Obesity Research Question and Hypothesis Analysis Learning Objectives: 1) Identify a problem or goal regarding personal wellness. 2) Formulate a scientif

Obesity Research Question and Hypothesis Analysis Learning Objectives:

1) Identify a problem or goal regarding personal wellness.

2) Formulate a scientific research question.

3) Create a research hypothesis with appropriate independent and dependent variables.

Background Information:
Background information should paint a picture of what your self-experiment will cover. This information should be gathered from scholarly, scientific research, NOT blog posts and google searches.
You need at least 2 peer-reviewed resources. Make sure to watch Scott Stone’s videos to aid you in finding resources.
Question:
Phrase your research question as a question, not a statement.
The topic must clearly relate to a dimension of wellness (if you feel your topic warrants an explanation of how it relates to a dimension of wellness, please provide this here).
Hypothesis:
State what you believe you will find after conducting this experiment.
This hypothesis must be based on existing literature related to your topic.
Make sure that you have familiarized yourself with the literature and are generating a realistic hypothesis founded in scientific research.
Clearly identify your independent and dependent variables.
If your dependent variable isn’t obviously measurable, please provide a brief explanation as to how your variable will be measured
For example: ▪ Body weight is clearly measured by standing on a scale, and is always represented by a number (either in pounds or kilograms). “I will lose weight” is clearly and obviously measured only one way.
Level of stress is not clearly measured or represented by a number, so you must explain how it will be measured. The statement “I will feel less stressed” does not obviously demonstrate how stress is measured. Instead, try “I will feel less stressed, as measured by the Perceived Stress Scale.” This shows that you are turning a normally qualitative variable, stress, into a quantitative variable that can be measured using a numeric scale.

Things to Take in Consideration:

You are the only participant in this experiment.
You need to decide your topic based on the literature.
Do not chose inappropriate topics; examples that involve drugs, alcohol, excessive weight loss, ingesting any material that would alter your state that could be considered detrimental to your health (increase or decrease heart rate).
Need to choose a measurable outcome that can be compared pre and post self experiment.
Make sure to use quantitative variables instead qualitative.
Reference material for further explanation: https://www.simplypsychology.org/qualitative-quantitative.html (Links to an external site.)