on your own, individual topic of interest, create a hypothesis, operationalize variables, state
their level of measurement, and then decide what tests you would conduct to see if there are
relationships between your variables. (35 points; Each letter below = 5 points)
a. State a formal research question about the topic you want to study.
b. What would be a research hypothesis taken from your research question?
c.
Define each of the variables by name - what is your independent variable (IV) and what
is your dependent variable (DV)?
d. How are these variables operationalized - meaning, what question would you ask, and
what responses would there be for each of your variables?
e. What is the level of measurement for each of the variables you mentioned -- for your
independent (IV) and your dependent (DV)?
f. What relationship are you looking to test?
g. What statistical test would you choose to see if this relationship is significant?
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