
Tristan M. answered 10/26/20
Graduate Student Eager to Help Student's Learn
The scales 1-5 (Likert Scale) is a great way to get data that can be tracked. Open ended questions leave a lot of room to receive answers you were not controlling for and are hard to record as concrete data. As far as lurking variables you need to isolate what you think causes poor habits, find one you think has a strong effect, and stick to it. The way you have the study set up at the moment models and exploratory study, which is used to help isolate variables later on, but do not actually manipulate any variables.
Also, the way you have your study questions set up at the moment gives you ample opportunity to explore correlations between attitudes toward studying and academic success. I would include a question that has healthy study habits on it for participants to select from as well to not bias your results.
Overall, you want to make a clear hypothesis and null hypothesis that can be tested. You can always include questions that touch on your mediating (lurking) variables and speak about how those may effect the outcomes, which do require research into other studies. but can prove to be beneficial in helping answer your questions as well as help you isolate a single variable.
I hope this helps! Good luck with your research!