1. Conducting Research
Chapter 2

2. #1 Forming a research question
Arise from daily experiences
Arise from other theories

3. #2 Forming a Hypothesis Hypothesis is an educated guess
Predict what will be the answer to their question

4. #3 Testing the Hypothesis
Examine evidence and draw own conclusions
Testing includes: survey, experimenting, Case-study, observation
Gather data

5. #4 Analyzing the results
What do the findings mean?
Does the data support or reject the hypothesis?

6. #5 Drawing conclusions
Explain why data supports or rejects the hypothesis
Need to keep an open mind when experimenting
Can the experiment be replicated?
Do the results raise new questions?

7. #6 Replication
A study must be repeated and produce the same results

8. #7 New Questions Likely to lead to new questions
The Process begins over again with a new Hypothesis

9. Vocabulary – use book to define
Independent Variables-
Dependent Variables
Experimental Group
Control Group
Placebo Effect
Single Blind Study
Double blind study

11. 2. The presence of music while studying
An experimenter wants to study the effects of music on studying. He has some students study while listening to music and others study in silence, and then compares their test scores. What is the independent variable in this experiment?
1. The students
2. The presence of music while studying
3. The kind of music
4. The test scores

12. Tell me the correlation
Correlational Method
Studies the relationships between variables (Twins Study)
Correlation Coefficient can be positive or negative
Tell me the correlation
Stress  Health 
Time Studying  Grades 
Time watching T.V.  Grades 
Less Time Studying  Grades 

13. Correlations can be represented by scatterplots.