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In the results of the Investigation of Adolescent behaviors they

showed that girls are more likely to report engaging in suicidal thoughts

and attempts more than boys. The girls percentages were much higher

than boys in suicide thoughts in their lifetime, in the past six months,

and in attempts.

As for the research, on the upside the researchers did pretty well,

but there were a few things that could and should have been done

differently. First of all, they randomly picked high school sophomores

and juniors. There were 53% of sophomores and 47% of juniors. They

should have either used one grade or the other or used both and

compared them. The junior class had a yeah more than the sophomore

class for suicide attempts and thoughts and depression and drinking

problems. All participants should have been the same age and grade.

The researchers did recruit from two different areas, but they didn’t

specify in comparing the two areas with the number of behavior

problems. Another serious critique for Mr. and Mrs. Windle was the sex

difference. 53% were female and 47% were male. That’s a 6%

difference of having more females than males which should have been

equal. This opted in resulting in an unfair count of to many females

being accused of more suicidal tendencies. Also racial issues were not

evened out. 98% of the students used were white and only 2% were

black. This raises questions of comparing the blacks and whites which

are more likely to have behavior suicidal, drinking, and depression

thoughts. Resulting in another question that could have been avoided.

The Windle’s should have equaled blacks and whites for the study.

Overall...