Koala research
A few of my friends were unfortunate enough to fail the research exam but was granted a supplementary exam. I sit in front of a computer all day doing research for my self directed placement so I thought it would be fun if I created some research questions for them. I wanted to show them that research does not have to be boring and/or a drag. The following case study that I created was inspired by my housemate, Becks, and her visiting friends. KP and I jokingly refer to Becks as "The Koala" because of her excessive napping ability and other Koala-like attributes. Now we're not talking about just napping once a day but numerous naps and all throughout the house. We've even numbered her "napping stations". Koalas are known to sleep 18-20 hours a day and that sounds about right for Becks. They also only travel within a 3km radius. Becks hasn't ventured much on her own before she got her "koala mobile". What else? Oh they only eat these leaves from this one type of tree. When Becks cooks, there's not much variation.
You know how people say that you choose friends who are similar to yourself?? Well it's definitely true with Becks. I once thought that Becks was one of a kind but her friends are exactly like her. The napping and love of mangoes...WOW...
With that all cleared up, I hope you all enjoy my research case study scenario:
The Koala wanted to prove to her disbelieving housemates that numerous naps throughout the day do indeed improve memory. Originally she randomly recruited people from her PT class but the excessive naps prevented them from sleeping during the night and caused insomnia to a few of her poor classmates. She had no choice but to turn to her Koala friends. As they all have Koala-like characteristics, the ethics committee denied her proposal to prevent all naps in one group. The committee thought stopping all naps was inhuman. It was parallel to disallowing others from drinking water. It’s crucial to their survival.
After many “test runs” on herself, the Koala eventually decided to limit the number of naps throughout the day to 3, 5, or 7. The study was conducted in the confines of the Saffron Liger Residence as there are already tried and trued Koala napping stations. Each of the subjects was randomly assigned one of nine designated stations and also to one of the three napping groups. The subjects arrived early in the morning to study a list of 50 words. They were given 30 mins to memorize the list of words and then were free to nap, if desired. The study lasted a week and after each week, a different memory test was given to the sleepy Koala subjects. The results were inconclusive as the study was abruptly terminated for safety reason. Subjects from one of the groups (3 naps per day) became irritable and incomprehensible.
HAHA...I must admit it's one of my best work. Can you imagine if I was granted the ability to write the exams for people?? HAHA...good times...
You know how people say that you choose friends who are similar to yourself?? Well it's definitely true with Becks. I once thought that Becks was one of a kind but her friends are exactly like her. The napping and love of mangoes...WOW...
With that all cleared up, I hope you all enjoy my research case study scenario:
The Koala wanted to prove to her disbelieving housemates that numerous naps throughout the day do indeed improve memory. Originally she randomly recruited people from her PT class but the excessive naps prevented them from sleeping during the night and caused insomnia to a few of her poor classmates. She had no choice but to turn to her Koala friends. As they all have Koala-like characteristics, the ethics committee denied her proposal to prevent all naps in one group. The committee thought stopping all naps was inhuman. It was parallel to disallowing others from drinking water. It’s crucial to their survival.
After many “test runs” on herself, the Koala eventually decided to limit the number of naps throughout the day to 3, 5, or 7. The study was conducted in the confines of the Saffron Liger Residence as there are already tried and trued Koala napping stations. Each of the subjects was randomly assigned one of nine designated stations and also to one of the three napping groups. The subjects arrived early in the morning to study a list of 50 words. They were given 30 mins to memorize the list of words and then were free to nap, if desired. The study lasted a week and after each week, a different memory test was given to the sleepy Koala subjects. The results were inconclusive as the study was abruptly terminated for safety reason. Subjects from one of the groups (3 naps per day) became irritable and incomprehensible.
HAHA...I must admit it's one of my best work. Can you imagine if I was granted the ability to write the exams for people?? HAHA...good times...
posted by Sub29 at 8:34 PM
2 Comments:
that is SOOOO funnny! reading about my sister is especially so =). haha, no wonder my sister and her housemate (which was the other koalas you're talking about) got along so well! i'll have to remember that as one of the koalas will be living with me come fall.
I love this Sub! I can certainly confirm the fact that she has many Koala like attributes. This is why it was so dangerous for us to live together because I bet if Koalas went to school.... they would procrastinate on handing in all their assignments!
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