Search for one human behavior–based observational study that is currently being conducted or that has been published since 2008.

Submit a 1- to 2-page Microsoft Word document of the study. Include the name of the primary investigator, the title of the study, and the study objectives. Make sure you state the specific types of people being observed and the setting in which they are being observed. For example, people with Alzheimer’s disease when they are eating dinner in the nursing home’s dining room.

Use this study as the basis for a new study you create. Give your study a title and explain how you would apply each step of the scientific method to perform it. Discuss whether your study is basic or applied research and explain why.

Support your responses with examples.

GRADING CRITERIA

Submit a summary of an observational study currently being conducted, including the specific types of people being observed and the setting in which they are being observed.

Use this study as the basis of a new study and use each step of the scientific method to explain how you would perform the study.

Explain whether the new study is an example of basic or applied research.

Use correct spelling, grammar, professional vocabulary, and APA format.