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Are there gender differences in aggressive behavior at school.
 * Research Question:**

Males will be more physically aggressive than females.
 * Hypothesis:**

Observation
 * Research Method:**

- Find somewhere in school with lots of students - Prepare materials - Wait and observe the behavior of students towards one another
 * Process:**

- Pen or pen - Paper
 * Materials:**

- Random students throughout the school - All subjects are anonymous
 * Participants:**

- Only observed small number of students - Most students that were observed were in either grade 11 or 12 - More observation with a variety of the grades would have to be done in order to get more accurate results
 * Validity and Reliability:**

- Boys push each other into lockers with good-natured laughing - Boys fake punch each other – there is no actual contact - Girl talks sourly about another behind her back - Girl later talks to other in sickly-sweet tone - Boys shove each other to get to desks – basically just messing around - Girl tells another to shut up with fake irritation - Boy sits, reading, then another pulls hood over his head. Both laugh about it. - Girls call each other down – fake and no harm done
 * Data:**

Based on other general observations and studies it would seem that the information I have gathered is quite similar. It means that aggressive behavior is not really spontaneous, but the type of aggression is based on which gender you are.
 * Analysis:**

From the data that I have collected I found that my hypothesis is mainly correct. Males tend to be the physically aggressive gender while the females are more verbally aggressive. This can be linked with the evolutionary theory that states behavior is influenced by biology and evolution. This is so because through out time, in most species, males have been more dominate while the females have been more submissive. This may be why males have a tendency to be a bit more violent. There may be arguments saying that females are just as physically aggressive, but according to what I have observed, that is untrue.
 * Conclusion:**