Adam suspects that most hairy dogs have balding owners. Testing his "pet" theory at a local park, he quickly finds flaws in his own experiment. This video demonstrates Adam's second test, involving better preparation, more rigorous analysis, and an exciting pasta cook-off. Showing how Adam can effectively determine the best spaghetti recipe, the program illustrates concepts that are central to the scientific method - including null, alternative, and two-tailed hypotheses; field and lab settings; sampling; primacy/recency effects; constant/random errors; and other testing principles. Graphic screens reinforce each concept and enable students to fully absorb the testing process. A viewable/printable instructor's guide is available online.

Films Media Group

Psychology, Experimental--Statistical methods, Psychology--Experiments, Experimental design, Psychology--Research--Methodology, Social sciences--Research--Methodology, Science and math

Research methods in the social sciences

Staveley-Taylor, Helen (Director), Cowan, Adam (Host), Brain, Christine (Consultant), Uniview Worldwide (Producer), Cambridge Educational (Firm) (Distributor), Insight Moving Images, Ltd. (Producer)

00:24:31 (HH:MM:SS)

English

Higher education

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