CRJU 330 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Morgan Spurlock, Super Size Me, Longitudinal Study
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Spurlock"s hypothesis states the more mcdonald"s fast food he eats throughout his experiment will result in a negative consequence on his health: using the hypothesis, identify the independent and dependent variables in this project. The independent variable is spurlock"s change in eating habit which is exclusively. Spurlock defines the independent variable as the 30 days of eating mcdonald"s. One of the alternative variables spurlock identifies that had effects on his health was the lack of exercise since starting the experiment. Spurlock limited his walking even though he claimed to walk about 5 miles a day and limited it to walking a mile a week. A mediating factor may be the overall health of a person who is already eating unhealthy amounts of fast food. Be sure to explain your reasoning using the film. Spurlock"s experiment was a quantitative study because it measured spurlock"s overall health levels by the amount of fast food that was eaten.
