Conscription: history, policy, and social impact

¶ … Conscription

This study makes assumptions that the proposed sample comprises of young Americans. The study further assumes that this segment of the country's population, which is vulnerable, is the target of conscription. The study explains that young people in the country right after their graduation from college lack direction and discipline. This is a clear indication that young Americans are increasingly becoming unproductive as a result of serious lack of direction and motivation.

In addition, the implications in the study are based on the perception that conscription offers practical, moral and ethical benefits for the young Americans as well as the society. The study proposes that conscription is most likely to provide a possible solution to social and individual challenges. The study introduces perceptions such as the relation between military and increased foster integrity and positive values in the minds of young Americans. This is a way of fostering purpose in life and discipline in the lives of these young people. During the period of conscription, values learned including the provision of methods and techniques of instilling a sense of discipline, are transferrable to their public and social life and form a strong foundation for them as productive members of the society.

The Research Instrument's Validity

The assumptions made in regard to the research instrument validity and its ability to measure the desired variables is that, the instrument incorporates questions that reflect the main issue of the study. Therefore in this sense, content validity is guaranteed. In this case, the questionnaire will include such variables as the central variable of positive value in relation to variables such as discipline, mental and physical health, goals orientation and task directedness, as well as the effect of variables such as crime and productivity in society.

In addition, the questions are intended to explain the desired outcome to ensure internal validity. For example the assumption is that the questionnaire will ask questions that help us identify factors such as discipline, mental and physical health, goals orientation and task directedness, as well as the effect of variables such as crime and productivity in society as a result of conscription.

In the same line, it is assumed that the results can be generalized to the target population the survey sample is representing, which is an assurance of external validity. Therefore in this study, it is expected that the study sample as described in the Statement of the Research Objectives, is totally representative of the target population and that the respondents are expected to truthfully answer the interview questions.