Research and Data Collection Methods    Answer each question, but do not number your answers in the assignment you submit.  Question 3 will be what you actually include in your proposal.    1. State your course research project’s specific research question.   (what is the future of transportation security?) 2. State whether your project would be more suitable for a qualitative, quantitative, or mixed methods approach.    a. If you use a quantitative approach, provide your hypothesis and list the dependent and independent variables.    Dependent Variable:              Independent Variable:    3. Describe your research methodology to include your sample/population and your procedure. Be very specific about what you plan to do.