Research Question: Relationship Between Circumference Of Neck & Circumference Of Waist Hypothesis: There is relationship between the circumference of neck & circumference of waist Null Hypothesis: There is no relationship between the circumference of neck & circumference of waist Variables: - Independent: Circumference of neck - Dependent: Circumference of waist - Extraneous: Clothings we wear, Position, Action, Gender, Lifestyle Conceptualisation: - Neck: Midline between the shoulder and head (* person must be standing upright and looking straight) - Waist: Midline between the costal margin and above the umbilical Operationalisation: Measuring Tape Ethics: Autonomy -verbal consent was given and obtained (photos taken will be posted) -respondents have the rights to reject participation
Sensitivity -topics chosen require minimal exposure Confidentiality -ensuring participants that their data will be kept confidential Sample Group: Non-probability Sampling - Accidental Sampling -rationale of choosing quota sampling: although accidental sampling is not representative, but it is the easiest sampling method for us to obtain data from all NYP students. -Nanyang Polytechnic's library was chosen as our venue to collect data, as all students from different school were there, we hope that our data could be more representative
-Rationale of choosing these topics: during a sale, when people want to know if they fit in either pants or skirts, they will measure their neck to see if they fit in to that pants or skirts. This is because they believe that the circumference of the neck is equal to the circumference of the waist.
November 2008
