Confidence!

As much as hair has a connection to physical appearance and future diseases, it also has a substantial connection to psychology. For the people that are influenced by their hair on how confident they feel, the healthier their hair, the more confident they feel in their appearance. An increase in confidence helps people build their self esteem and live a better quality of life overall, which are principles supported by Ayurveda.

On the graphs, you will notice random words and numbers clumped together on the horizontal "Participant" axis, as well as "B[number] and A[number]."

Each participant is represented on the graph. Since I can't give away the participants' names and reveal their identities, I decided to create a code for each participant.

"F17IndMW" represents a participant who is F (female) 17 (years old) Ind (Indian ethnicity) M(medium hair length) and W(wavy hair texture). Similarly, F18ChiMS applies to the participant who is female, 18 years old, Chinese, medium hair length, and straight hair type.

"B[number] and A[number]" represent each of the four weeks, and two data points from each week. B1 means week 1, before hair wash, and A1 means week 1, after hair wash. You can follow along with this points through the graph to understand the context behind each data point in these data models.

Below are the graphs that represent the ratings participants gave their confidence on the days they recorded data:

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80% of the experimental group felt a significance increase in confidence before and after this experiment, while only 20% of the control group noticed a change in their confidence.

Most may believe that our confidence could have a strong link to our age. Younger people usually tend to be more confident based on appearance than older people. Let's see whether this was true in this study:

Average increase in confidence rating: 0.289

Average increase in confidence rating: 0.458

Both of these groups of people had a positive increase in confidence rating, but the adults had a higher increase. Something crucial to note is that teenagers started with a higher confidence rating than adults did. Therefore, the smaller increase in confidence could be explained by the fact that their initial ratings were already high. It's surprising to see how much the Ayurvedic oil positively influenced confidence for so many adults and teenagers, especially adults.