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Assignment 2

1. Your book discusses 3 types of research methods: Descriptive, Correlational, and Experimental. Define the
goal of each type of method.
1.
a. Goal: The goal of description is to observe what others are doing and to record and describe
our observations, and to draw conclusions of why they do what they do.
2.
a. Goal: The goal of Correlation is to find how two traits correlate with each other, to see
whether they are close to each other or not.
3.
a. Goal: To Manipulate factors to experiment and get more conclusive results.

2. What 3 things are required for study to be an Experimental design (label and briefly define)?
1. Independent and dependent variables to change and keep factor the same
2. Experimental groups to receive the independent variable
3. Control groups to be a baseline for the experiment.

3. Read the following short descriptions of research studies and answer the questions following each study. Each
study is separate so please do not return to an earlier study after you have moved on to a subsequent study.

The Memory Pill Study

A. Did the studys author conclude that the memory pill causes an increase in short-term memory
capacity? Yes

B. What type of study was described? Experimental

C. What determined which group people were in? -They were randomly chosen to be in a group.

The Puzzle Study.

A. Did the studys author conclude that a lifetime of cognitive activity causes a decline in later developing
Alzheimer's disease? Yes

B. What type of study was described? Correlational.

C. What determined which group people were in? The characteristics of the participants determined their
group.

The Music Study.

A. Did the studys author conclude that the presence of music while studying causes improvements in
comprehension? Yes

B. What type of study was described? Experimental.

C. What determined which group people were in?

The experimenter determined the groups at random.

4. Read the following article retrieved from the web and answer the questions below.

1. Was the message in the title a reasonable conclusion given the study presented? No
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2. If you answered Yes to the previous question, please explain why. If you answered No to the previous
question, please explain why not.
Only 600 of the 12,00 people studied actually suffered from depression, which isnt a really significant amount to
assume that trans fat leads to depression.
3. The conclusion drawn by the journalist is: Casual

4. Which words or phrase that led you to the conclusion? More than 600 people were suffering, but there were
12,000 people involved.

5. The primary study described what type: Correlational.

6. Which words or phrase that led you to the conclusion? researchers survey over 12,000 people. These were
surveys as opposed to experiments.