stroop effect research report

Choose one or the other age or gender, not both as the independent variable.  And remember how you state your hypothesis will determine what t test you use - two tailed or one tail.  Be sure to read up on it so you know which you want to do.

Remember that any good researcher looks at the background literature (i.e., previous published research) before deciding on a specific research idea and hypothesis. Make sure that there is something that supports your idea!  Once you begin writing your paper, the introduction and review of literature explains and supports the value of the study you are proposing.  So, the hypothesis is important.

Hypothesis: does the rate of computation (i.e., time words are read and time to say colors) greatly differentiate between male and female strop test takers. It is widely believed that the female mind moves at a faster rate than the male and therefore may compute the Stroop effect factor faster than males. I will use a two tailed t-test to analyze data.