Pt1420 Unit 7 Checkpoint

The findings associated with this experiment are quantitative, meaning that they were broken down into a “numerical representation and manipulation of observations for the purpose of describing and explaining the phenomena that those observations reflected” (Babbie, 2015, 494). The data was then compiled utilizing Micrsoft Excel, this allowed for individual charts to be created to visually represent the data accuratly, See Figure 1, Figure 2, Figure 3, and Figure 4. Each chart has a different representation. Figure 1 illustrates the findings of the pre-test wich indicate that each participant with the exclusion of two were not able to list all 50 states. Additionally, Massachusets and Iowa were most commonly missed and with the inclusion of Hawaii, Minnesota, Texas, Nevada, and California the participants were also able …show more content…
As for Figure 2 the post test, the scores increased expodentialy, The participants were able to name most of the states or at least attempt to although Massachusets and Iowa still were not identified as much and the people who were unable to identify it prior continued to be unable to identify them even with studying. According to the results of the post-test the most commonly missed states were associated with the Mid-West region of the country. Figure 3 represents a collaboration of both pre-test and post-test, this chart gives a true representation that even with study Massechusets and Iowa remain unidentifiable. At the time of the experiment it was deduced that none of the participants had visited either states. As for Figure 4, this chart shows a visual representation of the hypothesis that was being tested. Each participants age was compared to both their pre-test and post-test scores. One can clearly see that age and scores do not correlate with one another and it appears to to obtain a more through correlation one would need to compile more data on the