Mythbusters: Is walking or running better to keep dry?

1. Question -Does walking for shelter keep you drier instead of running?

Hypothesis -Walking to shelter keeps you drier than running

Experiment -Have one person run to a shelter from 50 ft and then repeat but have them walk

Analysis -Compare the 2 sets of clothes to see which is more wet

Conclusion -Walking to shelter will keep you drier than running.

2. Running in the rain will get you more wet then walking.

3.A hypothesis is not a guess because it is an opinion on what the outcome of an experiment will be.

4.Indoor

Pro: control of variables, Changes to experiment are easier

Con: May be difficult to recreate conditions needed

Outdoor

Pro: Real life conditions

Con: Control of different variables very difficult.

5. Running or walking.

6. How wet will you get.

7. Control group: Nothing changed, just a base measurement

Experimental Group: Tested on to see if hypothesis is accurate and then compared to control results.

8. Natural precipitation rates, perspiration, wind, length of course, clothes of the same consistence.

9. The experiment the meteorologists designed for their experiment was to just have one person run and one person walk outside when it was raining, then measuring the amount of water absorbed. While the Mythbusters did their experiment in a closed environment where they were able to eliminate all other variables so they could just test the one they needed.

10. This sample size should be adequate because they were very careful to eliminate all other possible variables so the outcome would only be affected the variables they wanted. While if they did increase the sample size it would help the data become much more accurate.

11.

Time	Wind	Time(s)	Initial Mass of Suit (g)	Final Mass of Suit (g)	Water Absorbed (g)	Water Absorbed Per Second (g/s)
Adam walk	No	18.28	757	785	28	1.5
Jamie walk	No	17.84	757	790	33	1.9
Adam run	No	7.06	757	799	42	6.0
Jamie run	No	6.59	757	793	36	5.5
Adam walk	Yes	17.40	757	789	32	1.8
Jamie walk	Yes	17.56	757	788	31	1.8
Adam run	Yes	6.98	757	801	44	6.3
Jamie run	Yes	6.51	757	790	33	5.1

12. Running = 38.8ml Walking = 31.0ml

13. Scatter Plot graph

14. Bar graph

15. Advantage to Scatter plot: Easier to see a correlation between points of data

Disadvantage to Scatter plot: May have difficulties finding an average

16. Advantages to Bar graph: Very easy to figure out high and low point of data

Disadvantage to Bar graph: Finer details may be missed

17. The Mythbusters concluded that walking in the rain is better than running. This conclusion disagrees with the meteorologists saying it is better to run in the rain. I think the Mythbusters are correct because in both experiments the Mythbusters were able to eliminate more variables in their experiment than the meteorologist which would mean that their data isn't as accurate as the Mythbuster's data, thus showing that walking in the rain is better then running.