[Research Design & Analysis]

I hate this stupid class. I am currently at Betsy's writing my paper for the class. We are suppose to write it in past tense and use all of these stupid psych terms. Ugh, maybe this wasn't the right degree. (yes it is, I'm just complaining)

I will post what I have so far, and update it as I go so you all (whoever is reading) can give me some sort of feed-back.
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Abstract
This study examines the link between playing interactive video games (Wii Tennis) and the decrease of BMI in college students over a 4 week period. Applying Wii Tennis as the independent variable and the participants weight as the dependent variable shows that physical activity results in a lower BMI. Researchers have shown that the relationship of inactivity while playing stationary video games correlates with weight gain in participants of younger ages.


This research study shows the correlation of interactive video games and the participants BMI. In previous study, it has been hypothesized that leading a sedentary lifestyle can result in weight gain. Elizabeth A. Vandewater studied the link of childhood obesity and their activity level. “Children with higher weight status played moderate amounts of electronic games, while children with lower weight status played either very little or a lot of electronic games.” (Vandewater, 2004)
In other research it has been hypothesized that inactivity in elders has also caused weight gain and even death. “Although the physical activity is a very basic lifestyle activity, the physical inactivity has been estimated to cause 1.9 million deaths worldwide annually.” (Aslan et al., 2008)
Researchers have done studies on the link of stationary video games causing weight gain in children, and inactivity in elderly leading to death, whereas our study shows the actual use of interactive video games decreasing weight in college students. We predicted that playing Wii Tennis 5 days a week will reduce the body’s BMI over the course of a 4 week period.

Method
Participants
The participants in this study were college level students ages 18-24. There was no regulation on ethnicity or year of the college student participant as long as they were in the age bracket. There were twenty-four total participants, twelve in the control group (participants not playing the Wii) and twelve in the experimental group (participants playing the Wii). Participants who chose to partake in our study were given a survey to discard confounds. We used an equal number of males to females found through Sona Systems and fliers posted throughout the university.

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That's all I have so far. I still have Measures, Procedure, Results, Discussion, and References to write out. Just to let you know, I have to write it in past tense as if I've already done my study, even though I am conducting my experiment next semester. At least next semester, I will just have to revise my paper. UGH, I HATE THIS!!! blah. Hopefully this paper is at least interesting. Everyone else's is SO boring! :)