background research

Question 1

what is a quasi experiment?

Answer 1

the iv is not manipulated by the researcher and it contains a naturally occurring iv. The naturally occurring in this experiment is a difference between people that already exists (age)

Question 2

definition of sleep

Answer 2

a periodic, natural, reversible and a near total loss of consciousness

Question 3

what are the iv and dv in the piece of background research studied

Answer 3

dv- chronic sleep reduction (using actigraphy)
iv-the school week (regular school week and exam week)

Question 4

what were the results of that study

Answer 4

Results show adolescents sleep was more fragmented during high stress rather than low. However sleep efficiency and total sleep time stayed stable.

Question 5

what are the iv and dv in my research

Answer 5

iv- teenagers(13-18y.o) ad adults(19+y.o)
dv- Pittsburg sleep quality index sore- out of 21