Study Guide, Study Case Imagine that your instructor has just announced a semester-long group project for your small-group communication course. You are assigned to work with a group of five people to develop a solution to a prob-lem and, in so doing, to answer a specific policy ques-tion. Your group has been assigned the following is-sue: What should be done to make college textbooks at our school bookstore more affordable for students at our school? You know that textbooks take quite a bite out of your budget, but you and other group members really don't understand how textbook prices are set or why used textbooks still have a high price tag. You also don't understand why popular books on best-seller lists at large bookstores cost under $30 while most of your textbooks cost over $60, with many over $100. At the first group meeting, group members aren't quite sure how to begin addressing the question. You need to know more about how your local bookstore decides to set prices for both new and used books. Many students are buying their textbooks on the Internet and skipping the bookstore altogether. This sometimes results in the students getting the wrong book or the wrong edition of the book. You've also heard that your school's bookstore generates a profit that is used to support other activities at your school, but you're not sure of the specific relationship be-tween the bookstore and your school's budget. Questions for Analysis 1. Although the policy question is clear, what are related questions of fact, prediction, and policy that your group may need to investigate before answering the larger policy question? 2. What should the group do to develop a plan for gathering information and analyzing the issues that contribute to the problem under discussion? 3. What information do you think is available through electronic sources to help your group analyze the issues being investigated? What information is probably not going to be available on the Internet and will call for other research strategies? How would you go about dividing up the work to gather the information you need? 4. Based on the information in this chapter and the information about developing an agenda for a meetinG, how would a agenda Plan for your group's next meeting. 5. Develop a reasonable timeline for accomplishing your group's goal. 6. Your instructor has asked your group to pres-ent analysis and recommendations to the class. Based on information, what would be an appropriate format for the group's presentation?