Assignment:
• Read the article on the next 4 pages from Science News. This magazine is for the general public. The entire article is lengthy, so I only included part of it. I also included the URL if you wish to read it all.
• The first part of the article is an introduction and discusses a study with medical students as the subject. I, however, want you to answer the 6 questions below in complete sentences about the more recent scientific study inblue fontin the reading.
• Upload your answers in a MS Word.
1. How many subjects were in the study? Do you think this is a representative sample? Why or why not?
2. What was the independent variable in the study?
3. Based on your answer to question 2, describe the experimental group. Also describe the control group.
4. What was the dependent variable in the study?
5. What type of measurement was done in collecting the results? In other words, what instrument was used to do the measurements and determine what the subjects were thinking?
6. What was the conclusion(s) from the study and how does it apply to people experiencing the Covid-19 pandemic?
Readings:
How coronavirus stress may scramble our brains
By Laura Sanders