SO YOU HAVENT PICKED YOUR IA TOPIC THINGS

SO YOU HAVENT PICKED YOUR IA TOPIC….

THINGS TO CONSIDER: KEEP IT SIMPLE! - be realistic about the time you will be able to devote to the investigation - Know a little find out more (research articles/studies) Come up with a RQ. RESEARCH QUESTIONS - A research question guides and centers your research. - It should be clear and focused, nothing that can be answered in a simple google search… - The research question should ideally be something that you are interested in or care about.

TWO MAIN WAYS TO GO LAB INVESTIGATIONS • Experiments conducted at home, in school, or via secondary data investigation to answer or provide explanation to your RQ • Skills needed: - Lab & safety - Organizational (time frame/method controlling variables) - Statistical/Math - Google sheets/excel SURVEYS • Investigations to figure out if two or more different groups are related or unrelated to a issue/outcome. • Skills needed - Multimedia - Organizational (wording & refinement of questioning technique, detailed, ) - Statistical/Math - Google sheets/excel

LAB IA’s – RQ development HOW DOES IV EFFECT DV? IV’s - something you change – Must be 5 x 5 5 levels of IV w/5 trials DV: what you are measuring – don’t reinvent the wheel. – be realistic about the time needed. HELPFUL HINTS • RESEARCH FIRST Find Measurement protocols… If there is an official way to measure something research it and put it into your procedure! MAKE SURE TO CITE THE SOURCE!