Situations: Read the situation below and design an experiment. A: John Smith has been hired by the city of Virginia Beach to investigate the recent resort's coast. He has a budget of $40,000, a 25 foot boat, and three graduate student assistants to help him. A shark attacks off the helicopter has also been donated by a local television station, should he need one. 1. List 2 hypotheses John and his crew may have come up with for the recent shark attacks. a. If b. If , then then 2. Pick one of the two hypotheses and determine the following: a. Control Group: time of year when elephant seals are not present or another area with no elephant seals b. Experimental Group: times/areas when/where elephant seals vary c. Dependent Variable: d. Independent Variable: 3. What type of data do you think John will collect (What will be the results of the experiment)? 4. What conclusions will John be able to make from the results of the experiment