Blindfold Lab

Objective
To measure how straight people can walk when they
are blindfolded.
Hypothesis
If the person is blindfolded, then this person may walk deviously
in a weird direction and may not reach the endpoint
successfully.

Control Variables
Each person gets 30 sec. to walk.
The distance from start to end is 10 meters
Independent Variables
Whether the person is blindfolded or not.

Dependent Variables
The angle that has been measured when people walk.
Materials
1 piece of cloth
Measuring tape
Duct tape
Stopwatch
Notebook
 Procedures
1. Put some marks on the floor (10 meters away from each other) - straight
2. Choose three people to do the experiment
3. Blind the first person, and stand on a point marked
4. Start walking for 30 seconds, then stop
5. Measure the distance from the starting point to the point where the
person stops
6. Measure the distance from the line to the point that the person stops
walking.
7. Calculate the angle that was made according to the straight line
8. Repeat the steps for 2 more people
9. Conclude the result
Results
Subject 1 Subject 2 Subject 3

Distance from the starting

point to where the person stops
9.65 m 10.32 m 0m

Distance from where the

person stops to the point that
is perpendicularly intersect with
the straight line 7.70 m 3m 0m
 2) sin(x) = 3/10.32
Calculation sin(x) = 0.3
X = 17.46

10.32 m

3m

2)
(3)
1)
3) x = 0

7.70 m
1) sin(x) = 7.70/9.65
sin(x) = 0.8 9.65 m
X = 53.13
Analysis
After doing the experiment, we tend to walk away from the reference line.
This can be described by the theory saying that people tend to walk in a
circular path if they are blinded. This also depends on the right-handed and
left-handed traits since people tend to have matching dominant side of
hand and leg.
Conclusion
After doing the experiment by walking the blinded people on the straight
line for 3 trials with different 3 people, the average angle is made with the
referencing line is 23.53 degrees.
According to the experiment, there might be some errors on
measurements and timing, therefore, the result might be inaccurate.