1. Be short yet clear (word counts between 125 and 275 words) 2. Describe an exp

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1. Be short yet clear (word counts between 125 and 275 words)

2. Describe an experiment that can be done with a college sample

3. The experiment must use simple manipulation

4. The experiment should have no more than 4 groups (one control group, and 1-3 experimental groups)

5. Be able to be conducted using the survey method of data collection

6. Your description must overtly name the IV and DV

Example: An experiment could be conducted with college students to assess whether exposure to growth mindset information produces differences in students' expected success (measured using expected GPA). The IV is exposure to growth mindset information and the DV is expected GPA. Growth mindset refers to the belief that intelligence can change based on effort and opportunity. College students will be randomly assigned to the control group (whose members will read an article about the weather) or an experimental group (whose members will read an article that supports the theory of a growth mindset). After reading the assigned articles, all participants will complete a survey of basic demographics and questions about most recent and expected GPAs in college. Mean expected GPA scores will be compared between the control and experimental group to assess whether expectations differed for those who were and were not exposed to evidence for the idea of a growth mindset.

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This experiment is to determine if there is a Correlation between handedness and ability to perform arithmetic tasks. The IV is handedness and the DV is score in the conducted test. The students picked will need to be from top 10% in the maths and a control needs to be done for gender. Two treatment groups, one being for left handed students and the other for right handed students. Both groups will assigned arithmetic test with questions varying on difficulty and the test will be timed. The scores wil be compared between the 2 experimental group to assess whether handedness has a correlation with ability to perform arithmetic tasks.

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