Michael thinks that a special juice will increase the productivity of workers. He creates two groups of 50 workers each and assigns each group the same task (in this case, they're supposed to staple a set of papers). Group A is given the special juice to drink while they work. Group B is not given the special juice, After an hour, Michael counts how many stacks of papers each group has made. Group A made 1,587 stacks, Group B made 2,113 stacks.
1. identify the experimental control:
2. identify the independent (manipulated) variable:
3. identify the dependent (responding) variable:
4. what are the controlled variables?
5. what type of data did Michael collect - qualitative or quantitative?
1. ANSWER YOURSELF
2. The special juice
3. The Group of people
4. ANSWER YOURSELF
5. Quantitive
-cough- five hour energy -cough-
1. The experimental control in this scenario would be Group B, which represents the group that is not given the special juice.
2. The independent (manipulated) variable in this experiment is the special juice given to Group A.
3. The dependent (responding) variable in this experiment is the number of stacks of papers made by each group.
4. The controlled variables in this experiment would be factors such as the task assigned (stapling papers), the size of each group (50 workers), the duration of the experiment (1 hour), and any other conditions that have been kept constant for both groups (e.g., workspace, instructions, etc.).
5. Michael collected quantitative data. Quantitative data refers to numerical observations or measurements, in this case, the number of stacks of papers made by each group (1,587 stacks for Group A and 2,113 stacks for Group B).