Your Task:
Conduct a quick and simple study which investigates factors effecting reaction time.
Use the article above to help you decide what might be an interesting question to ask.
Once your question is decided:
1. Make a prediction about what you expect to find.
2. Write a method on how you will study this
- It should be detailed sufficiently that someone could reproduce your experiment exactly as you did it
- It should be written in dot point or list for
- Ideally it should be written in past tense
- You should not refer to 'I', 'we', 'us'.
3. Write up a results table ready to take results
- Look under the 'resources' tab to get some tips and tricks for using Excel
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Writing Your Report:
*HINT* Use the Inquiry Resources under the 'Resources' tab for help.
This is a simple inquiry to give you some practice in the skills you will need for your major inquiry (next term). Therefore you won't need to include all the usual sections or put the same amount of detail in.
Your simplified report should include:
1. Aim & prediction
2. Method (detailed)
3. Results table and graph
4. A short discussion of what you found.
-- This is where you discuss your results (and graph) and then compare this to the research of others.
--Look at the 'How to Write a Killed ABGS Discussion' in the Resources tab.
--Be sure to include some research from the internet about it, there are some helpful links below
Main Reading
Reaction times vs Reflexes
Influences on Reaction Time (
This article is long and has a lot of unnecessary info, but you may find it has some easy to understand information that relates to your experiment)
More Influences on Reaction Time (
Again, find the section that relates to your specific experiment - try and ignore any confusing information!)
