Practical Situations: Read the situation below and design an experiment. Jennife

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Practical Situations: Read the situation below and design an experiment. Jennifer M. has been hired by the city of Manhattan Beach to investigate the recent shark attacks off the coast. She has a budget of $40, 000 a 25 foot boat, and three graduate student assistants to help her. A helicopter has also been donated by a local television station, should she need one. 1. List 2 hypotheses Jennifer and her crew may have come up with for the recent shark attacks a. If _____, then _____ b. If ______, then ______ 2. Pick one of the two hypotheses and determine the following: a. Control Group: time of year when elephant seals are not present or another area with no seals b. Experimental Group: times/areas when/where elephant seals vary c. Experimental Dependent Variable: ______ d. Experimental Independent Variable: _____

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2) dependent variable : elephant seals , measured on a numeric scale

independent variable : geographical areas , measured as categorical variable

1) a) if shark attacks are related to the more people going to the sea

b) if shark attacks are related to the time of the year

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