Practical Situations: Read the situation below and design an experiment. Jennifer M. has been hired by the city of Manhattan Beach to investigate the recent shark attacks off the coast. She has a budget of $40, 000 a 25 foot boat, and three graduate student assistants to help her. A helicopter has also been donated by a local television station, should she need one. 1. List 2 hypotheses Jennifer and her crew may have come up with for the recent shark attacks a. If , then b. If , then 2. Pick one of the two hypotheses and determine the following: a. Control Group: time of year when elephant seals are not present or another area with no seals b. Experimental Group: times/areas when/where elephant seals vary c. Experimental Dependent Variable: d. Experimental Independent Variable: