PACKING WITH BOYS AND GIRLS

PROBLEM

BACKGROUND INFO

• Many scientists have tested this.
• Many of them have had the outcome of boys being better.
• It is said that boys have a spacial gaging in there minds.
• Which means they can tell how much can fit in a space.
• Girls typically stuff their belongings, where boys neatly pack their things.

HYPOTHESIS

• If a boy and a girl are given 30 seconds
• To pack a box,
• Which gender will pack the box correctly first?

MATERIALS

• 10 boy volunteers
• 10 girl volunteers
• 2 boxes of the same size
• Miscellaneous items to pack in boxes
• Stopwatch

VARIABLES

• Independent variable is the gender of volunteers
• Dependent variable is the times the volunteers took.
• Control variable is the size of the box and the # of items

PROCEDURE

• Find 10 boy volunteers to pack the box
• Find 10 girl volunteers, you must have an equal number.
• With your two boxes, first YOU test to make sure all the items can fit.
• Then, have 1 boy and 1 girl pack the box. Have them start when you say go!
• Set stopwatch to 30 seconds, and when the time is up, they MUST stop immediately

PROCEDURE

• Record time, and record which gender won.
• If the volunteers finish before the timer runs out, record the times.
• Repeat trials 10 times, continuing with 1 boy and 1 girl each time.

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RESULTS

• The average: 25.5 for boys. This shows boys take longer.
• The average: 22 for girls. Girls take a shorter time, but on average don't win
• Mode: 24.
• Median: 24. This is where the middle mark for both genders time.

CONCLUSION

• I accept my hypothesis because 6/10 boys finished packing first.
• Only 4/10 girls finished packing first.
• Girls got an average time faster than boys, but most girls couldn't get it packed.
• Girls randomly grabbed things and stuffed them, boys usually grabbed the larger items first.
• Both genders used to little things as "space stuffers"