Drones the Predator Drone and

Drones The Predator Drone and Roadside Bombings: Data Collection State your course research project's specific research question. The research projection is driven by the following research question: How has the use of the Predator in the War in Afghanistan supported a decrease in roadside bombings? Intensive interviews: How would a number of intensive interviews contribute useful data for your course research project? One of the most essential elements of data-collection is consultation with a representative population.

In the case of this study, a population should be devised for engagement on intensive interviews concerning the use of the Predator drone. In particular, in building preliminary knowledge on the use of the Predator, it would be appropriate to interview high-ranking officers, weapons experts and military policy-makers. This could provide the process with a body of usable knowledge on the history of Predators, how they are used and what the perceived consequences of their use are among key military decision-makers. b.

Who would you interview to collect the data? Beyond these interviews, interviews would be conducted with a sample population of high-ranking military personnel who have returned from tours of duty in Afghanistan. c. How many interviews would you conduct (your sample size)? The sample size would include roughly 50 high-ranking veterans of the War in Afghanistan of sound physical and emotional well-being. d. Write your course research project's hypothesis and then write interview questions that could collect data on the dependent and independent variables in the hypothesis.

Hypothesis #1: The primary hypothesis is that the use of Predator drones does decrease the occurrence of roadside bombings in the War in Afghanistan by increasing casualties among those termed 'enemy combatants." Here, the dependent variable is a decrease roadside bombings and the independent variables are the increase of civilian casualties as a result of the use of the Predator drone.

Question 1: What do you see as the best way to prevent the threat of roadside bombing? Question 2: What is the effect of the use of the Predator on the amount of roadside bombings which occur? Question 3: Do you see a connection between increased enemy combatant casualties and reduced roadside bombing attacks? 3. Observational Field Research: a. Would observational field research efforts contribute data for your course research project? Field research could be conducted in a specific context where military drones are used.

Here, the research could directly observe the manner in which drones are used and could make count of the proportion between causalities and roadside bombings through that duration. b. Where would you conduct the observational field research? For the present research, this could best be accomplished by placing the research in Afghanistan for a period of observation. c.

List your dependent and independent variables from your course research project's hypothesis and provide a short explanation for what you would observe that would measure this variable and contribute to your course research data collection. Dependent Variable: The dependent variable is the number of roadside bombings occurring in Afghanistan during a measured duration. The observational field research described above could provide an opportunity to make count of these bombings during a sample space of time.

Independent Variable 1: The independent variable of Predator drone usage could be measured also through observational count of daily flyover schedules. Independent Variable 2: Another independent variable, that of enemy combatant casualties, could be counted through direct observation and confirmed using military data. 4. Surveys: a. Would a survey contribute useful data for your course.