Science+Fair+Proposal

**Student Research Plan**

**Name: MacKenzie Bonner** **Period:2**

**Proposed title (subject to change):** **Lie to me**

**Problem to be posed or question asked:** **Testing the accuracy of traditional human lie detecting techniques. Which indication of dishonesty is most effective and prevalent in those who are lying?**

**My hypothesis or hypotheses: (if then statement)** **If someone lies, then they often exhibit certain indicators that display their internal conflict. These indictors may take the form of increased blinking, fidgeting of the hands or feet, sweating, etc. If one compares a subject’s normal behavioral patterns to the subject’s actions when they are lying, I speculate that human lie detecting techniques will prove effective.**

**Materials I will supply:** **A video camera, a coin, ten basic interview questions, six test questions, human subjects, and assistance from one other person to help record data.**

**Materials to be supplied by Mr. Cushing (think of the equipment you will need):** **Nothing currently**

**Materials from other sources (explain):** **Participation of human subjects and an assistant**

**List all chemicals that will be used along with any special handling, storage or disposal:** <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">**None**

<span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">**Planned procedure:**
 * 1) <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; letter-spacing: 0px;"> **Twenty (20) human subjects will be recruited and separated into 4 groups: Adult male, adult female, teenage male, and teenage female.**
 * 2) <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; letter-spacing: 0px;">**Under video surveillance, the subjects will each be asked a total of 16 questions: 10 basic questions to which the subject must tell the truth, and 6 test questions. The basic questions will establish a control group on which observations shall be based.**
 * 3) <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; letter-spacing: 0px;">**Before the subject answers the test questions, they will flip a coin.**
 * 4) <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; letter-spacing: 0px;">**If the coin lands on heads, they will tell the truth, whereas if the coin lands on tales, they will lie to the following questions.**
 * 5) <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; letter-spacing: 0px;">**The outcome of the coin toss will be unknown to me, however, an assistant will record the outcome for future data.**
 * 6) <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; letter-spacing: 0px;">**After the completion of all the interviews, the video recordings will be viewed and notes shall be taken as to the behaviors of behavior, such as movements of hands and feet, direction the subject looks, irregular breaths or blinking, etc.,**
 * 7) <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; letter-spacing: 0px;">**The behavioral notes shall be compiled into a spread sheet in order to compare the most frequent behaviors.**
 * 8) <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; letter-spacing: 0px;">**Based on the data and results, my initial hypothesis will either be proved or disproves.**

<span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">**What is your independent variable?** <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">**The outcome of the coin toss, resulting in the human subject’s honesty or lies.**

<span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">**What is your dependent variable?** <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">**The reaction of the human subject**

<span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">**What is your control?** <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">**The 10 basic questions asked of the participants, establishing the subject’s normal pattern of behavior.**

<span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">**What are your Constants?** <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">**The amount and content of questions, the coin, the person asking the question (me), and the assistant recording the results of the coin toss.**

<span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">**Please explain the planned timing of your experiment – how long do you expect it to take and when you will work on it.** <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">**I do not expect this experiment to take extremely long. The only lengthy process will be in interviewing the subjects. I predict that this will take a week or two to interview all the subjects. After that, I will need to go over the video and observe the behavioral patterns of the human subjects. This work can be completed at home, and finally, I will need to draw my conclusion based on my results.**

<span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">**Please cite at least five references you have consulted while conducting preliminary research**

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