Step 1: Develop The Problem Statement- Is social support for psychological and physical well-being only provided by humans?
Step 2: Measuring the Variable- Single, elderly individuals are happier if they have a dog or a cat as a pet.
Step 3: Obtaining the Sample- We will assign participants to two study groups. The number of participants in this study was a total of 150 people from the community. We split each group at random into 75 participants. Group 1 Question: Do pets represent special social relationships that benefit you the owner? Group 2 Question: Does a pet fulfill your social needs more effectively than another human being?
Independent Variable for Group 1: We asked the same question