What is the hypothesis for your study? Is this a directional or a non-directional hypothesis? What is the design of the study: Social Science Report, DCU, Ireland

What is the hypothesis for your study? Is this a directional or a non-directional hypothesis?
What is the design of the study? Explain why you chose this design.  Also, note the potential advantages and disadvantages associated with this type of design
What will the variable(s) be? How will you measure these?
Who will your respondents be? What size sample will you obtain?  How will you select this sample?
At what levels of measurement will your data be (i.e. nominal, ordinal, interval or ratio)?
Will there be any extraneous variables that could affect the results of your study? If so, how will you control them?
What descriptive statistics do you intend to use in order to analyze the data? Why?
Are there any other potential problems with your study? If so, how might these be overcome in future studies?