02 Apr Note: In the upcoming (Week 6) research project you are going to pick two groups of people (15 men and 15 women) and have them fill out a questionnaire about their level of optimism. The d
Note: In the upcoming (Week 6) research project you are going to pick two groups of people (15 men and 15 women) and have them fill out a questionnaire about their level of optimism. The data from this survey will be put into a provided excel template (located in the Week 5 module). After results are populated, you will analyze the data, integrating the use of the provided scholarly and non-scholarly resources (located in the Week 5 module).
Please be as honest and accurate as you can throughout. Try not to let your response to one statement influence your responses to other statements. There are no "correct" or "incorrect" answers. Answer according to your own feelings, rather than how you think "most people" would answer and circle the response that best represents your own feelings.
Circle the response that best describes you:
Age: under 21 21-30 31-40 41-50 51-60 60+
Gender: M F
Please use the following response set to answer the items below:
1= Strongly Disagree 2= Somewhat Disagree 3=Neither Agree or Disagree 4=Somewhat Agree 5= Strongly Agree
1. In uncertain times, I usually expect the best. 1 2 3 4 5 2. Things rarely go wrong for me. 1 2 3 4 5 3. I'm always optimistic about my future. 1 2 3 4 5 4. I expect things to go my way. 1 2 3 4 5 5. I count on good things happening to me. 1 2 3 4 5 6. Overall, I expect more good things to happen
to me than bad. 1 2 3 4 5
THANK YOU FOR COMPLETING THIS QUESTIONNAIRE.
This questionnaire has been edited. The original questionnaire The Life Orientation Test-Revised was retrieved from: http://www.psy.miami.edu/faculty/ccarver/sclLOT-R.html
