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Who has better digit memory, males or females?
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The purpose of my investigation is to determine if males or females have better digit memory. I think this is important to know because if I wanted to remember an important number that I forgot, I would know who to ask- a male or a female.
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I hypothesize that the average male has better digit memory than females. I believe this because more males are in mathematic fields. So I believe more males will memorize the digits.
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20 copies of the list Timer 10 males,10 females Data chart
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Manipulated - Males or Females Responding - Number of Digits Recalled Constants - Number of Males and Females, Numbers on List, Same Amount of Time, 2 Males 2 Females, Per Trial, Same Procedure.
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1. Gather materials 2. Create a list of twenty 3 - digit numbers. 3. Make 20 copies of the list. 4. Give 1 copy to a female tester, face – down. 5. Set the timer for 1 minute, instruct tester to flip paper over. 6. Give the tester 1 minute to memorize the digits. 7. After the 1 minute is over, instruct tester to flip over the paper. 8. Ask the, tester to write down as many numbers as possible in 30 seconds. 9. Repeat steps 4 - 8 with 1 more female and 2 males 10. Repeat steps 4 – 9 for 4 more trials. 11. Calculate the Average number of digits recalled for. 12. Calculate the number of digits recalled for males.
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AVERAGE NUMBER OF DIGITS RECALLED TRIAL 1TRIAL 2TRIAL 3TRIAL 4TRIAL 5AVERAGE MALE2.542 2.7 FEMALE2.53.5 2.522.8
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My hypothesis was incorrect. Females have a better digit memory than males. The average of digits recalled for males is 2.7. The average of digits recalled for females is 2.8. Now that I know that females are better at remembering 3- digit numbers, I would like to try lower digit numbers and see if males are better at remembering low digit numbers.
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