Research Question: Does the influence of human beings, have an impact on the environmental gradient of species diversity found within Pruhonsky Haj?

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2012

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Research Question:

Does the influence of human beings, have an impact on the environmental gradient of species’ diversity found within Pruhonsky Haj?

Hypothesis:

Due to modernization and urbanization being two common factors that humans ultimately bring along with their presence in a certain area, my prediction is set to believe that the gradient of diversity within Pruhonsky Haj, was negatively affected from the influence of humans.

Null Hypothesis:

Human presence in an area does not share a relationship with the environmental diversity, therefore it does not affect it.

Variables:

        Independent: Human impact (certainty)

                -This variable is changed as each observation changes, and when                                 done so will affect the diversity. This variable is a factor of observation as                         explained in the Research Question. Steps 2-6.

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        Dependent: Diversity (certainty)

                -This variable is dependent on the human impact. A change in level of human                 impact will affect this variable, and since we are differentiating between the                 ranges of various diversity according to the human impact, it will ultimately                         affect the data. Steps 2-8.

        Controlled: Location (Pruhonsky Haj), Measuring Device (Quad-rat)

                -This variable must stay the same throughout the experiment. A change in                         the location would introduce alternate factors that could affect the dependent                 variable, like various different conditions such as weather and population                                 factors, that might not have been present in the current location. Our ...

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