Research Methods Question Assume you want to do a study to examine the relationship of de- policing and crime rates. 1. What are your research questions? 2. What are your research. hypotheses? 3. List the independent variables and the dependent variables. 4. What are the conceptual and operational definitions of your dependent variables? 5. What sampling method would you use? Why? 6. How and where would you collect your sample? 7. Identify the potential threats to the internal validity of your study and how you might address them.