The hypothesis for the Oil Absorbency Lab was rejected. My hypothesis was that if a person puts a sponge in materials “crude oil”‚ then it will absorb the most amount of oil. The data collected from this experiment rejected the hypothesis because it stated that the sponge would absorb the most oil‚ but the sponge did not absorb more oil than the rag. The rag and sponge’s ranges were for the first trial was 53.0g‚ the second trial was 51.0g‚ and the third trial was 46.0g and the rag. The rag and
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The alternative hypotheses in this case is dropping an atomic bomb against your enemies will end war and save lives. The null hypothesis was ending war and saving lives had nothing to do with the reason why the atomic bomb was dropped. It was dropped on the sole propose of showing the world that it would be willing to use nuclear weapons against its enemies. Finding the data on how many times we used bombs on enemies and non-enemies can test both hypotheses. After that we will take a look at the
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Question- Does adding peat moss to sand affect its ability to hold water? Hypothesis- If I add peat to sand‚ then the peat moss will hold most of the water because the peat moss can hold large amounts of water. Variables- Manipulated Variable- adding peat moss to sand Responding Variable- peat moss can hold most of the water amount Levels- 100% sand‚ 60% sand/40% peat moss‚ 40% sand/60% peat moss‚ 80% sand/ 20% peat moss Trials- 5 Constants- same amount of water‚ same kind of containers‚ same sand
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1. (12 points) In this recession‚ yours truly would like to make extra money to support his frequent filet-mignon-et-double-lobster-tail dinner habit. A promising enterprise is to mass-produce garnet wedding rings for brides. Based on my diligent research‚ I have found out that women’s ring size normally distributed with a mean of 6.0‚ and a standard deviation of 1.0. I am going to order 5000 garnet wedding rings from my reliable Siberian source. They will manufacture ring size from 4.0‚ 4
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Facial Feedback Kendra Verlingo PSY/355 August 13‚ 2012 Denise Wiseman Facial Feedback The facial feedback hypothesis states that the action of a person’s facial musculature is a casual agent in the subjective sensation of emotions (Deckers‚ 2005). Many psychologists agree that the free expression of the physical characteristics of emotions‚ such as smiling or frowning‚ are actually direct feedback of the emotion an individual is feeling. For example‚ a smile from a person may cause
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Running head: Vaccines Autism Literature Review: The Hypothesis That Immunization Vaccines Are Linked To The Development Of Autism In Children Joe Bremson North Carolina State University Professor Paul Colby English 101 Section 81 December 9‚ 2010 Vaccines Autism 2 Abstract Four research articles---two research studies and two literature reviews---were compared in this review‚ all of which consider the legitimacy of the hypothesis that immunization vaccines are correlated with the
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ANOVA Hypothesis Test ANOVA Hypothesis Test Living near a major city can be a positive aspect of being a homeowner or someone who uses real estate as an investment. Increasing population contributes to land and space diminishing‚ resulting in high demand for what is available. Industry and markets are in the city‚ attracting buyers who want to have the convenience of living near commercial properties. The difference in the pay scale between jobs in the city and jobs in the suburbs could
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1981‚ The relationship between return and market value of common stocks‚ Journal of Financial Economics 9‚ 3-18. Basu‚ Sanjoy‚ 1977‚ Investment performance of common stocks in relation to their price-earnings ratios: A test of the efficient market hypothesis‚ Journal of Finance 32‚ 663-682. Beebower‚ Gilbert L. and Gary L. Bergstrom‚ 1977‚ A performance analysis of pension and profit-sharing portfolios: 1966-75‚ Financial Analysts Journal 33‚ (May/June)‚ 31-42. Berkowitz‚ Stephen A.‚ Louis D. Finney
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The discovery of Otzi had scientists estimating how old the mummy was and what types of minerals his tools were. One hypothesis was that the ice mummy lived around 2000 BC because his tools‚ especially the ax head‚ which looked to have contain bronze and bronze was mostly used in tools and such in 2000 BC. To find the answer to the questions‚ and to see if their hypothesis were
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Hypothesis Statement Trees that exhibit gumming are more resistant to fusarium dieback caused by the polyphagous shot hole borer (PSHB) because the gum secreted acts as a defense against beetles that attempt to penetrate the bark‚ and as a result grant the tree faux resistance to the Fusarium euwallaceae fungi. Introduction Californian agriculture is at great risk because of a disease being spread by the Polyphagous Shot Hole Borer (PSHB)‚ Euwallacea sp. The PSHB is an ambrosia beetle
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