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How to make a simple science experiment look complex?

I'm doing an experiment where I test my volunteers on a learning styles test, then I give them a test. I want to see if their learning style affects what types of questions they answer correctly, and if I receive a conclusion, then I will be able to determine whether or not a certain learning style has an unfair advantage on IQ tests. Even though this is simple, I want to know how to make it sound like a complex experiment that I spent a lot of time on.

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  • ?
    Lv 4
    8 years ago
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    This actually sounds like a well designed experiment. You can write about the background research you did when it came to categorising questions on the intelligence test and what expectations you had (e.g. those with a visual learning style being better with geometry and space/shape related questions).

    A general word of advice in regards to the 'fairness' of IQ tests - IQ tests only measure a subject's ability to take an IQ test. Without an 'independent' way to assess intelligence how can you claim certain learning styles convey unfair advantage in IQ tests? You could equally argue (depending on your results) that certain learning styles are correlated with higher intelligence!

    Other issues would include how you select and recruit subjects - will you attempt to recruit a representative cross-section of the population? Which tests did you choose for your experiment and why did you choose them? Writing about the rationales behind the design of the experiment will show that you put a lot of time into it.

  • fenner
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

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