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The Effect of the Type of Test on Test Placement

The Effect of the Type of Test on Test Placement. Jessica Quesenberry. Problem Statement. Is it true that a majority of teenagers put the scantron test on one side and the real test on the other? Or is it just a coincidence?. Hypothesis.

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The Effect of the Type of Test on Test Placement

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  1. The Effect of the Type of Test on Test Placement Jessica Quesenberry

  2. Problem Statement Is it true that a majority of teenagers put the scantron test on one side and the real test on the other? Or is it just a coincidence?

  3. Hypothesis If students take the scantron tests, then a majority of the students will move the scantron to the right and the real test to the left. Null: If I give 50 students a scantron test there will not be a difference on what side of the test they put the scantron on.

  4. Basic Concepts • Homo sapiens • Human Behavior-contagious

  5. Design Diagram IV: type of test DV: test placement Constants: same tests, same age range, handing it to them in the same way Control: no control

  6. Materials • 50 scantron tests • 50 tests • A place to sit • A flat surface to write on • Writing utensils • students

  7. Procedure • Get signed form • Have student sit down • Give them the test • Observe on which side they put the scantron • Record results • Repeat 50x

  8. Results 5/50 students were left handed

  9. Chi Squared Analysis • 0.05>n>0.01 • Reject the null • Hypothesis supported

  10. Graphs of Avg Data

  11. Sources of Error • Grouped or indvidual • School attended • Time • Placement of print on test

  12. Improvements to be made • Groups or Individual • Same school • Same time • Center print

  13. Conclusion • Hypothesis was supported • There was a difference in test placement • A majority of High School students place their test on the right side

  14. Bibliography Behavior, Genetic Basis of. Biology. Ed. Richard Robinson. New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 2009. Gale Science In Context. Web. 7 Oct. 2010. This article shows that human behavior is related to genes inherited by their parents. "What is scientific name for humans? - Yahoo! Answers." Yahoo! AnswersHome.N.p.,n.d.Web.17Oct.2010.<http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20061003123314AAZVC0a> This tells me the scientific name of a human. Yawn. American Scientist 94.2 (2006): 101. Gale Science In Context. Web. 7 Oct. 2010. This article shows that behavior, which can be inherited through genes, can also be contagious. The most common example of contagious behavior is the yawn. Even just thinking about yawning makes you want to yawn.

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