Altruism in Stockton
Poster Number
26
Format
Poster Presentation
Abstract/Artist Statement
Altruism is basically the desire to assist another person even if there is a cost involved. It would be interesting to see whether or not Stockton California’s residents are altruistic when it comes to simply signing a petition promoting breast cancer research. The cost involved to participants would be there time. After four different sessions of sitting at four different locations in Stockton, asking for signatures for the petition, analyzing the data using a chi-squared test, and comparing the results, our experiment did not have any statistical significance. Although the experiment did not result in significance, perhaps future experiments that would include more locations and more participants might result in statistical significance.
Location
Pacific Geosciences Center
Start Date
30-4-2005 1:00 PM
End Date
30-4-2005 3:00 PM
Altruism in Stockton
Pacific Geosciences Center
Altruism is basically the desire to assist another person even if there is a cost involved. It would be interesting to see whether or not Stockton California’s residents are altruistic when it comes to simply signing a petition promoting breast cancer research. The cost involved to participants would be there time. After four different sessions of sitting at four different locations in Stockton, asking for signatures for the petition, analyzing the data using a chi-squared test, and comparing the results, our experiment did not have any statistical significance. Although the experiment did not result in significance, perhaps future experiments that would include more locations and more participants might result in statistical significance.