Sugar Makes People Edgy
Purpose: We are doing this experiment to see if consuming sugar makes people edgy.
Hypothesis: People who eat a lot of sugar become more edgy than those who don't.
Material/supplies: granulated sugar, weigh paper, balance
Procedure: We had two groups of subjects: those in one group went into a room, ate a cup of sugar, and fifteen minutes later filled out an excitability assessment form. The other group (the control group) went into the same room, ate no sugar, and fifteen minutes later filled out the same assessment tool as the first group.
Observations and Data: The assessment tool show increases in Edginess among The control group compared to the experimental group. This data is presented in Table A.
Conclusions/Summary: We ran this experiment to see if people who ate sugar became more edgy than those who didn't. Our assessment tool showed that, as a whole,people who didn't eat sugar actually measured as being more edgy those who did. [Here you would refer to a graph, chart, or any filled-in forms you used.]
The data did not support our original hypothesis. This may have been due to a number of different factors, both related and unrelated to sugar consumption. For example, the subjects in the experimental group showed a tendency to vomit the sugar they had consumed,making them tired and less edgy. When the control group was in the room, someone was practicing violin in the next room. They were not very good, and this may have angered the control group, leading to increased edginess scores.
There was also a definite tendency of the experimental subjects to vomit after eating the sugar, so the sugar probably never got into their systems.
Although the results of this experiment did not support our original hypothesis, they did point out problems with the design of the experiment. If we were to test this hypothesis again, we would use the same outcome measuring tool but with less sugar and a quieter room. This would likely reduce vomiting and any influence music may have had on the outcome of this experiment. Each factor, if controlled, could produce more accurate results with our assessment tool.