which topic area you might want to study more. With that topic area in mind, you will step into the role of a researcher. Researchers make many decisions when designing a study. You will need to narrow down your topic to a specific observation and then create a hypothesis. You'll be asked to choose a design for your study and explain the reasoning behind your choice. Instructions Explain your topic area and the reason you chose this area. Make an observation about this topic area (i.e., an educated guess about the topic area). State your hypothesis. What research design would you choose and why? (You only need to choose one design). If you choose to do a correlational study, describe a positive correlation between the two variables and a negative correlation between the two variables. If you choose to do an experimental study, describe the independent variable and dependent variable