Hope everyone’s happy with their presentation grades 🙂 this class got a little difficult sometimes but everyone made it a good experience. Happy summer (after the papers done)
In an experimental design, there is A pre-experimental design there are multiple explanations for the obtained results due to the method of data collection. In a quasi-experiment design, an independent variable is […]
I think you made a really good point about how treatment would not have been the best choice for Dr. P. I did think that the case could be useful for future studies, but I do see your point about why it may not be.
After reading The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, I was sympathetic towards Dr. P’s case, as I’m sure most people were. However, while I did find his case to be quite unfortunate, I would not go so far as to […]
Executive function is one’s overall cognition and it is utilized to accomplish various tasks (Miyake et al., 2000). One component of executive function is inhibition. Miyake et al. (2000) defined inhibition as t […]
One of my hypotheses for this experiment is that the higher the level of agreeableness, the lower the academic achievement/ GPA. I believe this to be true because if one possesses the qualities of agreeableness, […]
It would be advantageous to perform a within-groups design to several reasons. First, there would be less of a demand for participants or subjects because each individual would be involved in each of the […]
I liked your multiple choice ideas for #9. I also think you made a good point about #16, but I think that your mood can also affect the way you choose to study and not just the other way around.
I believe assignment can be defined as “homework, papers, and online quizzes”. Studying may be defined as “reviewing material of a class, possibly in preparation for a quiz or exam.”
In her New York Times article, “Starfish See Pretty Well in the Deep Ocean. By the Way, Starfish Have Eyes”, Joanna Klein describes the scientific breakthrough made about starfish. The purpose of this was to […]
I personally feel that science should be used for the greater good, but I think you make a really good argument about how some people might use that only as an excuse to justify their work.
I believe that science is the study of particular aspects of the world. I think that knowledge is power and I don’t see the harm in studying science with the intention of only learning, in and of itself because […]
