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Our sample size is 100, so our margins of error is only 10%, not the best but it also means our results will be pretty accurate.

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Animals were paired with other animals that they didn’t get along with in order to accomplish this study.

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The control group is the 50 animals (25 pairs) who received the water instead of the lavender.

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We will be replicating this study with 100 different ent animals from different owners to see if the information holds up.

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This is a double blind study as the pets obviously do not know what they have been given and, and the owners who will be administering the lavender/water do not know which they have.

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Once we had the animals we tested them with each other to see who didn’t get along with one another. They were then put into pairs. Each pair was assigned a number and using a random number generator we assigned water to one half and lavender to the other.

Possible lurking variables are the type of animal, general aggressiveness, and possible negative past experiences the animal had. Randomization helps limit these.

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After a week, we see which animals’ relationships have improved.

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An add was put out in a local magazine, and owners volunteered their pets.

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Which treatment the pets received, water or lavender.

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50 animals (25 pairs) were randomly selected to be given the lavender spray, and the other 50 were given the water spray by their owners, who did not know which spray they had been given.

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Will lavender oil hep pets get along better?

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100 pets, volunteered by their owners, put into matched pairs of pets who did not get along.