Body temp
...ent to collect data was fairly systematic and, therefore, can easily be duplicated by adhering to the following steps. First, the experimenter needs to identify his or her participants; for this particular experiment, the test subjects are my three roommates. To carry out the experiment, the required materials are: a thermometer, for this experiment a household digital thermometer was chosen, and rubbing alcohol, which is used for sterilization of the thermometer before and after use. To begin the experiment, the participants all have to agree upon a date to start the project; the date decided upon was Monday, March 1, 2004. After that, three different times need to be chosen throughout the day to record body temperatures of the three individuals; the times agreed upon were nine-o’clock am, four-o’clock pm, and midnight. The first step is to, sterilize the thermometer then place it under the tongue, keeping the mouth closed around the thermometer. Then, using a digital thermometer, push the start button. Make sure the thermometer is under the tongue long enough to record an accurate reading (digital thermometers will beep to indicate they are done). Once the thermometer is finished, take a precise reading. It is important to remember not to take a temperature within twenty minutes of smoking, eating, and/or drinking hot or cold liquids because the recording will not be accurate, nor will they be accurate if they are taken within one hour of exercise or a hot bath. After following the above procedures, the experimenter will obtain his or her results. For this experiment, day one at nine-o’clock in the morning showed slight variations in body temperatures among the three subjects, which can be seen on the attached graph. The reading for subject one was 97.3°F, subject two was 97.5°F, and subject three was 98.3°F. Another reading was taken at four o’clock in the afternoon, for these recordings the temperature became a little higher as the day moved on and the subjects became more active, subject one was 98.1°F, subject two was 98.3°F, and subject three was 98.7°F (this can also be seen in the graph). By night fall the temperatures declined a bit; at midnight, subject one had a temperature of 97.8°F, subject two was at 98.4°F, and subject three was at 98.1°F. On day two the same round of testing was conducted at nine o’clock in the morning; this time subject one’s reading was 97.8°F, subject two’s was 97.7°F, an...