Allied MAT130 course project
BIo130 unit 8 assignment
July 2, 2018Allied MAT130 final exam
July 2, 2018Please answer the following questions:
1.
How would you rate your data
gathering effort? Would you consider your data to be unbiased? Explain what
steps you took to keep the data unbiased, or explain what could have done
better to prevent the bias.
2.
Before you begin analyzing the
data, what do you believe you might conclude from it? This is not limited to
any single question, but rather you are asked to formulate a claim based on the
results.
3.
Create a table and record your
data from the survey. You may use the table below as a template or use Excel
(note: if you decide to use Excel, please be sure to upload that file as well;
remember that iBoard allows you to upload multiple files).
Participant #
Gender
Age
Date Surveyed
Survey Response
1
M
65
4/19/2014
5
2
F
63
4/19/2014
6
3
F
38
4/19/2014
8
4
M
40
4/19/2014
5
5
F
35
4/19/2014
4
6
F
20
4/19/2014
8
7
F
22
4/19/2014
4
8
M
26
4/19/2014
5
9
F
23
4/19/2014
10
10
M
32
4/19/2014
6
11
F
28
4/19/2014
5
12
F
31
4/19/2014
6
13
F
25
4/19/2014
8
14
M
25
4/19/2014
9
15
F
33
4/19/2014
5
16
F
42
4/24/2014
7
17
F
50
4/24/2014
5
18
F
38
4/24/2014
5
19
M
28
4/24/2014
8
20
M
30
4/24/2014
6
21
F
24
4/24/2014
9
22
F
67
5/11/2014
4
23
F
63
5/11/2014
5
24
F
44
5/11/2014
4
25
M
65
5/11/2014
5
26
M
40
5/15/2014
4
27
M
38
5/15/2014
6
28
M
22
5/25/2014
5
29
M
23
5/25/2014
4
30
F
20
5/25/2014
7
31
M
31
5/25/2014
8
32
F
32
5/25/2014
6
33
F
66
5/25/2014
5
34
M
68
5/25/2014
5
35
F
39
5/252014
6
a.
Compute the median, mode,
range, mean, variance, and standard deviation of the survey response. (You may
use technological tools like Excel, a TI graphing calculator, or try finding a
free online tool that will help you with your computations.)
b.
Compute the median, mode,
range, mean, variance, and standard deviation of the survey response from only
the male participants.
c.
Compute the median, mode,
range, mean, variance, and standard deviation of the survey response from only
the female participants.
4.
Construct a frequency
distribution table of your results
5.
What type of distribution does
your data fall under? Justify your answer.
6.
Do you expect to have about the
same results in a larger data sample?
7.
Make a claim based on your
findings (you can claim what you inferred about the population from the
previous problem) and test it by doing the following:
a.
Identify the null hypothesis.
b.
Identify the alternative
hypothesis.
c.
Identify the test statistic,
P-value or critical value(s), and what test you will use to test your claim.
d.
Identify the conclusion about
the null hypothesis and final conclusion that addresses the original claim.