we are allowed to tidy up the page and merge redundant posts. I'm just about to do a bit of that tidying-up now but it seems like you have some idea of what you feel should be merged as well, so feel free to make/edit my arrangements!

Hi, that sounds good to me ! Thanks for replying !

Hey Guys, I just added a bit to the limitations part and pointed out how it was interesting that we were the ones who created the questionnaire, but were also the participants who completed the study!