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Magazine Ad Experiment
Magazine Ad Experiment
Magazine Ad Experiment
EXPERIMENTALDESIGNisthewayinwhichcauseeffectrelationships
arediscoveredinscience.Toshowwhatyouknowaboutexperimental
design,youwilldesignanexperimenttotesttheclaimsinamagazine
advertisement.
PROCEDURE_
Designavalidexperimentthatfocusesonwhatthemagazine
adisclaiming.
1. CreateanExperimentDesignOrganizershowingthedesignof
yourvalidexperiment.Thisshouldbeneatlywrittenon
binderpaper( oneperteam).
2. Writealistofallstepsfortheproceduretocompletethis
experiment.T
hingstoconsidermightinclude:h
owmuchofthe
producttouse,howtochoosethereactantsorparticipants,how
tomeasuretheresponsesorvariables,howmanytimesto
conductexperiment,whatotherconditionsmustbekeptconstant
andhowtodothis,whattypesofexperimentalgroupsareused,
etc.
3. Attachthea
dandtheproceduretothefrontofyourposter.
(Seediagrambelow.)
Allexperimentsneedtohave:
ManyREPEATEDTRIALS( Presumeyou
haveanunlimitedmoneysupply.)
AminimumofTHREEdifferentMVs
ACONTROLthatiswelldefined
FourlegitimateCONSTANTS(Equipmentorenvironment
willnotqualifyunlesstheyspecificallyrelatetothe
experiment.)
AlogicalHYPOTHESIS
ArepeatablePROCEDUREwithlotsofdetails