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Psychology

Psychology

Cell Phone Usage While Driving Among Males and Females

Hypothesis: I predict when I observe male and female drivers that mostly females will be talking on a cell phone. I say this because I think females are more social than males when talking on a phone.

Research Method: For this research the method I used was naturalistic observation of twenty-five females and twenty-five males. While they were driving, I observed how many were talking on a cell phone. I chose to do this research because when ever I would drive I mostly saw females talking on cell phones while driving. So I was curious to see the percentages of female and male drivers who talked on the phone while driving.

Procedure: First I raised a question whether who talks more on a cell phone more while driving, male or female. I then came up with a hypothesis that females talk more on cell phones while driving. I then tested my hypothesis by observing traffic of twenty-five female drivers and twenty-five male drivers. After doing that I recorded and analyzed the data. Based on the data I observed, I then came to a conclusion and thought about the different confounding variables.

Statistical results: (see attached)

Narrative Results: Based on my observations you are more likely to see a female talking on a cell phone while driving. As my data shows that out of twenty-five females four were on cell phones compared to that of one male. Or sixteen percent of females talked on cell phones while driving and only four percent males talked

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