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I would want to do an experiment to test out whether there is a correlation between sleep and mood. So does the amount of sleep that a person gets affect his/her emotions? In order to carry out this experiment, I would need 2 groups of randomized participants with similar occupations and work schedules. One group would be the group that gets at least 8 hours of sleep per day for 1 week, while the other group would only get no more than 5 hours of sleep per day for 1 week. To do this experiment, I would need the participants from both groups to keep a journal on the exact amount of hours of sleep they get each day for the week and also their mood on that following day. The amount of sleep hours would be the independent variable and the participant’s mood would be the dependent variable. After a week, I would read the journals of all the participants in both groups and record the results. Then, I would compare the results and try to draw a conclusion based on the results. I believe that the group that gets at least 8 hours of sleep each day will be happier than the group that gets no more than 5 hours of sleep per day. Lack of sleep often make people frustrated and moody. The result of this experiment would be great evidence for parents to use to advice their children to sleep earlier at night. It would be beneficial for a lot of young adults because the result would let them understand the importance of having enough hours of sleep at night. The difficulty of designing this experiment is to think of how to keep away the confounding variables from affecting the results of my experiment. People with different jobs or school workloads might have different mood to begin with and I would not be able to distinguish the effect of sleep on mood from the participants’ personal issues from their everyday life, hence in order to lower the effect of the confounding variables on the results of my experiment, my selected participants are people with the same occupations and work schedules.

Hi, everyone! My name is Cindy. I am currently a sophomore in Baruch college. My intended major is Accounting. I wanted to become an accountant because of several reasons. I was always so unclear about my future occupation while growing up. I didn’t know what job would be best suitable for me. Although salary is also something that plays an important role in my decision-making, interest was something that I cared more about. Since I always prefer math classes rather than english classes during high school years, I figure that maybe accountant would be a pretty decent occupation for me. My aunt is an accountant who tells me a lot about her job experiences. Although her job stories weren’t all that interesting and exciting, but they all sounded stable and relaxing. Hence, I decided to follow the path of my aunt.

It’s been a year since I had attended Baruch college. Being a sophomore means having more responsibilities and heavier workloads. I enjoyed my freshman years with my block schedule in the first semester. I found it easy to bond with people in my block because we all had the same classes. I also joined Hong Kong club in my second semester of my freshman year and am currently still a member. I was born in Hong Kong, therefore I was very fond of this club to begin with. As I went to several of their meetings and eventually became a staff,I realized this club became an important part of my school life. I am glad to be able to meet many new friends and joining this club definitely made my college life more fun and joyful.