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03 Scientific Method Assessment

Part I: Evaluate an Experiment
Scenario 3
1. The independent variable would be the type of music that he makes the people listen to. The
dependent variable would be the rising pulse rate.
2. Well, instead of having each person listen to one type of music, have each of them listen to all types
of music and calculate the average pulse rise rate that each person experience to each type of music.
This is an improvement because its more accurate data than having each person listen to one type of
music because of person may prefer a certain type of music and may be more biased towards that.

Part II: Designing an Experiment

Purpose: Daniel and Jacob want to determine whether or not generic-brand detergent and name-brand
detergent are equivalent in their cleaning quality.
Research: They research the different brands and read different scientific facts about each brand.
Hypothesis: The hypothesis they have come up with say that generic-brand detergent is just as good as
name-brand detergent or the name-brand is better than the generic-brand. The hypothesis they have
chosen to test is that generic-brand detergent is just as good as name-brand detergent.
Variables: The independent variable for this experiment is the type of detergent that is being tested. The
dependent variable is the quality that each detergent will clean. The controlled variables are the liquid
used to stain the shirt and the shirt they use.
Experiment: For their experiment, they get six, adult medium, white t-shirts and stain them both with
cup of red Hawaiian Punch. They lay both shirts flat on the kitchen counter for 24 hours. Then they
place one shirt in the washing machine and wash it with the name-brand detergent for 30 minutes with
cold water. Then they place the second shirt in the washing machine and repeat the same process with
the generic-brand detergent. Then they take out both shirts and compare the results. They repeat this
process two more times
Analysis: The results could show that the name-brand is better, the generic-brand is better or that they
are equal.
Draw Conclusions: In order to determine if my hypothesis was proven correct or incorrect, I would see
which shirt has the least amount of the stain left on the shirt. If my hypothesis was incorrect, then one

of the detergents was better than the other and I would do additional research to figure out why
one brand is better than the other.