In this particular article, this conversion of data helped distinguish some important factors that contributed to establishing relationships that the researchers were looking for. The study itself interviewed 411 adolescent mothers to gather the specific data they needed to make their case. In each interview various questions about relationships, sexual practices, quality of relationships and other important deductive inquiries. The article resulted in having chi-square analyses to assess the association between relationship type and relationship dissolution. Also, in another comparison, to gain possible insight into the relationship dissolution by relationship type interaction for STDs, a factorial ANOVA was conducted with relationship dissolution and relationship type as independent variables and average percentage condom use as a dependent variable.

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Research questions are often like puzzles, requiring many varying pieces to be connected together in a cohesive fashion that promotes a reasonable argument. Kershaw's et al. (2010) article produced a key piece to my hypothesis by providing a clear correlation between STDs, adolescent mothers and their ability to use their relationship skills, adding a key component to constructing a more complete argument to the topic.
References

Kershaw et al. (2010). Let's stay together: a relationship dissolution and sexually transmitted diseases among parenting and non-parenting adolescents. Journal of Behavior Medicine, Dec 2010, 33(6),454-465. Retrieved from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3085168/