PhowaBoy has made some very good suggestions and I am impressed how much he has thought this through.
korothism posted a very good link that bascially is a summary of everything that is known about inducing lucid dream techniques. Which is excellent. Any new readers I would encourage to take a look at this link and become familar with the basics, which will put them in a better position to understand this area of study.
What is lacking in this overview of the link posted, is the precise nature in which lucid dreaming is mastered. And precise effectiveness, results, and steps as to how this is achieved. And why it is achieved. This is the reseach we are undertaking. Which I do not believe has ever been studied before.
Firstly I would like to thank PhowaBoy for his effort in considering how the study should be started. Which has helped me conclude how it should be done.
This is what I have concluded for this study so far. That I will be carrying out with the help of others who are interested.
1) We should put potential subjects into groups. To gather data about what that subject has tried in practice. This will give us results on the area studied for that subject.
2)To begin with I think it is best to try something simple. And see if this is successful before continuing. Therefore 2 groups should be created to start. The best suited areas to begin with I think are the following:
a) (group 1)
setting an alarm, when the alarm goes off the subject is to announce "I need to lucid dream, must remember to have a lucid dream" A quick thought of lucid dreaming is all that is needed for this area.
The reason I suggest this is to find out how effective a simple consistent reminder/thought of the suggestion and desire to lucid dream is. Without carrying out any methods to prove if it is a dream.
The next group should concerntrate on proving it, without suggesting or keeping the desire to lucid dream in mind.
For example.
B) (group 2)
A subject is to set an alarm, when the alarm goes off the subject is to announce "Must test if I am lucid dreaming now" And preform one consistent method to prove if this is true. Not by natural discernment. But according to an outside test. Eg looking at the watch (analog) for 10 seconds exackly and observing it ticking. Observe if it ticks correctly. If so conclude it is not a dream, solely from this check. If it does not tick correctly. It is to be concluded that it is a dream, and methods of becoming fully lucid applied. Which we can define later when the study gets started.
Other areas of study which have been considered in this thread so far I think we need to think about. But are too complex at this point to begin with.
The main idea we are testing to start is this. Grouup 1 is testing the consistent frequency of a desire to lucid dream. Reminding oneself of this desire every hour. What this involves is a quick reminder and thinking intuitively about how, "I must catch myself in a dream and become lucid" without doing a provable reality check. I will define the precise nature of both checks before we actually start the study.
What the difference between the two groups of study are is one is testing logically through a precise process to physically prove if it is a dream. Through a known method of how a dream and reality works. For example in dreams, you can look at a watch for a certain amount of time and nearly everytime the clock will not tick correctly. Another method to testing this may be applied here. The main idea is that we are seeing the difference between logic induced lucid dreams, and suggestion of desire induced lucid dreams.
This will help us define the nature of how we use these 2 methods to induce lucidity. Logic is generally not used when the consious mind is fast asleep. But can be used when closer to the lucid state, logic of the consious mind becomes active. A desire to lucid dream plays a vital part in increasing the potential for logic to be used to induce lucidity. To help awaken the consious mind during sleep. Both these methods together indeed help to induce lucid dreams. What we are doing is seperating the two aspects in order to study the results of both processes seperately. That way we recieve precise data about each method. Which can then be used to consider our next area of study. And to conclude what we will from the results of these 2 groups.
I think this is the best way that we can start the reseach. Because it is the beginning foundation of what we are studying. We need to begin to study these two aspects in order that we start to get some feeback about the process involved.
Considering what I have preposed here now. We need to think more about the best way to do this. We are making progress on how we are going to start the study. But I don't want to rush into it without thinking it through properly. So we still need to plan the study precisely. For those that are interested in taking part in this, we are now getting the bare bone structure and idea of the first study we are undertaking.
So now we need to discuss the best way to do this. Considering what I have concluded here, I now need people interested to discuss why this is the best way to begin the study, and if anything else needs to be considered here. And just as important. What the most effective precise approach to this is, to begin the study.
Thank you guys for your help so far.
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