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The Scientific Method: An Introduction Using Reaction Time
(Complete Item Description)
- Abstract:
Reaction time has many advantages for the introduction of the scientific method--the subject is familiar, many experiments are possible, and students enjoy competition. In our Introductory Biology courses, our students formulate and test a hypothesis about reaction time. We use Kosinski's Reaction Time software, that records reaction times and then analyzes them statistically using the chi-square median test. Students then write a paper that either rejects or fails to reject their null hypothesis. An online literature review on reaction time helps the students incorporate primary literature into their paper.
- Subject:
- Science and Technology
- Grade Level:
- Post-secondary
- Collection:
- Association for Biology Laboratory Education (ABLE)