ALLIED MAT130 MODULE 8 HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT

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PROJECT

Directions: This assignment is a course-long project whereby you will work on
the project in each module. You will
turn in your completed project at the end of Module 8.

Create a survey question to ask others. The
following are examples or some survey questions:

1.
Choose a random number between
1 and 10 inclusive.
2.
What month of the year does
your birthday fall on? Write the numeric
value from 1 to 12.
3.
How many keys are in your
possession at this time?
4.
How many siblings do you have?

In Module 1, you will submit your survey
question to your instructor for approval.
Once you are notified of its approval, you may begin conducting a survey
using your question.

You will need at least 25 participants and
will need to keep the following record for each person:

a.
Gender
b.
Age
c.
Date surveyed
d.
Survey response

Please also keep a count, if any, non-willing
participants. For example, if you chose
the first survey question, then you might have the following records:

Participant #

Gender

Age

Date Surveyed

Survey Response

1

M

18

12/10/12

5

2

F

42

12/15/12

8

3

M

34

12/17/12

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Please 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

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? What would you be able to infer about the
general population based on your findings?

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.