your research question is "what is the probability of college graduates getting jobs after graduation?"

1. Determine your planned population, your planned sample, and describe what are the social, political, economic, or human issues that you are addressing with your question? Why is it important?

2. Describe the population: What is the population that your sample is drawn from? What is the proposed population data value that you will be comparing your data to?

3. Process for collecting and measuring sample: How did you select your sample?