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Kwate, N. O., & Goodman, M. S. (2015). Cross-sectional and longitudinal effects of racism on
mental health among residents of Black neighborhoods in New York City. American Journal of
Public Health, 105(4), 711–718. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2014.302243
Research question: Does racism impact upon the mental health of the African African people?
The research question is a logical extension of the study. The study has recruited black
residents from a probability sample of 2 predominantly black New York City neighborhoods
during December 2011 to June 2013. The study is a cross sectional study, that has been
conducted over the period of one year.
The research question is suitable for researching about the issue, because racism is a
common structure in the social life of the Americans. Racism is perceived not only in terms of
employment, but also in the disciplinary properties and the policies in school. Individuals who
are faced with racism often faces from several mental health issues due to the discrimination in
every sector of their life. This provides the rationale for conducting this research.
Yes, the research question supports the study design. In this paper a cross sectional study has
been conducted, which is an observational study that has analyzed the data from a population.
The research question wants to understand the impact of racism, which can only be done by a
cross sectional analysis. Thus, the research question is appropriate to the study design.
The participants have been selected randomly from randomly selected households. Hence, a
random sampling has been conducted for collecting the data. This study has considered a proper
inclusion and exclusion criteria. The study had employed a descriptive statistics for analyzing the

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collected data. The reliability of the results depends upon the inclusion and the exclusion crite-
ria. Both the inclusion and the exclusion principles set boundaries for the systematic review
(Nardi, 2018). They have been determined after the research question has been, however, some-
times a scoping research is conducted for the determination of the appropriate criteria Nardi,
2018).
The data collection methods that has been used for this paper is computer assisted interviews.
A computer assisted interviewing technique is a technique where the interviewer uses an
electronic devices for answering the questions. It is almost similar to that of an interview taken
place over a telephone. Interviews helps to explain, understand and better explore the opinion of
the research subjects.
Yes, the descriptive questions seeked to define all the Reponses to the major variables. It can
be mentioned that, the major variables that has been used are experiences of the discernment.
Daily life practices, psychological suffering, depression and number of days in the poor
psychological health. These variables rightfully comply with the title which seeked to understand
the effects of racism on the mental health among the residents of the Black neighborhood in New
York. All the variables had been measured by using different scales like Daily life experiences
and every discrimination scales.
The inferential questions does not compare the groups or the related variables, as it has not
brought about any comparison between the groups, but has tried to establish relationship between
the variables. Sometimes non –directional hypothesis is created for examining the relationship
between the variables that has been noticed in this paper (Brannen, 2017).
The inferential question followed from a theory. A widespread discrimination can be noticed
among the African Americans in a large number of literature and there are several evidence