Research methods that properly test hypotheses are the basis for scientific work, including ethnobotany. The actual description of the research method is often very brief, and may consist of little more than a citation to another research article that used the same research method.
You need to identify one published ethnobotany research article that uses a clearly reproducible method to address an hypothesis. (The same publications may not be used for the method and hypothesis assignments.)
Your report must indicate the hypothesis and elaborate on how the particular method was used to test it. Note that this may (and often does) require you to search backwards to previous publications in order to get details of the research method. You are expected to find previous articles, if they are cited, and comment on them as part of this project.
Examples of research methods submitted by students are available to student currently enrolled in this course on this link.
A written summary of the research method in two to four pages is worth up to 60 points. (expected time to complete: 4 hours)
Research Methods Addressing Hypotheses Rubric