Research Topic: The relationship between the amount of time couples spend together and their relationship satisfaction. 1. Design a correlational study tn investigate the relationship between these two variables. What is your hypothesis? How will you operationally dene and measure the two variables? 2. How will you obtain a random sample of participants? 3. Assume that your study produces a correlation of .55 between the two variables. What are at least three possible causal explanations for this relationship? 4. Now design an experimental study to investigate these variables- What is your hypothesis? What type of hypotheses does the experimental method allow you to test that the correlational method does not? 5. What is your independent variable? What is your dependent variable? E. Do any ethical concerns about the treatment of participants emerge from your experimental design