Will+the+answers+of+questions+effected+by+the+number+of+people+in+the+room?


 * Title: Will the answers of questions be affected by the number of people in the room?**


 * Purpose: This experiment consists of asking a group of students various questions, but in two different environments; in the classroom where other students are present, and in a room with just them and the person who is questioning them. We are doing this experiment to see if pressure from peers will affect these students truthfulness. Peer pressure is the influence given off by a peer group, encouraging the person being pressured to change in order to conform to group standards (Wikipedia, 2012). Being teenage girls, we know what pressure from peers is like. We also have witnessed answers to the same question being different when asked under different circumstances. 69 percent of teen students admit to lying in the last year (Anonymous, 2007). Exposure to peer pressure peaks around the age of 14 (Wikipedia, 2012). Since our classmates and ourselves are around this age, they would be the perfect subjects for our experiment.**


 * Hypothesis: If there are more people in the room, then most of the answers will be untrue.**


 * Materials: 4 students, questions for the students to answer, a quiet room with only 2 people, the classroom with the other students in it.**


 * Procedure: First, we will come up with 5 questions for the students to answer. We will take each student individually into a room with only them and the person questioning them. Then, we will ask them the questions we came up with, and record the answers. After that, we will repeat what we had done before the next day, but in the classroom with the other students present. Then we will compare their answers from when they were alone and when they were in the classroom.**

**Data:**
 * In The Classroom ||
 * || Question 1 || Question 2 || Question 3 || Question 4 || Question 5 ||
 * Andrew || Indifferent. || If it's legal, maybe. || Yes, stupid things. || It's good. || Yes. ||
 * Michael || Should be stopped. || If it's legal, maybe || Yes. || It's good. || Yes. ||
 * Jess || It's bad || No, it's nasty || No, absolutely not || Yes || No ||
 * Emily || It's bad || No, it's bad || No || Yes || No ||


 * In A Quiet Room ||
 * || Question 1 || Question 2 || Question 3 || Question 4 || Question 5 ||
 * Andrew || Indifferent. || If it's legal, maybe. || Yes, stupid things. || It's good. || Yes. ||
 * Michael || Should be stopped. || If it's legal, maybe. || Yes. ||  ||   ||
 * Jess || Indifferent; wrong || No, it's wrong || No, absolutely not || Yes || No ||
 * Emily || It's bad || No, it's bad || Yes || Yes || No ||
 * Analysis:**


 * Conclusion: Our hypothesis, if there are more people in the room, then most of the answers will be untrue, was rejected. The answers from the people we tested were the same in the classroom as in the quiet room, when our hypothesis called for differences in answers.**


 * Limitations: We had a lot of things that went wrong in our experiment. Our questions weren't the best for the kind of results we wanted, we didn't test enough people, and we didn't get the results we wanted. To make this experiment better, we need more and better questions to ask, more people to test, and find questions and people that will help us get the results we wanted. Our new hypothesis is if there are more people in the room, then the answers will stay the same.**

"Peer Pressure." // Wikipedia //. Wikimedia Foundation, 28 Nov. 2012. Web. 29 Nov. 2012. 
 * Bibliography:**

"Adolescence." // Wikipedia //. Wikimedia Foundation, 27 Nov. 2012. Web. 29 Nov. 2012. .

Anonymous. "UNDER PRESSURE." //Girls' Life //. 01 Apr. 2007: 15. //eLibrary //. Web. 14 Dec. 2012. Retrieved from http://elibrary.bigchalk.com