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Lakesha, Shanika, Sharhea

Below is our base line data before we added any outside variables:

 

  Case 1 Case 2 Case 3 Case 4 Act Think Read Negate
Shanika 192 241 580 534 192 49 339 -46
LaKesha 205 267 681 559 205 62 414 -122
Sharhea 267 536 618 723 267 269 82 105

 

In our basline data we noticed that in two of the cases, negating was negative. We felt that negating happened because we were able negate faster than we were able to read. This suggests that we are good at multi-tasking.

We then decided to add listening to music to see how our results would differ. We hypothesized that for Shanika her times would increase because music is a distraction for her, whereas for LaKesha music would decrease her times because it helps her to concentrate.

Our results are as follows:

 

Shanika 241 279 638 578 241 38 359 -60
LaKesha 165 242 39 356 165 77 197 -83

 

Our results proved our hyposthesis to be true because Shanika's times did increase, whereas LaKesha's times decreased. Shanika data for her THINK and NEGATE actually decreased, which could be contributed to the idea that she has done these exercises previously. She has already have a trained mind. The idea that we love to multi-tasking can also contribute to the changes.

 

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