Elementary arithmetic

As technology has advanced throughout the years, so have the means of education. With these advancements, online classes have become available and more common. Online classes are generated on the computer and done at home. Online classes are done on a students own time. Although that might sound appealing to you, traditional classes are still more popular. As many people know, traditional classes are face to face and usually take place in a classroom. These classes have an instructor to help…

Final Summary Essay (25%) Grading Rubric for Final Summary Essay CRITERA Total Pts Excellent (A) Good (B) Average (C) Below Average (D) Failing (F) Thesis (10pts) 50 Pts Includes an insightful thesis statement, with a clear introduction and conclusion. Thesis fits the parameters of the assignment. Includes a thesis statement, with an introduction and conclusion. Thesis fits the parameters of the assignment. Thesis statement is unclear. Introduction and conclusion are muddled and may not serve…

Results Table 1 shows the means and standard deviation of Red and Black coloured words recalled in Mozart’s music and no Music condition. Table 1. Means (and Standard Deviations) for experimental conditions. Word colour Music Condition Black words Red words Mean (±SD) Mean (±SD) Mozart’s Music…

Introduction Prosopagnosia is a cognitive disorder in which facial recognition is impaired, while other aspects of visual processing remains intact (Gruter 2008). This disorder implies that the brain processes visual stimuli differently. Using the Memory Interference Test (MIT) aggregated database, students can formulate hypotheses based on demographics by studying the number of correct responses and mean reaction time by observing pre-calculated students t-test. This particular assessment…

In the article “The Happiness of Pursuit” by Jeffrey Kluger, multiple tables are provided showing different data and percentages on certain factors of happiness. Looking at the tables on the page title “Got Joy,” there was three in specific that caught my eye. The first being the one labeled “Then and Now” which shows the difference in percentages from 2004 to 2013 in whether people described themselves as optimists or pessimists. The percent of Optimist decreased from 70% to 50%, which can…

Conclusion The hypothesis stated that, “If the amount of water a seed receives is increased, then the amount of seeds that sprout will increase because seeds need water to germinate.” The hypothesis was supported however it is also refuted because, the amount of seeds that germinated declined in numbers at 100 drops/hour. Whereas before it increased for 0 to 71 from 0 drops to 75 drops/hour.The refined hypothesis states that if the amount of water a seed receives increases, then the amount of…

The purpose of this study is to measure the differences between age in relation to risk-taking/impulsiveness and reaction time. The reason being, we are interested in figuring out whether or not younger adults are more prone to risk-taking and impulsiveness than the older adults are. Risk taking is an important form of human behavior that has been the subject of numerous investigations, scholarly analyses, and policy debates (Byrnes, 1998; Slovic, Lichtenstein, & Fischhoff, 1998). Risk-taking…

Comparing Different Methods of Sailing Scoring and the Fairness of Each Method The findings here are applied to sailing races. I will call each race the sailors take place in an ‘event’ and each set of events a ‘series’. The winner of the series is the sailor with the most or least points, depending on the scoring methods, after all events have taken place. Each sailor in this study has a mean performance score, between 10 and 100, denoted as μ from now on. Each sailor also has a different…

Procedure The subjects were asked to individually fill out the digital surveys online during their PSYC121 labs. The classroom is set up with computers lining the walls on three sides of the room. The Classrooms hold a maximum of 16 people per lab. There were dividers between each of the computers so that subjects could not see each other’s screens and because subjects where facing the walls minimised distraction by other subjects. The study was approved by the Victoria University ethics…

4. Conduct a quantitative analysis of comparative market data. To do this you will need to access data such as sales data or information about existing or potential customers such as demographic information or geographic information. Using this information, use at least two of the following statistical techniques for a comparative market analysis: • cross-tabulations for grouped or ungrouped data • mean • median • mode • Z, T and chi square tests. Write up the results of your quantitative…