Scientific Analysis Assignment:
#1 -
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170823102555.htm
1) This article
is about researchers studying and came to the conclusion that smokers in
stop-smoking programs claim that they have quit smoking, when a lot of them
really haven’t.
2) 4,206 subjects
were used in this experiment
3) It doesn’t say
if there was a control group or not.
4) They used
participants from “five large smoking cessation clinical trials in the US that
enrolled smokers at hospitalization.”
5) They had the
participants take a survey and gave them a usable saliva sample to use to prove
that they haven’t smoked within the last seven days.
6) Most of the
ones who failed the usable saliva sample test didn’t respond to any messages
from the researchers after knowing they failed the test.
7) Yes, they did.
#2 -
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170802092002.htm
1) Psychologists
did research and came to the conclusion that most men that are gamblers
probably suffered some sort of abuse or witnessed abuse as a child.
2) More than
3,000 men
3) It doesn’t say
if there was a control group or not
4) They weren’t
specifically chosen. It say the men that took the survey were on a “variety of
life factors.”
5) The
experimenters asked questions to see if the men that were tested were abused or
seen any abuse happen as a child.
6) The men who
gambled acted more violently.
7) Yes, they
did.
#3 -
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170810145713.htm
1) Researchers
found out that using a mouse model for human bullying effects everyday things
like sleeping patterns.
2) It doesn’t say
how many mice were used in this experiment.
3) It doesn’t say
if there is a control group or not.
4) They just used
mice that were young and small and mice that were old and big.
5) They took the
little mouse and put it in the big mouse’s home cage. When the big, old mouse
saw the little mouse in its territory, it chased the little mouse. Eventually,
the big mouse traps the little mouse between it and the wall, acting as a
bully. Then the mice are separated and this is repeated for 10 days straight,
except using a different mouse every time.
6) They
experienced big changes in sleep patterns, and some had “flattening body
temperatures.”
7) Yes, they did.
#4 - https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/07/170719084710.htm
1) Researches did
research on why some women are able to go through menopause without being
emotional and some are emotional.
2) More than
1,300 women
3) It doesn’t say
if there was a control group or not.
4) They chose
regularly menstruating premenopausal women from ages 42 to 52.
5) They mainly
focused on finding out the effect of estradiol.
6) They react
more “depressed” during and after the transition of menopause.
