Science Buddies: "Ask an Expert"

Hello,
I am in ninth grade and have just finished conducting my science experiment. It was conducted on people of the same gender and age to cut out variables. It is about music and memory. Basically, the test subjects learn information either with or without music and are then tested to see how much they remember. The highest score they can get is 20. after testing both side (non-music and music) they have the same average AND results in general i.e. non-music scores are 20, 19, 19, 19, 11 and music scores are 20, 19, 19, 19, 11! i don't know how to conclude my research. I deeply appreciate any suggestions.
Thank you so much you guys are a life saver,
Sdub

Hi sdub,

Lack of significance is a result as well. The conclusion of your study seems to be that music doesn't improve learning.
Out of curiosity, what music did the participants listen to? Perhaps different types of music could show some difference.


Peter S.

Thank you Peter!
I hadn't thought of "Lack of significance". To answer your question i will have to explain the project more clearly. I had test subjects learn a 4 word Hungarian phrase. The variable/music group sang the info to the tune of the alphabet song and the control/non-music group simply said the info. My hypothesis was that the music group would do better. The idea was that singing new info to the tune of a song definitely anchored in long term memory would take advantage of the associative property of the human brain and link the new with the old and out the new info in long term memory. Thats the long answer, the short answer is the alphabet song.