research brief

conduct the research brief, use the following format.

I. Research Objective:

State here what your objectives are for the research you are conducting. Advice: do not make this harder than it is.  All you want to do is find something that interests you and ask questions about it.

II. Data Gathering

State here what type of data you will need to arrive at a conclusion. Be specific, for example, you would want to cite a source like NYSE stock market equity price at the close of trading on a specific date.  Make sure you state why this data is important why it is the type of data that you need.

III. Hypothesis

State here the specific hypothesis or hypotheses that you are examining.  For example, you might want to compare a group of individuals tasting a specific product against the same individuals tasting the same product. A different type of question might be looking at the relationship between the age of an individual and how much they like a product or how much they might save in one year.

You will want to include two hypotheses as part of your research question.

IV. Analytic Strategy

State here how you will get answers to your specific hypotheses based on the statistical tools we have covered.

V. Results Assessment

State here how you will be assessing your results.