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An undergraduate student with a budget, 10 weeks of time, and basic survey design skills wants to study the physiological stress responses of deep-sea divers using underwater heart-rate monitors. Apply the concept of feasibility to propose one specific modification to this study's design that would make it feasible under the student's constraints.
Question: An undergraduate student with a budget, 10 weeks of time, and basic survey design skills wants to study the physiological stress responses of deep-sea divers using underwater heart-rate monitors. Apply the concept of feasibility to propose one specific modification to this study's design that would make it feasible under the student's constraints.
Sample answer: The student could change the study to measure self-reported psychological stress using an online survey distributed to recreational swimmers. This removes the need for expensive underwater heart-rate monitors (addressing funding/equipment constraints) and targets an accessible participant pool within their survey design skills.
Key points:
- Proposes a modification to the measurement method (e.g., self-report surveys instead of physiological heart-rate monitors) or participant pool.
- Addresses the funding constraint ( budget) or resource constraint (underwater monitors).
- Addresses the participant access constraint (deep-sea divers).
- Aligns the proposed design with the student's existing technical knowledge (survey design) and timeline (10 weeks).
Rubric: The answer must propose a specific design modification (such as changing the variables/measures to self-report, or changing the participant pool to an accessible population) that directly resolves one or more of the constraints (funding, equipment, or participant access) to make the study feasible.
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