It may not impact the world in a large way but it does inspire questions.
An experiment is necessary in order to answer the question, do Rhode Island residents really travel to the market to pick up milk and bread in preparation for an up and coming storm? In this research study, the independent variable would be that there is an approaching snowstorm; the dependent would be whether or not a trip to the local market for milk and bread is taken. I hypothesize that when the weather channel says a snowstorm is expected residents in Rhode Island will stock up on bread and milk at the local market. The research design that I would select would be correlation. I would choose correlation, not experiment, because I am comparing the two variables for a relationship without altering either variable. Due to