Your first draft of the Hypothesis for your season-long research project is due in just about 24 hours. I’ve had plenty of time to work on mine. You have not. I don’t expect a polished product the first week of class, but neither do I want to waste any time “brainstorming” about a broad topic. The sooner you and I can interact over your proposal, the sooner you can start to feel confident in your decision.

If you can manage a very specific hypothesis (like step 6) that develops from a much-too-broad topic (like step 1), your “My Hypothesis” post will look like this:

Helmets Should be Eliminated from the NFL

1. concussions in football
2. concussions and helmet design in NFL football
3. the effect of improved helmet design on the number of concussions suffered by players in NFL games
4. Helmet designs that act like shock absorbers to reduce the impact of helmet-to-helmet blows will reduce the number of concussions suffered by players in NFL games.
5. Eliminating helmet-to-helmet blows would radically reduce the number of concussions suffered by players in NFL games.
6. Eliminating helmets from NFL games would reduce concussions more than helmet improvements by making players very reluctant to engage in the most dangerous plays.

Notice the Name of the post:

My Hypothesis—davidbdale

Yours should be the same so I can find it in the sidebar of the blog. But substitute your own username, of course.

Notice that it also has a Title:

Helmets Should Be Eliminated from the NFL

Notice that this post has been placed in two categories

• The Author Category: davidbdale
• The Task category: My Hypothesis