Design your own study: Develop the plan for the investigation of a research question that can be answered using a chi-square test.

a. State the research question.

b. Will you conduct an experiment or an observational study? How are you deciding? Also, describe how the randomization (random sampling, random assignment, or both) will be carried out.

c. Identify the observational units.

d. Identify the response and explanatory variables. Also, identify whether each is categorical or quantitative.

e. State the appropriate null and alternative hypotheses in words.

f. Describe when it will be appropriate to use a theory-based method to test the hypotheses stated above.