Design your own experiment: Develop the plan for the investigation of a research question that would be best answered using paired data.
a. State the research question.
b. Explain how pairing will be used.
c. Identify the response and explanatory variables.
d. Describe how randomization (random sampling, random assignment, or both) will be used.
e. State the appropriate null and alternative hypotheses in words.
f. Describe when it will be appropriate to use a theory-based method to test the hypotheses stated above.