You are to complete all three scenarios:

Scenario #1: The State of Wisconsin began running a Boot Camp for first time youth drug offenders. The camp entails sending the offenders to the north woods from 3/14/2015 – 4/27/2015. "Campers" will build their own shelters and cook over open fires. The camp also includes traditional boot camp aspects like exercise, drills, etc. Billy Badger was given the job of determining the effectiveness of the boot camp. The next time the boot camp is conducted, he will compare a random sample of offenders placed in traditional programs (e.g., probation, incarceration, drug treatment, day treatment, house arrest, etc.) to a random sample of offenders placed in the boot camp. He is planning on comparing the groups on recidivism rates for the next two years.

Scenario #2: Bob's plant shop was trying to determine what was causing leaves on plants in their shop to change color related to temperature. What would be a design to study leaf color change related to temperature?

Scenario #3: Jim was trying to determine which gasoline he uses in his car gets him the best mileage. He use four gasolines: Exxon, Shell, BP and Mobil. What design could be used with this design?

Organize your responses in this way:

I. Scenario #1 (answer all questions in 1,2,3 order). Then you will move on to scenarios 2 and 3, illustrating in the same fashion (II. Scenario #2; III. Scenario #3).

I. Scenario #1 – State of Wisconsin Study

1. What is your proposed Research Question(s) for this study? List them in detail.

2. What is your proposed "Hypothesis" for this scenario? Be specific.

3. What is your proposed "Null Hypothesis" for this scenario?

4. What is an "Independent Variable?" What would be the Independent Variable(s) for this scenario?

5. What is a "Dependent Variable?" What would be the Dependent Variable(s) for this scenario?

6. What would be your research design for this study. Where would it take place? How would you choose your subjects? What measurement tool(s) would you use and why?

7. How would you show your results? Be specific with several examples.

8. What problems, if any, do you project with the proposed studies regarding the participants or outcomes?

II. Scenario #2 – Plant Leaf Color Study

1. What is your proposed Research Question(s) for this study? List them in detail.

2. What is your proposed "Hypothesis" for this scenario? Be specific.

3. What is your proposed "Null Hypothesis" for this scenario?

4. What is an "Independent Variable?" What would be the Independent Variable(s) for this scenario?

5. What is a "Dependent Variable?" What would be the Dependent Variable(s) for this scenario?

6. What would be your research design for this study. Where would it take place? How would you choose your subjects? What measurement tool(s) would you use and why?

7. How would you show your results? Be specific with several examples.

8. What problems, if any, do you project with the proposed studies regarding the participants or outcomes?

III. Scenario #3 – Car Mileage Study

1. What is your proposed Research Question(s) for this study? List them in detail.

2. What is your proposed "Hypothesis" for this scenario? Be specific.

3. What is your proposed "Null Hypothesis" for this scenario?

4. What is an "Independent Variable?" What would be the Independent Variable(s) for this scenario?

5. What is a "Dependent Variable?" What would be the Dependent Variable(s) for this scenario?

6. What would be your research design for this study. Where would it take place? How would you choose your subjects? What measurement tool(s) would you use and why?

7. How would you show your results? Be specific with several examples.

8. What problems, if any, do you project with the proposed studies regarding the participants or outcomes?

Be sure to organize your writing with all eight expectations clearly numbered in each scenario.