An Experiment Idea for Students
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Does color affect reading comprehension?
How accurate are these claims?
Here’s how to design a psychology experiment around this theory.
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These questions form agreat basis for a psychology experimentthat you might perform yourself.
Results have presented contradictory findings.
However, other studies have found that such overlays can help improve reading rate and accuracy.
Some research has suggested that visual overlays can help minimize visual stress and fatigue.
This might be particularly helpful for those with specific vision problems, dyslexia, and other reading difficulties.
Your hypothesis should be an educated guess about what you think will happen in the experiment.
Choose Participants
When choosing participants for your study, talk to your instructor.
In some cases, you might be able to experiment with other students in yourpsychology or science course.
Identify Your Key Variables
Next, determine the keyvariablesof your experiment.
These variables may differ depending on the exact hypothesis you decided to investigate.
Did the color of the paper used have any effect on your dependent variable?
Were the results of the experiment statistically significant?
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