Sociology 30Final Project

Students will conduct a sociological experiment, and describe the findings in a report. Students will follow these steps: 1. Choose a topic to study. 2. Research and review existing nowledge on this topic, and present this information in point form. Please make sure to identify where you obtained your information from a biblio!raphy". 1# marks" $. Present a hypothesis a specific, testable prediction about what you e%pect to happen in your study". 1# marks" &. 'est the hypothesis by collecting data. 'his will involve manipulating a !ariable the independent variable" in order to see if it has an impact on another variable the dependent variable". 'he methods used must be described in detail. 1# marks" (. )escribe the results of your e%periment. 1# marks" *. +%plain what you thin the results mean, and why. 1# marks"

'he assi!nment is out of (# marks, and is due ,riday, -anuary 2(th.

Some definitions and e%planations:

A hypothesis is a specific, testable prediction about what you expect to happen in your study. For example, an experiment designed to look at the relationship between study habits and test anxiety might have a hypothesis that states, "We predict that students with better study habits will suffer less test anxiety." Unless your study is exploratory in nature, your hypothesis should always explain what you expect to happen during the course of your experiment or research. The independent variable is the variable that is controlled and manipulated by the experimenter. For example, in an experiment on the impact of sleep deprivation on test performance, sleep deprivation would be the independent variable. The dependent variable is the variable that is measured by the experimenter. In our previous example, the scores on the test performance measure would be the dependent variable.

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