I decided to look at the article “Response Styles and the Rural-Urbal Divide” because it provided information about response styles based on sociodemographic characteristics. This has to do with the topic I am dealing with which has to do with high school graduation rates based off of socioeconomic status. In this study, the researchers traveled to the country of Guyana, which is a country in the Caribbean that is currently developing. In this country, they have determined that age, gender and education will effect the different response styles that each local will give to a series of questions that were on a scale from one to five. Before the researches conducted the study, they hypothesized that ARS, which means that one gives an agreement response, and ERS, which means to give an answer at either end of the spectrum, would be lower in urban areas compared to rural areas. This would mean that the people in rural areas would be more likely to agree to something that is false. In their findings, they found that their hypothesis was correct. However, they stated that there are findings where their hypothesis would be wrong if conducted in another country. This study was fascinating because I can relate it to work on my topic. Based on the amount of education one has, students might be able to form opinions and participate in arguments if they are educated on the subject matter. Overall, the source gave much detail and is an interesting study.

Thomas, Troy D., Abts, Koen, and Weyden, Patrick Vander. “Response Styles and the Rural-Urban Divide” Educational and Psychological Measurement Issue 74, no. 1 (2014): 97-115