Science+Experiment

=Scientific Method =
 * Topic:**human psycholgy, reaction time


 * Question:**Do boys react faster than girls?

time is much faster than average reaction time.- i heard it one the discovery channel
 * Background Information:**Most of the time people don't use their startle reaction for reaction times but the startle reaction

Scientists say that males have a faster reaction time most of the time due to the fact that males are more athletic then boys but, outside of the u.s. males reaction time is decreasing because females are becoming more interested in fast-action sports. the males visual reaction time is decreasing and females are increasing by alot.-[|biology.clemson.edu/bpc/bp/Lab/110/reaction.htm#Gender]

Most researchers say that males have a faster reaction time at first but females are more variable then men. Women are at first slower than males but over a "block" women will get faster than males over a 2 "block course" .- [|www.ingentaconnect.com/content/psych/anec/2006/00000013/F0020003/art00011;jsessionid=2blja1fcmen98.alexandra]


 * Hypothesis:**I think that boys will have a faster reaction time because most of the time boys are more athletic than boys most of the time.


 * Procedure:** I am going to gather 5 boys of different ages and 5 girls of different ages they will take the test only once and the test gives five tries. I will record their times on a spreadsheet/ [|www.mathsisfun.com/games/reaction-time.html]


 * Materials:**
 * computer
 * pen
 * paper
 * 10 people of different ages

Do the experiment.
 * Experiment:**

Guy 1: .220 Guy 2: .217 Guy 3: .246 Guy 4: .183 Guy 5: .211 Average: .215
 * Data/Results:**

Girl 1: .234 Girl 2: .251 Girl 3: .249 Girl 4: .244 Girl 5: .201 Average: .238

**Conclusion:**
My hypothesis was that boys will have a faster reaction time than girls because boys are more athletic than girls most of the time.

Hy hypothesis was correct, I have tested different guys of different ages and girls of different ages but the boys were faster than the girls by .023 of a second.

From what you can see from the data the boys were the fastest of the girls in each person execpt the fifth girl she was the fastest of the girls and faster than 4 of the boys.

I did make some mistakes in this experiment, for one I didn't record one of the boys so they ot to do it again.