The following is a partial list of research proposal topics chosen by participants during the Fall Quarter of 1997

• What is Your UCLA Degree Worth?
• Explaining UCLA Undergraduate Academic Achievement
• Fear of Flying
• The Effect of Gender and Race upon Average Salaries
• How to Earn the Most Money Playing Major League Baseball
• The High Price of Auto Repairs
• An Analysis of the Variable Costs of Water Treatment and Distribution for Southern California Residents
• Home Security
• The Significant Factors Effecting the Demand of Network Computers (NCS)
• The Impact a Successful Team Has on Merchandise Sales
• Stock Market Trend and the Economy
• Determinants of Network Performance in a Large Scale Computer Network Environment
• The Effect of Special Effects on Science Fiction Films
• The Various Factors Influencing Leaping Ability in Humans
• Mexican Americans in Higher Education
• Internet Traffic: How Quantity of Servers Depends on Pricing by ISP and Other Variables
• How Early Job Offers Affect Students' Subsequent Academic Performance
• Earnings Differences Between Legal Immigrants and Natives in the United States
• Oceanic Pollution: A Research Proposal
• High School GPA Inflation
• Coffee Future Price Determinants: Supply and Demand vs. Investment Substitutes
• The Impact of an Undergraduate's GPA on Job Performance
• Does the Choice of University Attended Place a Certain Value on Education?
• Effects of Telecom Rates on Long Distance Usage
• The Impact of Position Played on the Number of Soccer Injuries Incurred
• Are the Grades of Inner City Students in Los Angeles Affected by Limited Resources?
• Academic Evaluation in High Schools
• Tendency to Depression
• What Causes Automobile-Related Bicycle Accidents?
• National Bias and Irrationality in Investor Decision-Making in Germany
• The Possible Correlation between Lung Cancer and the Number of Cigarettes Smoked
• What and How Various Factors Affect Foreign Capital Inflows
• The Effects of Sleep on Test Scores
• Guests to Disneyland
• Factors Affecting Profits of South Asian Dance Clubs
• Freshmen 15
• College Acceptance Rate and Its Determinants
• Factors that Influence Freshman College Admissions
• Equity Indices Forecasting in Emerging Markets
• Variables Affecting Crime Levels in Los Angeles
• What Type of Relationship Forms a Lasting Marriage?
• Sources of Earnings Differentials
• Demand for Imports in Turkey from 1980-1990
• Trends in Women's Weight
• Market Share Dynamics of Freely Distributed Software: Web Browsers
• The Impact of Transit Infrastructure on Urban Area Economic Growth
• Milk and its Significance in the Prevention of Osteoporosis
• Commuting Time and its Effects on a Student's GPA
• The Effects of Traffic Congestion, Existing Freeways, and Air Quality on the Demand for Public Railway Transit
• Total Sales of Ice Cream
• The Financial, Political, and Environmental Impacts on the Rupiah
• Success Ratio of Trial Attorneys
• Factor Affecting Car Accidents
• The Effects of Fatigue on Free Throw Percentages
• The Impact of Distance Education in Higher Learning on Student Achievement
• The Choice to Merge
• The Importance of Waste Composition
• The Impact of Learning Music toward High School GPA
• Determinants of Fertility Levels and Trends in the U.S.