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Psychology Practical Experiment - Hypothesis - Participants who are taking part in a timed computer task in front of an audience would complete the task faster than participants without an audience  

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Psychology Practical Experiment Hypothesis Participants who are taking part in a timed computer task in front of an audience would complete the task faster than participants without an audience Null Hypothesis Participants who are taking part in a timed computer task in front of an audience would complete the task slower than participants without an audience Design An experiment is an investigation where the independent variable is manipulated. The dependant variable in my experiment is the time in which the task is completed in. The independent variable is if an audience is present or not. This experiment is an independent measures design where there are different people in different conditions. Participants The population will be taken from the sixth form common room. They will be an opportunity sample. This is when people are asked if they want to participate in the experiment. There will be 20 people in the sample with two groups of 10. The sample will...

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