Brand X: Consumer Science What should be on your poster?
What Brand of Ice cream is the Best? Hypothesis: Tillamook Ice Cream will be the favorite because that is the brand my family buys Variables: Manipulated: Brand of Ice Cream Response: Participants’ Favorites (1 st, 2 nd, 3 rd ) Background: Include why you chose your project, jingles, advertisements, and slogans, and any other important information Consumer's Favorite Ice Cream Brands Participant's score (5 points: 1st choice, 3 points: 2nd choice, 1 point: 3rd choice) BrandJamesSarahChrisJuanAmy Total Score Tillamook Darigold Dreyers Materials: -List Procedures: -How did you collect your data? Data Analysis: This is where you state the numbers In your data. Example: Tillamook had a total score of 19, Darigold had a total of 17 points and Dreyers came in last with a total of 9 points Conclusion: The data supported my hypothesis that Tillamook would be the favorite ice cream. Include sources of error and future research ideas.
Background Why did you choose this project? What do you know about each brand you have chosen? Jingles, Slogans, Advertisements Any other relevant information
Question and Hypothesis Your question can be your title Hypothesis There is no “I” in hypothesis -Example: The brand Trident will hold its flavor the longest -You can use because statements
Variables Manipulated: The 3 brands you have chosen Response variable: What are you measuring? -Example: 1 st, 2 nd, 3 rd favorite? Assign each a point value Variables: Manipulated: Brand of Ice Cream Response: Participants’ Favorites (1 st, 2 nd, 3 rd )
Materials List and Procedures Include any and all supplies used How did you collect your data? Repeat at least 3 times -In taste tests, making sure to ask multiple people will serve the purpose of repeating 3 times
Data Table Include a descriptive title Label X and Y variables (with units) Consumer's Favorite Ice Cream Brands Participant's score (5 points: 1st choice, 3 points: 2nd choice, 1 point: 3rd choice) BrandJamesSarahChrisJuanAmy Total Score Tillamook Darigold Dreyers
Graph Everyone should have a bar graph Brands on X axis Descriptive Title Label X and Y axis (with Units)
Data Analysis State the data (What are the numbers?) With taste tests, state the overall points each product received -Ice Cream example: 1 st favorite 5 points, 2 nd favorite 3 points, 3 rd favorite 1 point -i.e. Tillamook received 17 points, Darigold received 13 points, and Dreyers received 7 points
Conclusion Restate your question and hypothesis Did your data support or not support your hypothesis? Sources of error? (human error) Further questions or research
What Brand of Ice cream is the Best? Hypothesis: Tillamook Ice Cream will be the favorite because that is the brand my family buys Variables: Manipulated: Brand of Ice Cream Response: Participants’ Favorites (1 st, 2 nd, 3 rd ) Background: Include why you chose your project, jingles, advertisements, and slogans, and any other important information Consumer's Favorite Ice Cream Brands Participant's score (5 points: 1st choice, 3 points: 2nd choice, 1 point: 3rd choice) BrandJamesSarahChrisJuanAmy Total Score Tillamook Darigold Dreyers Materials: -List Procedures: -How did you collect your data? Data Analysis: This is where you state the numbers In your data. Example: Tillamook had a total score of 19, Darigold had a total of 17 points and Dreyers came in last with a total of 9 points Conclusion: The data supported my hypothesis that Tillamook would be the favorite ice cream. Include sources of error and future research ideas.