Hypothesis: An assumption for this experiment is that the rate of memorization is equal for all persons. A factor that will be studied in later experiments. However,  for this experiment, because it is observational in nature, no hypothesis is conjectured. 

Equipment: For this experiment a basic word association test will be necessary. (i.e. word/definition). used in this experiment was a test of 60 questions involving scientific and common names of plants. Pen and Calculator optional.

Procedure: The first step is to take the test and record the score. Repeat the test and record the score 5 or 6 more times. Find the percentage for each test and plot against time. Observe results.

Observations:
 

Time Elasped (in Mins.)	:45	1:30	2:15	3:00	3:45	4:30	5:15
Number correct (out of 60)	11	30	34	38	45	49	53

Conclusion: The observations of this experiment hold many implications on how to budget time for test. For example, if the next test holds 30 terms to be memorized, then the student should study those terms for 178 mins, or almost 3 hours. Still, it should be noted that it is very likely that the rate varies from person to person, however, the fact remains, that for everyone, memorization is a time consuming pain in the neck.