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Chapter 6 Recap Discussion Board

Chapter 6 Recap Discussion Board

Q Instructions: The purpose of these recap discussion boards is to create dialogue and analytical discourse about the material covered in the chapter. In answering the recap discussion questions, you should engage in meaningful discussion with your fellow classmates as well. Your responses, your initial post and your secondary posts, should be about a paragraph (5-7 sentences) in length. Please make sure to pay close attention to the specific due dates for each discussion board. You can contact me directly if you have any questions and please make sure to review the discussion board rubric under 'Course Resources'. Due Dates: **Initial post due 10/10 Please respond to the following question(s) with at least 5-7 sentence paragraph responses per question. **Secondary posts due 10/12 You should respond to at least two of your classmates post by the above due date. Your responses should be substantial, meaning they should be about 5-7 sentences in length and relate to your classmates post in some way. Please review the discussion board rubric on the course site for an elaboration on the grading criteria. Question: Pick a social phenomenon that you are interested in (e.g. taste in alcohol, social media affects on self-esteem, etc.). Attempt to design an experimental or quasi-experimental design to study this social phenomenon. What would your experiment look like (what kind of design?) Does it make sense to study this phenomenon using experimental/quasi-experimental design? What would your groups look like?

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I am interested on the caffeine effects on reading comprehension. for my experiment that I will propose. I sometimes have felt like I drink too much coffee or energy drinks in my own life so I am extremely interested in this experiment and the effects on reading comprehension. I have thought about the experiment for some time as if I was to actually going to perform it. I had a tough time thinking what kind of model would work best but I think I finally came to an answer. I think for my experiment it makes sense using a experimental design as opposed to a quasi-experiement. I think it makes more sense to do it this way to make sure the groups are random.