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HDFS 391 Homework #5
Submission Instructions
Read the description of each study and answer the following questions. Please download a copy of
the assignment, type your answers into the word document, save, and upload your assignment to
WebCampus. Assignments must be submitted by Sunday, 3/13 @ 11:59 pm, late assignments will
be deducted 10% per day.
Study 1
Dr. Rogers wanted to test a new “sing-along” method to teach math to eighth graders (e.g., “I love
to multiply” to the tune of “God Bless America”). He recruited teachers from a local middle school
to participate in the study. Teachers were instructed to use the sing-along method in their first
period math classes, and to continue having their students solve math problems with their old
method during their sixth period math classes. At the end of the term, Dr. Rogers found that the
first period classes scored significantly lower than the sixth period classes on a mathematics
