The other day in class we learnt about the scientific method of research and the 4 steps within it.
1. Create a research question.
2. Create an hypothesis.
3. Test it
4. Draw a conclusion
So in class we did an activity for this but instead of testing our question we explained how it would be tested and instead of creating a conclusion we anticipated what the results would be.
1. My question was, "Does alcohol increase the chance of a couple getting into an argument?"
2. To test my question I would randomly select couples walking down the hallway of a university which I know would not create a very accurate result but I believe that the university couples are the ones that tend to go out and drink at bars or parties and many of them will go with their partner in hand. So with this said I would then send 2 or 3 couples to the bar and have a spectator watch them. With my control group which would be the couples who are not sent to the bar, would be sent to a park or an amusement park and spend a few hours there together. I would then compare my control groups behaviour to the ones that were sent to the bar.
3. In the end I believe that the control group would have loving behaviour between them whereas I don't believe that the couples sent to the bar would all get into an argument but I do believe that at least 1 out of the 3 couples would get into an argument.
4. I would then anticipate finding results that alcohol MAY increase the chance of a couple getting into an argument.
This is a picture I found on google which I believe resembles that sometimes alcohol can get in the way of a relationship.
No comments:
Post a Comment