Exact or even close population counts are not known. It is thought that Pompeii had a population somewhere between 12,000 and 15,000 and Herculaneum a population between 4,000 and 5,000. Very few remains have been found within Herculaneum. Most of the remains have been found on the beach.
All research projects are based around variables. A variable is the characteristic or attribute of an individual, group, educational system, or the environment that is of interest in a research study. Variables can be straightforward and easy to measure, such as gender, age, or course of study.haracteristics of the environment may also be variables, such as the amount of school funding or availability of computers. Therefore, once the general research topic has been identified, the researcher should identify the key variables of interest. For example, a researcher is interested in low levels of literacy.
One way to help identify the dependent variable is to remember that it depends on the independent variable. When researchers make changes to the independent variable, they then measure any resulting changes to the dependent variable. If a researcher was looking at how studying influences test scores, for example, the amount of studying would be the independent variable and the test scores would be the dependent variable.