Types of Research Activity

For each research question below, write a hypothesis, define the best type of research (descriptive, correlational, or experiment) to use, and explain how you would design the necessary study. Your explanation needs to be thorough enough to demonstrate understanding of the research methods discussed in this module's readings. The first one has been done for you as an example.

Ex: Understanding the relationship between amount of sleep and grades on a 12thgrade math test

• The more a person sleeps, the better his/her grade will be on a math test
• Correlational study
• I would get a random sample by choosing every 5thperson to walk out of the math classroom after the test. I would hand those people a survey asking them how long they had slept the night before and their grade on the math test.

1.Determining if drinking alcohol causes hallucinations

2.Describing a day in the life of a person in a mental health hospital

3.Understanding what it's like to be the mom of octuplets (eight babies born from a single pregnancy)

4.Determining if the amount of coffee consumed causes an affect on a person's mood

5.Deciding if there is any relationship between hair color and number of dates per month