Main Findings of the Paper

The Red Sneakers Effect: Inferring Status and Competence from Signals of Nonconformity Task Two sections of the submission 1. Write down the main findings of the paper (1 point) What is (are) the research question(s) and what did they find? Do not copy summary from the paper, put findings yourself To the point and concise Do not go from one study to the next Summarize as a paper Recommended length from ½ page to ¾ page Task 2. Discuss 4 or more points from below, where you have an input (4 points) Any research answers some questions and raises some interesting questions/insightful queries. But also every research has its limitations or problems This part of the assignment is aimed at appreciating these ideas together You need two parts Some criticisms of the paper and some boundaries At least one of each Total of 4 or more Do not just list the points Discuss them! ask: criticisms We are looking for a particular type of criticisms Should always relate back to the research question of the authors Not only a problem is required, but also why it would favor the author’s findings and if you test it without that problem this effect would disappear Do not use criticisms like the following as they are always true of any research Authors did not test this in another country Authors did not have 50% male and 50% female Why? You only need to argue, no support is needed No citations etc. needed from other papers Task: criticisms E.g., the paper indicated that they would like to test the relationship of asking versus instructing people to donate on the donation amounts. However, in the experiments, the authors also used stronger words when instructing people to donate. This is a problem as they might get their findings because the stronger words can lead them to donate and this might have nothing to do with asking or instructing Task: criticisms Making a criticism Some templates Template 1 Step 1: Indicate what the author did Step 2: What is the problem with that? Step 3: How would this problem will favor the results that authors got. Suggest if they would have done it in your way (indicate what it is), they would get opposite/no results Template 2 Step 1: Indicate who did the author use in the study Step 2: These subjects do a certain thing or have certain characteristics Step 3: This IS the reason why they got these results, if they would use subject B (indicate who), the results would be opposite/not present Task: criticisms Some templates Template 3 Step 1: Indicate what the author stated they will do Step 2: What did they actually do Step 3: How are these two different and would impact the results in a way that will favor authors’ hypothesis. Template 4 Step 1: What is reason authors gave for why this effect happened Step 2: What can be an alternative reason why this effect happened Step 3: Provide an example of when authors effect would not happen where it is supposed to, or when effect would happen even if authors explanation does not support it Task: criticisms Please do not say that the results might be DIFFERENT, or if they do this or the results MIGHT change if they do this You need to be able to build an argument where there is reasonable doubt about whether the results of the study are actually true or not When you are not sure, ask yourself If you put this criticism to the author, would he/she say, okay I think future studies can check that or good point but that does not question our findings Or would he/she say, oh we have not thought about that? Yes, if that is the case, then our results might not hold. Or the authors will say yes, but I still think my explanation can also be true under some other circumstances. Or they argue with you if your case is true. If your criticism is of the second type, you are doing fine If it is the first type, think of something else ask: boundaries or extending the paper Indicate some ways in which the findings of the paper can be applied to interesting scenarios in the industry Go beyond the usual application e.g., this research takes about increasing shoe sales, it can be applied in shoe stores Duh!! Examples of where from the research it should apply (based on the paper), but there are reasons why it should not or where this will be very different than examples provided Make sure this application is not the same as mentioned in the paper In criticism we are questioning the paper, in boundaries we are finding exceptions Just like criticism Make sure that the application is based on specific research question in the paper and not the context, one of the variables in the paper etc. i.e., it has to be an application of the FULL research question Task: application or extending applications Biggest problems: Usual/not interesting applications Same applications that authors tested or reported in the paper Application not about author’s research question Do Find places where you are not sure if this breaks Find places where it might be okay to apply, but it goes against the intuitive understanding Task: application or extending applications E.g., this research talks about how using complex words in ads lower people’s liking of the ad. Based on the paper, I wonder if this is true for ads for books or literature. It will be counterintuitive if ads for selling literature are more liked if they are written using simple words.

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