Laboratory 1 Prelab Assignment Name: ______________________

ANNLISA MARIA JOSE

NOTE: this is an extraction from your lab manual to facilitate submission and marking
of your prelab #1 assignment. For the complete assignment and instructions refer to your
lab manual.

Table 1.2: Number of Observations per Bin of Cydia deshaisian

Bins # observations
1 ( 0-1 movements) Bean 9 and bean 5

2 (2-3 movements) bean 12 and bean16

3 (4-5 movements) bean 7,17,20,11 & bean 1,14

4 (6-7 movements) bean 8,19, 15 & bean 2,18
5 (8-9 movements) bean 10, 4 & bean 13
6 (10-11 movements) bean0 & bean 6

What is your independent variable?

What is your dependent variable?

Chart Title
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11
10
9
8
7
6
5
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4
3
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Figure 1.2:

Step 3: Measures of Central Tendency

From the histogram above that you plotted, these seeds indicating the central tendency were
found in which bins?
Therefore for this experiment the standard deviation would be;
5.1
1. Asking Questions

Formulate a question that you would like to test that is different for the examples and record it
here.

2. Formulating a Hypothesis

Based on your own research question write a Null Hypothesis and an Alternate

Hypothesis. Null Hypothesis:

Alternate Hypothesis:

3. Experimentation

Select 10 seeds that represent “central tendency” in your data set.

These seeds would be from bins #

Why do you think you were asked to pick your 10 seeds from among those exhibiting
greatest central tendency?

Which group would be your reference group and which would be your experimental group?

The set in the dark represent the

The set in the light represent the

What is the term used to describe these other variables?

These variables are the _________________________________________

Step 2: Perform Experiment and Collect Data

Table 1.3:

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Movements per minute (raw data for each seed) 3, 5, 1, 4, 3 3, 6, 4, 5, 4
Movements per minute (mean ± standard deviation)
Step 3: Do Statistical Analysis

Determine the mean and standard deviation for this data and record in Table 1.3. (Show your
work)

4. Forming a Conclusion

In this example, based on the data in Table 1.3, what conclusion can you draw? Do you accept or
reject your null hypothesis?