Category: Proposed Research Question

Group: Ann-Renee Rubia, Samah Islam, and Manuel Sojan

Research Question

Does household income have an effect on the scores of the old and new SAT?

Citations

Reed, B. (2015, June 3). The New SAT: Everything You Need to Know. Retrieved October 01, 2017, from http://time.com/3905719/the-new-sat/

12. Z. (2014, October 7). SAT Scores and Income Inequality: How Wealthier Kids Rank Higher . Retrieved October 1, 2017, from https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/URLs_Cited/OT2015/14-981/14-981-12.pdf

Dixon-Román, Ezekiel J., et al. “Race, Poverty and SAT Scores: Modeling the Influences of Family Income on Black and White High School Students’ SAT Performance.” Teachers College Record, vol. 115, no. 4, Apr. 2013, pp. 1-33. EBSCOhost,

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Group Members: Nicole Budzinski, Leslie Epps, Raymund Rodriguez, and Reid Vero

Proposed Research Question: How does different water types affect radish seed germination?

Citations:
Kang, Y., & Wan, S. 2005. Effect of soil water potential on radish (Raphanus sativus L.) growth and water use under drip irrigation. Scientia Horticulturae, 106: 275-292. Retrieved from http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S030442380500124X
Novero, R., D. H. Smith, F. D. Moore, J. F. Shanahan, and R. d’Andria. 1991. Field-Grown Tomato Response to Carbonated Water Application. Agron. J. 83:911-916. doi:10.2134/agronj1991.00021962008300050026x.
Oliva, A., Lahoz, E., Contillo, R., & Aliotta, G. (2002). Effects of Ruta graveolens leaves on soil characteristics and on seed germination and early seedling growth of four crop species. Annals of Applied Biology, 141(1), 87-91.
Van Hooijdonk, M.  1999. “Effects of salinity on growth, water use, and nutrient use in radish (Raphanus sativus L)”. Plant and Soil. 215: 57-64.

Research Question: Do study habits that affect sleep levels influence test scores of City College students?

Citations:

Flueckiger, L., Lieb, R., Meyer, A. H., & Mata, J. (2014). How Health Behaviors Relate to Academic Performance via Affect: An Intensive Longitudinal Study. Plos ONE, 9(10), 1-10. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0111080

Gillen-O’Neel, C., Huynh, V. W. and Fuligni, A. J. (2013), To Study or to Sleep? The Academic Costs of Extra Studying at the Expense of Sleep. Child Development, 84: 133–142. doi:10.1111/j.1467-8624.2012.01834.x

Kerdijk, W., Cohen-Schotanus, J., Mulder, B. F., Muntinghe, F. H., & Tio, R. A. (2015). Cumulative versus end-of-course assessment: effects on self-study time and test performance. Medical Education, 49(7), 709-716

Thacher, P. V. (2008). University Students and the “All Nighter”: Correlates and Patterns of Students’ Engagement in a Single Night of Total Sleep Deprivation. Behavioral Sleep Medicine, 6(1), 16-31. doi:10.1080/15402000701796114

by Tayba Aziz, Emilia Decaudin, and Katlyn Palmatier

Did the results of the 2016 General Election affect voter turnout in the 2017 Primary Election in NYC?

Tayba:

Bellafante, G. (2015, December 13). Votes of Confidence. New York Times, p. 1(L). Retrieved from http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?p=AONE&sw=w&u=cuny_ccny&v=2.1&it=r&id=GALE%7CA437266827&asid=9ba5ba02bbeccec6c7f5f5b52440c8f6

Davenport, T. (2010). Public Accountability and Political Participation: Effects of a Face-to-Face Feedback Intervention on Voter Turnout of Public Housing Residents. Political Behavior, 32(3), 337-368. doi:10.1007/s11109-010-9109-x

Emilia:

Cohn, N. (2017, April 5). Democrats Are Bad at Midterm Turnout. That Seems Ready to Change. The New York Times. Retrieved from https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/05/upshot/democrats-are-bad-at-midterm-turnout-that-seems-ready-to-change.html

Vallbé, J.-J., & Magre Ferran, J. (2017). The Road Not Taken. Effects of residential mobility on local electoral turnout. Political Geography, 60, 86–99. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polgeo.2017.04.010

Katlyn:

Stockemer, D. (2017). Electoral Participation: How to Measure Voter Turnout? Social Indicators Research, 133(3), 943–962. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-016-1410-6

Do study habits that affect sleep levels influence test scores of City College students?

Group: Zainab Baig, Rebecca Regine, Katie Johnson, Viktoriya Markova