Methods Outline 
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Method Description
Subtopic 
On the rubric, a 3 “Describes a replicable research
method, with questionable alignment to the purpose of
the inquiry.”
Instruments What specific tools (surveys, frameworks, interview
questions, etc.) need to be created?
Zoom, post research counseling services that I could
provide participants with (Colorado Crisis Line and
the 4 Exhale line), questions to ask participants,
survey about basic demographics, informed consent
form, and IRB approval.
Justification
On the rubric, a 4 and 5 “Logically defends the
alignment of a detailed, replicable research method to
the purpose of the inquiry.”
How will your instrument gather the information you
want?
I will use zoom for the interviews which will be
conducted based off of the survey and the interview
questions that I will ask. Those sources will allow me
to compare the results from my interview to the
DADD scale to see which of the three stimulus
options was most effective at decreasing decision
difficulty.
Procedure How will you gather your data, step-by-step (describe How will this process support both internal and
in as much detail as you have)? external validity as well as good research ethics?
My procedure (as of right now) is to give participants (what have you done/ need to do?)
a survey in the form of a Google Form which asks for
basic demographics (age, sex (not gender), By using a scale of 1-5 to measure the participants'
responses upon, I maintain more internal validity
Race/Ethnicity, Socioeconomic Status) as well as if
within the study by turning qualitative data into
abortion is something the participant would ever quantitative data. As abortion can be a tough topic to
consider should they experience and unplanned discuss (especially with a stranger) ethics were taken
pregnancy. Next, I plan on conducting in-depth into consideration with every step of this proces. I am
interviews of women aged 14-24 in Colorado over trying to limit any possible emotional distress by
Zoom or Google Meets. Each participant, regardless providing participants with slips of paper including
of cohort, would be asked to imagine a hypothetical the contact information of two psychological
assistance lines that can be contacted at any time.
situation in which they are currently seeking options
Along with this, I am obviously going to try to limit
for an unplanned pregnancy. They are trying to decide any emotional distress experienced by the participant
between parenting, adoption, or abortion. The at any time during the study by creating a
participant would be told that at this particular point in non-judgemental and comforting atmosphere for them
exploring their options, they are considering abortion to be interviewed within as well as providing a
but am not leaning towards one option more than “prefer not to say” option for any question that may
another. I would have a control group in which I be possibly triggering.
would give a medically accurate pamphlet on abortion
as well as adoption and parenting--all with an appeal
to logos. In another group (group B) I would give
information given to women with an appeal to pathos;
after this survey is completed there would be a debrief
in which all potentially misleading information
presented in the pamphlet would be corrected. In a
third group (group c) I would give a mix of half
information appealing to logos and half appealing to
pathos; after this survey is completed there would be a
debrief in which all false information presented in the
pamphlet would be contextualized. A possible 4th
group that would not receive any stimulus is also
being considered. Each group would get a debrief after
data collection that will allow them to still have
confidence in their decision-making process and
contextualize any information that may have been
medically inaccurate on the pamphlets. Also in the
debrief, as well as at the end of the survey, the
participant will receive two phone numbers of talk
lines they can call at any time should the interview or
study have unintentionally caused any emotional
distress. The first phone number would be for the
Colorado Crisis Line and the second would be for a
post-abortion counseling hotline for women who have
had abortions as well as their friends family or anyone
needing support surrounding the topic of abortion. The
organization is non-partisan and called 4Exhale.