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Designing an Experiment and Testing the Difference

Run a two-group reaction time experiment, calculate means and standard error, and decide whether the difference is real.

Grade 12ExperimentScience OlympiadMath ChallengeScienceMathData AnalysisProbabilityMeasurementAdvanced1.3 to 2 hr4 materials

What you'll learn

  • Design a controlled, randomized comparison
  • Calculate mean, standard deviation and standard error
  • Decide whether a difference is bigger than chance variation

Objective

Design a controlled experiment comparing two conditions, collect enough trials, and use means and standard error to judge whether the difference is meaningful.

STEM concepts

Experimental designRandomizationVariabilityStatistical significance
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