Questions:Answer the following questions.
1.What is the primary research objective? (May be direct quote, properly cite.)
a.Why might it be important to explore and examine this research objective? In other words, why does this research objective matter?
2.What are two of the secondary research objectives? (May be direct quote, properly cite.)
a.How do these secondary research objectiveshelp/assist in examining and understanding the primary research objective? In other words, how does understanding the secondary research objectives lead to better understanding of the primary research objective?
Introduction to Social Statistics (SOC 3220)Winter 20213.What data was collected on March 18, 2020. In other words, what variables or “outcome measures” were collected?
4.Thematic Analysis: Themes. Tweets were organized into the variable tweet “themes,” what three categories/attributes made up the variable “theme”? What is the level of measurement and the best measure of central tendency? Find/report the value for the best measure of central tendency.Report how many tweets were in each theme, as a percentage.(Hint: Figure 1 provides the necessarynumericaldata.)a.Interpret your findings. Explain why you chose the level of measurement you did, as well asthe measure of central tendency. What theme was used most?
5.Table 1 Analysis:Followers (in millions). Identify the level of measurement, median, mean, and standard deviation for the “followers” variable. (You will need to calculate these answers.)a.Discuss your findings/evaluation of the “followers” data. Is there a skew to the data, in what directionand by whom, what does the median, mean, and standard deviation tell us about the data?
6.Figure 1 Analysis: Informative. Identify the level of measurement, median, mean, and standard deviation for“informative” tweets. (You will need to calculate these answers.)a.Discuss your findings/evaluation of the “informative tweets” data. Is there a skew to the data, in what direction and by whom, what does the median, mean, and standard deviation tell us about the data?
7.Interpretation:Discuss the main findings of the article and why they might be important. Use a sociological perspective. (If you’re in another program, such as public health, use the paradigms/perspectives of your respective field.) In other words, why is it important to understand how world leaders use Twitter with regards to a public health crisis?
8.Extra Credit:What criticisms do you have of this paper? What are the strengths and weaknesses to the paper? Must relate to a sociological understanding of the paper. Could be the methods, the research question, the findings, etc
