Group Member 1 (First & Last name) Group Member 2 (“”) Group Member 3 (“”)

Title of Project

Paragraph 1& 2 : Restate your research question, literature review& hypothesis with appropriate revisions from Lab Assignment 1 feedback. When necessary, use an in-text citation for your hypothesis—especially if you are using the author’s work to inspire the predictions in your hypothesis. Be clear and concise—avoid redundancy as best as you can!

Paragraph 3: Describe the research method & design combination that you have chosen for your own, original study (it may be similar to the method/design that you read about in the article, or it can be a method/design that you decided on by yourself!). Be sure to explain the reasons you have for choosing both the research method (quantitative, qualitative, or mixed) and the research design (descriptive, correlational, experimental, case study, interview, focus group, or ethnography). Refer to your research methods Power Points for clues! You will be evaluated for correctness regarding your match between method & design. Here is an example of how to state the method/design:

We chose the quantitative method with a descriptive design. We chose this method and design combination because…

Paragraph 4: Describe the sample of participants that you would prefer to participate in your study. Are they college students? Undergraduates? People in romantic relationships? Single people? Same-sex or opposite-sex oriented? STEM majors? Women? Men? Include as many details about your preferred group of participants as is relevant to your study. Other characteristics (e.g., GPA, Socio-economic status (SES), etc.) need not be mentioned in this paragraph if they are not relevant to your overall research question.