Data Analysis: Does Sugar Affecting Memory?
Data Analysis
The question for this experiment was, “Does sugar effect recalling memories?” The hypothesis was, “If sugar causes drowsiness, then it will slow the memory process also.” For this experiment, the independent variable was the participants, and the dependent variable was the accuracy percentage. The control variables were the amount of numbers required to memorize, the time before recalling the numbers, and the type and brand of donuts. The participants who did not eat the donuts were the control group, and the participants who did eat the donuts were the experimental group. Both groups were given a set of 8 numbers to memorize. After they were given roughly 2 minutes to memorize the numbers to themselves, After the 2 minutes were …show more content…
The participants memorized the numbers and the experimental group ate the donuts. They talked amongst themselves for the 20 minutes. The participants then recited the memorized numbers. There were 16 participants. Participants 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 13, and 16 all had an accuracy of 100% and were all in the control group. The average accuracy of the experimental group was 83.75%. Four of the participants in the experimental group had 100%. The accuracy average of the control group was 100%. There was no difference in the control group’s accuracies. In the experimental group, some said the number given correctly while the others did not. In the control group, there was a pattern of getting 100%, while the experimental participants didn’t have a specific pattern. It is clear that sugar has an effect on the brain. In the background research, it has science to back that up. The independent variable and the dependant variable relate. The donut that the experimental participants ate had sugar and the sugar caused the brain to not exactly remember the numbers. That is why some of the participants didn’t get 100%. The data relates to the hypothesis because the sugar really did affect the brain in the recalling
The question for this experiment was, “Does sugar effect recalling memories?” The hypothesis was, “If sugar causes drowsiness, then it will slow the memory process also.” For this experiment, the independent variable was the participants, and the dependent variable was the accuracy percentage. The control variables were the amount of numbers required to memorize, the time before recalling the numbers, and the type and brand of donuts. The participants who did not eat the donuts were the control group, and the participants who did eat the donuts were the experimental group. Both groups were given a set of 8 numbers to memorize. After they were given roughly 2 minutes to memorize the numbers to themselves, After the 2 minutes were …show more content…
The participants memorized the numbers and the experimental group ate the donuts. They talked amongst themselves for the 20 minutes. The participants then recited the memorized numbers. There were 16 participants. Participants 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 13, and 16 all had an accuracy of 100% and were all in the control group. The average accuracy of the experimental group was 83.75%. Four of the participants in the experimental group had 100%. The accuracy average of the control group was 100%. There was no difference in the control group’s accuracies. In the experimental group, some said the number given correctly while the others did not. In the control group, there was a pattern of getting 100%, while the experimental participants didn’t have a specific pattern. It is clear that sugar has an effect on the brain. In the background research, it has science to back that up. The independent variable and the dependant variable relate. The donut that the experimental participants ate had sugar and the sugar caused the brain to not exactly remember the numbers. That is why some of the participants didn’t get 100%. The data relates to the hypothesis because the sugar really did affect the brain in the recalling