Proposing a Preliminary Hypothesis
( the relationship between Crime and Immigration )
the purpose of this journal is to derive a testable hypothesis from the research question The Relationship between Crime and Immigration. You will receive feedback from the instructor to assist you in refining your hypothesis and your conceptual definitions.
Write a response proposing a preliminary hypothesis between your independent and dependent variables. Remember to account for the characteristics of a good hypothesis in completing this journal assignment. In addition to your independent and dependent variables, discuss the confounding variables that you believe might have an effect, and justify the inclusion of these variables. Outline a conceptual definition for each of the variables you have included in your model.
Research Process Justifies choices based on specific references to the characteristics of the research process
supports the feasibility of choices through specific references to sources
