Emily Ross

Assignment 2
Cards Assignment
Experiment: To see which way of sorting cards is faster, Method A (Draw cards from the shuffled
deck, arrange the cards by suit first, then for each suit place the cards in ascending order) or
Method B (Draw cards from the shuffled deck, arrange the cards by suit and place them in
ascending order as you draw them).
Methods: Assign people into groups, then assign those groups method A or method B. Have each
group do the experiment 3 times and record their data.
Method A Data:
Trial
#
1

Group #
1
2
3
4
1
2
3
4
1
2
3
4
mean
method A
SD

Method A Chart:

Method A
178
160
223
169
139
136
178
141
110
148
158
125
155.4166667
29.69070358

Mean
Trial
182.5

148.5

135.25

Method A Indivdiual Trials

Method B Data:
Trial #
1

Group #
1
2
3
4
1
2
3
4
1
2
3
4
mean method
B
SD

Method B Chart:

method B (sec)
116
79
121
107
174
98
121
108
110
125
90
98
112.25
23.74150566

Mean Trial
105.75

125.25

105.75

Method B Individual Trials