Create your own experiment. 1. Identify a question of interest a. What are the f

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Create your own experiment. 1. Identify a question of interest a. What are the factors this question addresses? 2. Formulate an explanation (your hypothesis) that answers this question. a. Describe the causal relationship that you think exists between these two factors. Ex. Factor 1 causes an increase/decrease/change in Factor 2 3. Describe the method(s) you would use to conduct a study that addresses this question. a. Who would your participants be? b. What method would you use to collect data? c. What is the Independent Variable in your study (variable that is manipulated) d. What is the Dependent Variable in your study (variable that is being measured: outcome variable) 4. Describe what the results would be if they were to support your hypothesis 5. Would this research be theoretical research or applied research? 6. Are there any potential ethical or moral issues with this study?

Explanation / Answer

It is necessary to understand what a correlational study/experiment is.

A correlational study determines if two variables are correlated to each other or not. This means to study whether an increase or decrease in one variable produces an increase or decrease in the other variable or not.

There are three types of correlations:

EXAMPLE EXPERIMENT FOR CORRELATIONAL STUDY

Let's take the experiment motivation vs work.

Note: This is just an example this is not a real experiment. It was not conducted by me when answering this question. So if you want to do this experiment make sure to do it in a prooper way.

AIM: To see if there is a correlation between motivation and work.

VARIABLES: Motivation (Factor 1) and Work (Factor 2)

Q1 a) Here the factors that the question (aim) adresseses are Motivation and work. So we will be looking for some kind of correlation between these two factors in the question.

HYPOTHESIS: There is positive correlation between Factor 1 (Motivation) and Factor 2 (work).

Note: Hypothesis is always made after you have done enough research on the topic that you have decided on. Make sure to gather data before you make a hypothesis. Before you gather data it is important that you take signed consent of participants and give them a bit of information about your experiment. Make sure that you retain the data collection journal, results, etc and try to paste them in your experiment copy.

Q2 a) There exists a relation between the two factor and we hypothise that it is a positive relationship. So an increase in Factor 1 (F1) should increase Factor 2 (F2) and a decrease in Factor 1 (F1) will decrease Factor 2 (F2). We will prove this through this study if oour hypothesis is true or false.

Q3 Here we will be using Simple Random sampling (method for the data collection) where we will randomly select even number of both men and women and form 2 equal groups i.e. 10 (5 each of men & women) in group 1 (G1) and 10 (5 each of men & women) in group 2 (G2). G1 will have increased F1 and G2 will have decreased F1. F1 can be increased by giving some kind of treats or items in return for doing F2 and it can be decreased by taking away the treats or items in return for doing F2. The results should be noted down in their respective columns. G1 (Increased F1) & G2 (Decreased F1) for each participant (Total of 20 participants, 10 in each Group).

a) Participants are both men and women divided into 2 groups 10 in each group. Both groups will have 5 each of both men and women, totling the count of participants to 20.

b) We will be using Simple Random sampling for data collection in whhich we will take a smaller sample size from a larger population and use it to research and make generalizations about the larger population. So here the subset will be the 20 participants that we have taken from the larger population of the state/district.

c) Here the Independent Variable is Factor 1 (F1). We will be changing F1 to see the changes in the other factor. F1 will be increased in G1 and decresed in G2.

d) The Dependent Variable is Factor 2 (F2). We will check to see its results to see if there is an increase or decrese in G1 and G2 when we mnipulate the Independent Variable.

Note: After the experiment is completed you will see that when F1 is increased G1 increases F2, while F1 is decreased in G2, F2 also decreases. So this tells use that F1 is directly proportional to F2 causing use to say that our Hypothesis is true and that there is a correlation between F1 and F2 (Otherwise Hypothesis will be false & correlation will be either negative or there will be no correlation)

Q4) The result came out in support of the Hypothesis causing the Hypothesis to be True. Since the Hypothesis is True through this experiment we proved that there is a positive correlation between Factor 1 and Factor 2. So when Factor 1 is increased Factor 2 increases, when Factor 1 decreases Factor 2 also decreases.

Note: Applied research is a research that seeks to answer a question in the real world and to solve a problem. It is always practical and corresponds to the real world. Theoretical research is a research that is theoretical in nature, they aren't always directly applicable or useful immediately.

Q5) This research is applied research since it corresponds to real world matters and it is practical in application. It is applied to in day-to-day life in workplaces, schools and colleges. It can be applied at homes also. SInce it is applicable in real world it is an applied research rather than theoretical reseach.

Q6) Basic ethics and morals of conducting a research were followed during this study which included:

P.S. - When writing about codes, morals and ethics just write down the point headings, no need to elaborate what each point is for. That was just written for your understanding. Make sure to follow these hrough. And when answering questions try to put in definitions (like what is Simple Random Sampling, Independent and Dependent Variables, etc.)

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