Stateyour Research Topic, Objective/Purpose and Research Question(s).

The topic is Organic food; the purpose is to prove that using organic methods for certain foods can solve the problems associated to the human metabolism. Finally, the what of the research asks will choosing organic foods for the most vulnerable foods (dirty dozen) reduce metabolic syndrome, especially in areas with high toxins?

List and label the dependent and independent variables.

Independent variable:proportion of organic food (from survey)

Independent variable:level of environmental toxins (proximity to large city or nearby toxins)

Dependent variable:metabolic syndrome (blood pressure, plaque in veins)

State the null and alternate hypotheses.

HO:Organic foods has no impact on metabolic syndrome.

H1:Organic food consumption is related to a reduction in metabolic syndrome.

What quantitative methods could be used to address your research question(s)? Describe any that could be applied.

Which would be the most appropriate? Why?

What are the advantages and disadvantages?