One of the web resources High-Risk Drinking in College: What We Know and What We Need To Learn:

Hypothesis & Independent/Dependent Variables

1. Determine one independent variable from the web article

2. How is the independent variable you've identified measured (the variable's indicator)?

3. Name the variable that is dependent on the independent variable you've identified from the article, and indicate how that variable is measured

prepare a hypothesis statement that shows how the independent and dependent variables you have named are linked.