Topic: Number of books read in a year

o Identify exactly what it is you are hoping to study.

o Determine what your population is.

o a proposal with all group members' names on it

The proposal be as specific as possible, describe what question you want to investigate and generally how you plan to obtain data. The more detailed the proposal, the better feedback you will get and the easier the approval process will be. Your proposal should address the following questions:

What is the topic of your project?

What are the main issues or problems you plan to address?

What are your plans for obtaining background information (if needed) about your

project?

Describe the data that you plan on using or collecting, including the variables

measured. You don't have to give a detailed version of your data collection design;

you will hand in detailed design plans on the second stage of the project.

What questions and/or concerns do you have about your project?

Things to keep in mind:

Qualitative variables vs. quantitative variables Observational study vs. designed experiment Population vs. sample

Sampling technique

Bias in sampling