https://padlet.com/jkatrami/vdtcd0ai22trwo5v Made with many cats Ryan Quale en-us 2020-10-28 00:24:55 UTC 2025-11-04 21:28:10 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f431.png jkatrami https://padlet.com/jkatrami/vdtcd0ai22trwo5v/wish/867967121 Does dog shampoo have a more positive effect on cats than regular cat shampoo?]]> 2020-10-28 00:31:57 UTC https://padlet.com/jkatrami/vdtcd0ai22trwo5v/wish/867967121 jkatrami https://padlet.com/jkatrami/vdtcd0ai22trwo5v/wish/867970863 The experimental units in this study were 200 cats of 5 different species. They were all volunteered as subjects by a local animal shelter. ]]> 2020-10-28 00:33:55 UTC https://padlet.com/jkatrami/vdtcd0ai22trwo5v/wish/867970863 jkatrami https://padlet.com/jkatrami/vdtcd0ai22trwo5v/wish/867975448 100 of the cats were chosen to be washed thoroughly with dog shampoo. The other 100 cats in this study were just washed with regular cat shampoo. ]]> 2020-10-28 00:36:20 UTC https://padlet.com/jkatrami/vdtcd0ai22trwo5v/wish/867975448 jkatrami https://padlet.com/jkatrami/vdtcd0ai22trwo5v/wish/867979730 The way our subjects were chosen was simple random sampling. These cats were randomly chosen from the shelter among a population of 500 cats. ]]> 2020-10-28 00:38:25 UTC https://padlet.com/jkatrami/vdtcd0ai22trwo5v/wish/867979730 jkatrami https://padlet.com/jkatrami/vdtcd0ai22trwo5v/wish/867984682 The explanatory variable in this study is which type of shampoo is used. This affects the response variable. ]]> 2020-10-28 00:41:12 UTC https://padlet.com/jkatrami/vdtcd0ai22trwo5v/wish/867984682 jkatrami https://padlet.com/jkatrami/vdtcd0ai22trwo5v/wish/867987012 The response variable in this study is the Cats cleanliness and hygiene afterwards. These results are shown at the end of the experiment. ]]> 2020-10-28 00:42:31 UTC https://padlet.com/jkatrami/vdtcd0ai22trwo5v/wish/867987012 jkatrami https://padlet.com/jkatrami/vdtcd0ai22trwo5v/wish/867993433 To replicate this, a new selection of 200 cats from a completely different shelter are tested to make sure the results are valid and reliable. ]]> 2020-10-28 00:45:58 UTC https://padlet.com/jkatrami/vdtcd0ai22trwo5v/wish/867993433 jkatrami https://padlet.com/jkatrami/vdtcd0ai22trwo5v/wish/867998802 The control group in this study are the 100 cats that are originally receiving cat shampoo. This creates a group of cats that makes it easier to compare the results of the cats with dog shampoo to. ]]> 2020-10-28 00:49:00 UTC https://padlet.com/jkatrami/vdtcd0ai22trwo5v/wish/867998802 jkatrami https://padlet.com/jkatrami/vdtcd0ai22trwo5v/wish/868003521 The blind in this experiment is the cats themselves. They are not able to know which shampoo they are given, which is the one blind in the experiment. There is no way to create a double blind in this experiment because the researchers must know which cats are given which shampoo.]]> 2020-10-28 00:51:04 UTC https://padlet.com/jkatrami/vdtcd0ai22trwo5v/wish/868003521 jkatrami https://padlet.com/jkatrami/vdtcd0ai22trwo5v/wish/868008274 With the sample size being 200 cats in this experiment, the margin of error is 7.1%. This is a low margin or error which is good for reliable results. ]]> 2020-10-28 00:53:17 UTC https://padlet.com/jkatrami/vdtcd0ai22trwo5v/wish/868008274 jkatrami https://padlet.com/jkatrami/vdtcd0ai22trwo5v/wish/868013752 For this design, we matched each cat up to proportionate weight and similar species. This provides for a reliable comparison at the end of our results. ]]> 2020-10-28 00:56:05 UTC https://padlet.com/jkatrami/vdtcd0ai22trwo5v/wish/868013752 jkatrami https://padlet.com/jkatrami/vdtcd0ai22trwo5v/wish/868020462 Out of 200 cats in this study, 83% of cats react better to the dog shampoo, which is 166 of them. All the cats received both shampoos, with the dog shampoo provided cleaner results. ]]> 2020-10-28 01:00:09 UTC https://padlet.com/jkatrami/vdtcd0ai22trwo5v/wish/868020462 jkatrami https://padlet.com/jkatrami/vdtcd0ai22trwo5v/wish/868054895 2020-10-28 01:19:54 UTC https://padlet.com/jkatrami/vdtcd0ai22trwo5v/wish/868054895 jkatrami https://padlet.com/jkatrami/vdtcd0ai22trwo5v/wish/868073309 2020-10-28 01:29:59 UTC https://padlet.com/jkatrami/vdtcd0ai22trwo5v/wish/868073309 jkatrami https://padlet.com/jkatrami/vdtcd0ai22trwo5v/wish/868079082 The results in this experiment show that dog shampoo works significantly better for cat hygiene that normal cat shampoo. As a result, shelters have been using dog shampoo as the cat cleaning product]]> 2020-10-28 01:32:54 UTC https://padlet.com/jkatrami/vdtcd0ai22trwo5v/wish/868079082