You should now be aware of a number of techniques used in interviews and elicitations. This is an opportunity to see how well they work. Sometime in the next two weeks I want you to go out in the world and strike up a conversation with a stranger (not your hairdresser, your barber, the car salesman, the bank teller, or anyone you meet through a comfortable set of business circumstance and is expected to talk to you), using one or more of the elicitation techniques you learned about in class. You may not use anyone with whom you work, nor can you pose as an interviewer. You may not use anyone who has to talk with you as part of his or her job, such as a salesperson or wait staff. Extend your comfort zone. Being an investigator is not for the meek. The assignment in this case is a report concerning: Which elicitation techniques you used, How, specifically, you applied them and What information you were able to gather. (The above questions are the ones you need to answer in your elicitation report). Do not report any confidential, personal information in your write up, however, you can get bonus points (1 each for a maximum of 2 total) if you were able to discover any of the following pieces of information about your subject: date of birth, social security number, address, employer, mother's maiden name. In order to receive the bonus points you must describe in detail how you acquired the information for each item for which you are claiming a bonus. Do not break the law in ways such as going through the person's wallet without their permission. These must all be legal and ethical methods. The bulk of the assignment (for the base 30 points) is a report that describes what you did in your elicitation. Specifically, it should include where and how your elicitation occurred, the specific technique(s) you used, how the elicitation progressed, what you were able to learn and Your impressions concerning obtaining information from strangers.