The purpose of this experiment was to determine the difference (if any) between sorting a standard deck of cards and a low vision deck. Three tests: color, suit, and number sorting were compared. The dependent variables in the experiment included time and the number of trials it took for the student to complete the task successfully. The independent variables were sorting the two different decks by color, suit, and number. Hypothesis:
1. There will be a significant time difference between sorting the standard deck of cards and the low vision cards by suit. The four distinct colors (red, green, blue, and black) will be easier to recognize and sort.
2. There won't be a…show more content… Also, those subjects who had more sleep the night before, better vision, more motivation, card experience, focusing ability, larger memory capacity, dexterity, attention, etc. had an advantage and better opportunity to perform quicker with a smaller number of trial errors.
Conclusions: The two tailed p-value test was in correlation with my hypothesis that there would not be a significant time or trial difference when sorting the cards by color. Whether the task is to sort the cards into two piles of red/green and blue/black or black (spades/clubs) and red (hearts/diamonds), the mind is indifferent. Either deck takes the same amount of time to sort and yields similar numbers in number of trial errors.
The hypothesis that there would be a significant time and trial difference when sorting the cards by suit was also proven to be correct by the two tailed p-value test. It takes less time to sort the low vision deck of cards than it does with a regular standard deck. The low vision cards have a larger font size printed on them, as well as, have a different color that corresponds to each suit. In this case, it is much easier to sort the cards into four piles when looking at cards with distinct colors on them that represent each suit, rather than by sorting the cards into piles based on the symbol on the card.
