Practical Investigation Flashcards
1
Q
What was the aim?
A
Aim: To see whether people open the door is influenced by gender.
2
Q
What was the alternative hypothesis?
A
- More females will open the door than males.
3
Q
What was the null hypothesis?
A
- no significant difference between genders and anything is by chance.
4
Q
What was the sample like?
A
- ages 16+
- West Midlands
- Opportunity sample
- Men and Women
5
Q
What was the procedure like?
A
- Done at different times in the day
- Done for 10-15 minutes
- Recorded the number of people who held the door for the person behind them and the number of people who did not hold the door for the people behind behind.
- Recorded with pen and paper
- Recorded whether they were male or females
- recorded qualitative data such as how they were dressed, what they looked like, age, physical appearance, accents
6
Q
What counted as ‘Helped’?
A
- Holding the door open until somebody takes the door.
7
Q
What counted as ‘not helped’?
A
- Walking through the door
- Did not touch the door at all or hold it
8
Q
What were the results?
A
- HELPED
- MALES - 55
- FEMALES - 66
- NOT HELPED
- MALES - 24
- FEMALES - 21
9
Q
What conclusions can be drawn?
A
- More people tend to hold the door open than people who did not hold the door open
- Females tend to open the door open for other people compared to males.
