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Number Please? (Should we judge by appearance: Swan or ugly duckling?) Wong Voon Yin 0315151 PSYC 103 Individual Research Proposal

Hypothesis When a person looks more appealing (attractive) , they will receive more phone numbers. Whereas, the girl will receive more numbers than the boy.

Qualitative & Quantitative Research Qualitative Research: Participant will have to dressed up in 2 attire (unattractive, attractive), and the observant will be the passerby (at the place we chosen) Quantitative Research: This will be determine whether the passerby are willing to give a theirs' number to the participant that based on his/her appearance , data will be collected and organized by counting how many numbers was received (the participant).

Structure/Procedure

Creating a hypothesis

Deciding the type of research (Qualitative or Quantitative or Both)

Finding participant

Creating the variables: Independent Variable(s) [IV] Dependent Variable(s) [DV] Extraneous Variable(s) [EV]

Find clothes (attractive, unattractive)

Decide a place to conduct the experiment

Collecting Data & Information

Conduct the experiment

Organizing Data & Information

Research Report

Ethics consideration Participant will have no harm Participant is allowed to drop out anytime Participant will have the right to choose the attire (appealing and non-appealing) that suits them comfortably Right of privacy (phone numbers)