POLI 205

Name: ___________________________________

IDEA #1

1. Research Question: State your research question as a relationship between an Independent Variable and a Dependent Variable.

2. Conceptualization: Explicitly state the definitions for each of the variables that you use in your

Research Question. IV. DV.

3. Source of Data: Which dataset will you be using? What are the specific variable names?

4. Describe how the variable is measured. How will it be coded for your analysis?

5. Proposed Hypothesis. Using your Independent and Dependent Variables, identify the expected relationship. As _________________ , then __________________ increases/decreases.

IDEA #2

1. Research Question: State your research question as a relationship between an Independent Variable and a Dependent Variable.

2. Conceptualization: Explicitly state the definitions for each of the variables that you use in your

Research Question. IV. DV.

3. Source of Data: Which dataset will you be using? What are the specific variable names?

4. Describe how the variable is measured. How will it be coded for your analysis?

5. Proposed Hypothesis. Using your Independent and Dependent Variables, identify the expected relationship. As _________________ , then __________________ increases/decreases.