What is your hypothesis?
If a patient enters a drug rehab program more than once, they are more likely to enter the program again.
Identify the dependent, independent, and control variable in your hypothesis.
My dependent variable is the number of times patients enter rehab. My independent variable is the amount of times they were already in rehab. My control is the rehab centers as a whole.
What is the connection between science fair project and senior project EQ?
My EQ asks how to better treat an HIV+ patient in drug rehab, so that them coming back again due to relapse is rare. The data that I am looking at shows just how successful Straight Talk's drug rehab houses are. If I notice a particular trend in patients returning, I may even be able to help the center treat the patients in a more effective manner.
How will you perform the experiment?
I plan on obtaining the data from Straight Talk, my service learning center, that tells me: who a patient is, where the stayed, how long they stayed, and if they have come back. Going over this data will enable me to configure statistics that describe which trend of patients appear to return the most (if there is a trend). By doing this, I hope to aid Straight Talk in identifying possible issues with an area of their treatment program.
Which category will your project be listed under?
Behavioral/Social Science
