https://padlet.com/sslee787/e8arvdx2mxjd Made with a taste for adventure en-us 2018-11-13 17:45:30 UTC 2024-06-08 13:00:59 UTC hello@padlet.com sslee787 https://padlet.com/sslee787/e8arvdx2mxjd/wish/303912837 Will taking a vitamin C pill make you do better at school?]]> 2018-11-13 17:49:51 UTC https://padlet.com/sslee787/e8arvdx2mxjd/wish/303912837 amgar249 https://padlet.com/sslee787/e8arvdx2mxjd/wish/303914289 250 students ages 15-18 of the same gender where given one vitamin C pill by their parent each morning before school. The other 250 students where given a victim an C placebo by their parents each day before school.]]> 2018-11-13 17:51:27 UTC https://padlet.com/sslee787/e8arvdx2mxjd/wish/303914289 sslee787 https://padlet.com/sslee787/e8arvdx2mxjd/wish/303914320 We found 500 students ages 15-18, random gender, who go to Boulder Creek High School and their grades were a C average. ]]> 2018-11-13 17:51:30 UTC https://padlet.com/sslee787/e8arvdx2mxjd/wish/303914320 sslee787 https://padlet.com/sslee787/e8arvdx2mxjd/wish/303916813 We purchased vitamin C pills and placebo pills in bulk to have enough supply to last all the 500 students a semester. Our experimental units volunteered for this study because they want to succeed in school. ]]> 2018-11-13 17:54:19 UTC https://padlet.com/sslee787/e8arvdx2mxjd/wish/303916813 amgar249 https://padlet.com/sslee787/e8arvdx2mxjd/wish/303918089 Explanatory variable is what each treatment received: vitamin C pill or vitamin C placebo pill.]]> 2018-11-13 17:55:27 UTC https://padlet.com/sslee787/e8arvdx2mxjd/wish/303918089 amgar249 https://padlet.com/sslee787/e8arvdx2mxjd/wish/303919411 At the end of the semester we looked at the the student’s letter grade average, C and above is considered beneficial and below shows no benefit.]]> 2018-11-13 17:57:00 UTC https://padlet.com/sslee787/e8arvdx2mxjd/wish/303919411 amgar249 https://padlet.com/sslee787/e8arvdx2mxjd/wish/303921381 Our control group is the 250 subjects that received the vitamin C placebo.]]> 2018-11-13 17:59:56 UTC https://padlet.com/sslee787/e8arvdx2mxjd/wish/303921381 sslee787 https://padlet.com/sslee787/e8arvdx2mxjd/wish/303921434 We will replicate this study with 500 new subjects the following semester to make sure this experiment is accurate. We want to make sure our results are valid and significant so that this can be confirmed as a useful experiment.]]> 2018-11-13 17:59:59 UTC https://padlet.com/sslee787/e8arvdx2mxjd/wish/303921434 cgdah992 https://padlet.com/sslee787/e8arvdx2mxjd/wish/303922601 The double blind is because we don’t want bias from the subjects since our treatments are pills and we have placebos. ]]> 2018-11-13 18:01:44 UTC https://padlet.com/sslee787/e8arvdx2mxjd/wish/303922601 sslee787 https://padlet.com/sslee787/e8arvdx2mxjd/wish/303923455 We had 500 students who chose to sign up for this experiment and they were automatically numbered by the order they signed up. Potential lurking variables include weight, gender, height, how much they exercise, and diet. By randomizing the experimental units, we can reduce the amount of lurking variables.]]> 2018-11-13 18:03:09 UTC https://padlet.com/sslee787/e8arvdx2mxjd/wish/303923455 cgdah992 https://padlet.com/sslee787/e8arvdx2mxjd/wish/303924507 We did 500 students from boulder creek highschool  the marginal error would turn out to be 00,2. This is the low margin of error which is good because it means the results will be a good representation of the sample size. ]]> 2018-11-13 18:04:32 UTC https://padlet.com/sslee787/e8arvdx2mxjd/wish/303924507 amgar249 https://padlet.com/sslee787/e8arvdx2mxjd/wish/303924776 We paired people by age, gender, and core classes before the study and randomly selected one to receive the vitamin C pill and one to receive the vitamin C placebo.]]> 2018-11-13 18:04:57 UTC https://padlet.com/sslee787/e8arvdx2mxjd/wish/303924776 amgar249 https://padlet.com/sslee787/e8arvdx2mxjd/wish/303929424 At the end of the semester the average letter grade for those who recieved the vitamin C pill had a C grade average. The average letter grade for the control group was also C. Both groups equally benefitted from the experiment.]]> 2018-11-13 18:12:21 UTC https://padlet.com/sslee787/e8arvdx2mxjd/wish/303929424 sslee787 https://padlet.com/sslee787/e8arvdx2mxjd/wish/303930421 2018-11-13 18:13:42 UTC https://padlet.com/sslee787/e8arvdx2mxjd/wish/303930421 sslee787 https://padlet.com/sslee787/e8arvdx2mxjd/wish/303930862 The results of the 500 experimental units are not statistically significant because the results showed no change. The students average grade after the experiment remained a C.]]> 2018-11-13 18:14:23 UTC https://padlet.com/sslee787/e8arvdx2mxjd/wish/303930862 amgar249 https://padlet.com/sslee787/e8arvdx2mxjd/wish/303934299 An article was published online that vitamin C was a flunk for aiding students in school, and parents stopped giving their students vitamin C to advance learning.]]> 2018-11-13 18:19:43 UTC https://padlet.com/sslee787/e8arvdx2mxjd/wish/303934299 amgar249 https://padlet.com/sslee787/e8arvdx2mxjd/wish/305395839 2018-11-16 18:30:49 UTC https://padlet.com/sslee787/e8arvdx2mxjd/wish/305395839