1. A scientist wants to test the sleeping effects of a mild animal tranquilizer on two of his
pet rats. He decides that he will put them in two cages of the same size and shape and
place them in the same area of his lab for 24 hrs. He decides that he is going to turn the
lights on at 5am and turn the lights of at 8pm each day. He feeds both rats lunch each day
at noon and chops up 5mg of animal tranquilizer into their food. He notes that at about 5pm
both rats fall asleep and wake up at about 5am the following day. He continues this
procedure for 15 days and notes the same pattern each day. He concludes that his study
shows that the animal tranquilizer will cause all animals to fall asleep at 5pm for a total of
12 hrs.


Did this experiment give accurate results? Why or why not?