Student Research Conference Presentations

Session 1: Coaches and Effects of Stress on Happiness, Luke Blochowski The main points of his psychology presentation was the stress great influences the player's happiness. He found statistical significance in the level of stress and player happiness to be negative correlated. The data was collected through the use of surveys being passed out to both coaches and players on Heidelberg's campus. The key findings were that if a coach is more stressed it will negatively effect the player morale on that team. He also found that the biggest variable that plays into happiness of players is actually winning on the field. What I took away from the presentation was that coaches need to pay closer attention to the stress they are putting on themselves and their teams. Session 2: Exchange Rate Determination, Nicole Millar The points highlighted in this economics presentation was that there are many factors that play a role in exchange rate determinations of foreign countries. Another point was that the effects on exchange rate determination can be in the short, medium or long run. Data was analyzed from an Excel spreadsheet and a regression was run over two variables. The variables that were tested was the money supply growth and price index. What she found interesting was that on their own the money supply growth was significant but the price index was not but together it was statistically significant. The information I found most intriguing was how each time period can have varying effects on the exchange and the multitudes of factors that are used to find the rate.