Project Summary: Based on the same topic as before ( neonatal nursing care): Select one qualitative and one quantitative question that you might want to write your research proposal on. Identify the independent and dependent variables. Next, create a hypothesis or set of hypotheses to go along with your research question. Identify your hypothesis as one of each of the four categories below and explain why your hypothesis fits into these categories: Associative or causal Simple or complex Nondirectional vs. directional Null vs. research