Create a survey using this information Select a topic on which to conduct your survey. See Topics PowerPoint slide or select a topic on your own. Racial bias in sentencing. 2. Identify 2 concepts relevant to your topic that can be expressed as INDEPENDENT variables. You MAY NOT use demographic characteristics as independent variables. See Demographic Characteristics document. Sentences Given Race of individual 3. Identify one concept related to your topic that can be expressed as a DEPENDENT variable. Your DV should not be your topic 3. Number of people with increased sentencing of a different race State a hypothesis using each of the two independent variables from #2, for a total of 2 hypotheses.
