The population of middle schooler's may actually be doing better on tests, but i doubt it is because of the peppermints.If anything it is a placebo effect of the peppermints thinking that it will help them.If it works for them why not?
This article is interesting, but there is not a lot of information being provided. This is an observation and not an experiment, therefore it is difficult to draw any conclusions. Also, this is not a simple random sample because it is only including the children at this particular school. Overall, I believe that the peppermints may help the children, but it is nothing that could be confirmed.
The experiment is to test whether peppermint during tests helps students perform better. The population is middle school students at a particular middle school in Maryland. It isn't clear that peppermint helps students, but it might. Interesting article!
This is not an experiment but an observation. The sample was not a simple random sample because it only included students from one school. The peppermints might help the children but the results are inconclusive.
During this experiment middle schoolers will be observed to see if peppermint helps to increase test scores. It is not 100% certain that peppermint helps students score higher on tests.
This experiment was to determine whether or not peppermint helped students during tests. The population was middle school students from a school in Maryland. The results were not conclusive, and thus could not prove that peppermint made students test better, but it is a cool thought and why not try it if it may work.
If there was an experiment in place, they did not address it. And the article was unclear what kind of experiments took place at the university. There was no control group. Some teacher simply gave her students peppermints in hope that it would help them concentrate. I'm pretty sure this means that it is an observational study. Let's assume that the observed sample was simply this teacher's class. The sample is simply one teacher's classroom. All of the kids were the same age. The confounding variables are numerous if the population is all people who take tests. No conclusive evidence can be derived from this sample study. The Dr. of Neuroscience didn't seem to believe there a connection. If a proper experiment were done by the university, then perhaps they would find a correlation and a scientific explanation to back it up. In the meantime, we have to wonder if the peppermints are really helping concentration, or are simply a helpful placebo.
I believe this was an observational study because they were not testing to see if the peppermint increased scores, also there was not control group. The sample was middle schoolers at Eastern Middle school taking tests, all were given peppermints. The population was all people taking a test, however the sample did not represent that well since it was not an SRS. Overall the affect of eating peppermint on test scores could not be concluded, higher test scores could be contributed to it, lurking variables or possibly a placebo affect.
The population of middle schooler's may actually be doing better on tests, but i doubt it is because of the peppermints.If anything it is a placebo effect of the peppermints thinking that it will help them.If it works for them why not?
ReplyDeleteThis article is interesting, but there is not a lot of information being provided. This is an observation and not an experiment, therefore it is difficult to draw any conclusions. Also, this is not a simple random sample because it is only including the children at this particular school. Overall, I believe that the peppermints may help the children, but it is nothing that could be confirmed.
ReplyDeleteThe experiment is to test whether peppermint during tests helps students perform better. The population is middle school students at a particular middle school in Maryland. It isn't clear that peppermint helps students, but it might. Interesting article!
ReplyDeleteThis is not an experiment but an observation. The sample was not a simple random sample because it only included students from one school. The peppermints might help the children but the results are inconclusive.
ReplyDeleteDuring this experiment middle schoolers will be observed to see if peppermint helps to increase test scores. It is not 100% certain that peppermint helps students score higher on tests.
ReplyDeleteThis experiment was to determine whether or not peppermint helped students during tests. The population was middle school students from a school in Maryland. The results were not conclusive, and thus could not prove that peppermint made students test better, but it is a cool thought and why not try it if it may work.
ReplyDeleteIf there was an experiment in place, they did not address it. And the article was unclear what kind of experiments took place at the university. There was no control group. Some teacher simply gave her students peppermints in hope that it would help them concentrate. I'm pretty sure this means that it is an observational study. Let's assume that the observed sample was simply this teacher's class. The sample is simply one teacher's classroom. All of the kids were the same age. The confounding variables are numerous if the population is all people who take tests. No conclusive evidence can be derived from this sample study. The Dr. of Neuroscience didn't seem to believe there a connection. If a proper experiment were done by the university, then perhaps they would find a correlation and a scientific explanation to back it up. In the meantime, we have to wonder if the peppermints are really helping concentration, or are simply a helpful placebo.
ReplyDeleteI believe this was an observational study because they were not testing to see if the peppermint increased scores, also there was not control group. The sample was middle schoolers at Eastern Middle school taking tests, all were given peppermints. The population was all people taking a test, however the sample did not represent that well since it was not an SRS. Overall the affect of eating peppermint on test scores could not be concluded, higher test scores could be contributed to it, lurking variables or possibly a placebo affect.
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