Int1 Task 3 Essay

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INT1 Task 3 Jon-Paul J. Flake With all the new movies coming out lately, I have been eating more popcorn than usual. I enjoy the movie theater heavy butter popcorn, even at home. This led me to wonder how many un-popped popcorn kernels were left in the butter popcorn and how many were left in the light buttered popcorn, and if the amount of butter and oil affects the amount of popped kernels. This led me to think that the extra oil will increase the amount of popped kernels and the light popcorn would have more un-popped kernels. So I designed my project to check the difference of the heavy butter and light butter. Because if I can get more kernels with more popcorn, well then that sure seems like a pretty delicious deal. I found a similar project done by Sean Boyd. IN his project he compared brand names with the same butter content. His results varied widely, and ultimately found that Act 2 brand popcorn was the most consistent [1]. Although his project…show more content…
It is critical in the experiment to maintain a diligent watch over the controlled variables to not compromise the experiments validity. Same brand of popcorn, same settings on same microwave for every bag, and a separation area for the kernel counting. Staying organized was a key factor in this design, and would benefit those who attempt to replicate Replicating an experiment that produces the same results as the original could result in further validation of the study. By design the hypothesis should be falsifiable, so multiple replications could be used to validate the findings further. This experiment varied greatly that the other two studies. I did not find any other studies on the butter factor per se. The more times the study is replicated with similar results, the more valid the hypothesis becomes. As of today this is 1 of 1 study that I know of with heavy butter as the deciding factor for more popped

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