Description of the participants you plan to use in your study (I will need at least seven students to respond to your survey) Description of the materials that will be used in the study and why they are most appropriate for the proposal Description of the procedures that will be used to collect data and how they will address the research question Discussion of any ethical concerns that can be foreseen with the study and steps that could be taken to remedy them Explanation of the procedures to be utilized as raw data for analysis Explanation of the analytic procedures for analyzing data and how they will help obtain valid and reliable research results Description of which descriptive statistics will be most informative in answering the research question and why Discussion of how the proposed data analysis methods are ethical, as outlined by the APA's principles and standards Prediction of the expected findings or anticipated results.

Hypothesis:

Those who believe in astrology may be lesslikely to trust science and depend on scientific evidence than those who do not. This theory is predicated on the premise that astrology is often seen as a kind of pseudoscience and that those who believe in astrology may dismiss scientific explanations in favor of astrological ones. This might be investigated via a survey or experiment designed to gauge the extent to which respondents put their faith in astrology as opposed to science. You might also question participants about how much they rely on scientific facts and whether they believe astrology is a credible source of data. You might assess whether there is a substantial difference in the levels of confidence in science and dependence on scientific facts betweenthose who believe in astrology and those who do not believe in astrology by comparing the replies of the two groups. This idea is supported by several investigations. For instance, Chico and Lorenzo-Seva (2006) discovered that those who scored higher on a self-report assessment evaluating astrological belief were more likely to believe in astrology and had less faith in science.

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