Smoking+Cessation+Program

Survey Design
 * Research Design:**


 * Research group:** Smokers on several college campuses in BC aged 20-30 who are willing to participate in survey. The participants will be randomized into three groups.

-This research does not include multiple research designs. -//Variables:// The independent variable is the Smoking Cessation Campaign. The dependent variables are: knowledge of the campaign, knowledge of the consequences of smoking, attitudes towards smoking, and smoking related behavior. -//Implementation:// At the beginning of the campaign, 1200 smokers ages 20-30 will be invited to participate in this study. Those who are willing to participate will be randomly divided into three groups. Each group will take the same survey at different time periods in the campaign. The first survey will be administered in April, the second in August, and the third in November. -This design does not deal with plausible rival hypotheses. -This design is vunerable to multiple threats to validity (both internal and external). However, by the using the same survey with a large pool of participants, it attempts to create greater validity.
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