Problem
Identifying and developing hypothesis about variables:
Finding and developing research ideas takes practice. One source of some research ideas is our common wisdom. This exercise has you practice developing commonly held beliefs into testable research ideas. Following is a list of 6 statements that are common pieces of cliche advice, turn them into testable research ideas.
For each of the cliches:
a) Identify a potential research method that may be used to investigate the idea.
b) Identify the relevant variables that specify how the researcher might manipulate and/or measure the variables
c) Identify other variables that might be relevant (to control or measure)