3. Generally when developing such preliminary results, the most useful/practical design is the simplest one that will give the desired information. In the pilot study, you will sample two locations at two sites, one to the east and west of Interstate 81 (I-81) and one to the north and south of a secondary road connecting to I-81 (see figure 2).

State a research hypothesis for the pilot study:

State a prediction for the pilot study: