Think of a topic for an experiment or quasi-experiment. These kinds of studies involve comparison of a sample mean with a population mean or two or more sample means with each other. For example, I could compare the mean on Test 1 for my day stats sections with the mean on Test 1 for my evening sections. Do not use examples from the text or class lectures. State your research hypothesis - The research hypothesis is usually what we call H1 or the Alternative Hypothesis. Now state the null hypothesis, H0. The null hypothesis is always a hypothesis of no difference, no relationship, no change, no... State the independent (IV) and dependent (DV) variables Here is an example: Research Hypothesis: Students who are told that a test is easy will do better than students who are told a test is hard. Alternative Hypothesis (H1): The mean test score of students who are told that a test is easy will be higher than the mean test score of students who are told a test is hard. Null Hypothesis (H0): There is no difference in test scores between students who are told the test is easy and students who are told the test is hard. Independent Variable: Whether students are told the test is easy or hard. (Priming condition) Dependent Variable: Test scores Research Hypothesis: Alternative Hypothesis (H1): Null Hypothesis (H0): Independent Variable: Dependent Variable: