Sociolinguistics 10, Exercise 1: a small study (a model answer; yours will differ)

1. Variable: the ING ending (two forms), as in Chapter 1.
2. Social factor: style (reading aloud versus telling a story), Chapter 4.
3. Method: record the same speakers doing both tasks, with their consent.
4. Weak point: speakers who know they are recorded may be careful in both
   tasks, so the gap between styles could be understated (the observer's
   paradox).
5. What would change my mind: no difference in the counts between the tasks.

Any answer is fine if each of the five lines is present and the weak point is
a real one. The checklist is this course's own, not taken from the sources;
the methods it uses come from Wikipedia, Sociolinguistics.