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Class Survey Data Analysis Stats 1510 (Day) Kimberly Rivera Statistics 1510 Professor Brian Jean December 12, 2011 Taft College

Running head: Class Survey Abstract In this experiment I my class and I surveyed a random ten people each in order to gather

information concerning the connections of the society we live in. In order to analyze correlations in our society we sought out the relationships of between social characteristics and opinions: the height of a respondent and it's relationship to their shoe size, the difference in gross income based on gender, and whether there is a relationship between handiness and favor of death penalty and water consumed; as well as, the relationship between political party and if the respondent feels President Obama should be re-elected, if the respondent is in favor of the death penalty, and if the respondent is in favor of the health care bill being passed. Furthermore, I hypothesized that political party change and ethnicity were related, as well as ethnicity and the carrying of the HIV infection. I found that a majority of my hypothesis were correct with the exception of some such as annual gross income and genders, and political party and Obamas reelection. Overall this study stands to disprove absurd correlations within society that are otherwise considered true.

Introduction The relationship between two circumstances and their effects on each other are of the up most importance when observing society around us. In this experiment I am determining the correlation between many variables and how they shape societal factors between individuals. Height and shoes size were calculated in order to compare the correspondence between both. I hypothesize that the height of a person and their shoe size are related. For example, the taller one is the larger their foot size will be as opposed to the short person with small feet. Additionally, the weight of a person and their ring size are correlated, I believe. Such as, if a

Running head: Class Survey person is a of bigger bone structure then their weight will be higher than those whom have

smaller frames; transversely this effects the ring size, bigger boned people will have a larger ring size. The difference of gross income between genders has been the topic of much controversy, leading me to my next theory on our society. My hypothesis regarding the difference between male and female gross income is that there is no significant difference between the both. In this day and age a female has just as many opportunities laid out before her as a male does. The idea that a male earns more than a female may have been true in history past, but is a primitive way of thinking in this present day. Political parties serve as a mean to group those who have similar political views together in order to reinforce those views. I hypothesize that there is a firm relationship between ones political party and whether they will re-elect Obama, pass the health care bill, and if they are in favor of the death penalty. These three decisions are correlated with ones political party because the views of the voter are mainly related to that of their party, and each party differs in opinion. There have been studies done concerning the fairly common, yet still unusual, lefthandedness trait some people posses. Even more uncommon is the ability to use both hands with equal strength, known as being ambidextrous. The possibility of handedness and whether one is in favor of the death penalty being related was calculated. Furthermore, the relationship between handedness and water consumption was also tested. My hypothesis is that handedness has no relationship with either favor in death penalty or water consumption. Taft College is a diverse campus, and the many ethnicities may have to do with the change in affiliation with political parties and the carrying of the HIV infection. My hypothesis is

Running head: Class Survey that ethnicity does not have any correlation with the change in affiliation of political party. However, I do believe that ethnicity has to do with the carrying of HIV infection. With the data collected I will test my hypotheses and determine their relevance; all the while coming one step closer to discovering the connections of our society.

Methods 1) Materials - Stats 1510 Survey Worksheet - A Black Ink Pen - TC Stats App for IPad - One Quarter (assumed to be fair) - Access to internet 2) Participants Myself as the data analysis specialist and a total of 40 randomly selected people, 13 females and 37 males. 3) Procedure 10 copies of the Stats 1510 Worksheet (see image 1.) were printed. A simple random sampling technique was used to determine who our team would ask to fill out the survey. A quarter (assumed to be fair) was flipped, heads being every consecutive person and tails representing every other person. The quarter landed tails up, thus every other person was to be asked. Every other person who entered the Taft Library was asked to fill out the survey. Once ten total surveys had been filled the data for each survey was entered online at http://tinyurl.com/2v3tkur. This was done a total of ten times, following the specific directions shown on the worksheet. Once the

Running head: Class Survey total amount of survey data was entered, twenty five hundred people had been surveyed. A sample was taken from this total by conducting a random number sample on TC-Stats, resulting in 40 participants to analyze. The process for performing the random selection of a sample is

simple: create a new column called random and click on it tab, select random and set the lower bound to 1 and the upper bound to 2500; make sure to start row at 1 and stop row at 40. The randomization and narrowing of the population is crucial in order to ensure a fair sample, reducing chance error. The sample was then reviewed and found to have errors due to the input of data. The corrections necessary for the analysis to move forth were made and the data was then ready to be analyzed. Results I was surprised by some of the results upon completion of this experiment. The first test was not too much of a shocker. I had hypothesized that the height of a person and their shoe size are related, and found statistical evidence (p-value= 0.0350) proving so. I came to this conclusion by testing height and shoe size with a scatter plot and found it to be monotonic (see Fig. 16.1). I thus began to use spearmans equation and found the conclusion to match my hypothesis. When testing whether weight and ring size had a relationship, in the second part of the first quest (see Fig. 16.2), I found that my hypothesis was proven wrong. Based on the statistical evidence (p-value= 0.0817), found through spearmans equation as well, I concluded that there was in fact not enough evidence to suggest a relationship between weight and ring size. I hypothesized that there was no difference between the genders and their annual gross income and was astonished to be proven wrong by my sample. After conducting a Wil-cox Rank Sum (see Fig.16.3), the statistical evidence (p-value: 0.0003) was overwhelming in pointing

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towards the disproving of my hypothesis. There was in fact enough evidence to suggest that there is a difference in gender and their gross incomes. My hypothesis matched all the results pertaining to the political party questions. The relationship between political party and if the respondent was in favor of reelecting Obama was proven to be dependent. My hypothesis mirrored the results after I performed a Chi-squared test of independence and found the two to be dependent due to the statistical value (p-value: 0.0035) falling below alpha (see Fig. 16.4). Political party and favor of health care and death penalty were both found to be dependent as well (see Fig. 16.5 & 16.6). I was completely wrong with my hypothesizes having to do with handedness. Handedness and favor in the death penalty held a statistical value of p-value= 0.3430, causing there to be enough evidence to suggest dependency. Furthermore, handedness and consumption of water where found to be correlated despite my belief otherwise, containing a p-value of 0.0000; which allowed for sufficient evidence to prove a correlation. Discussion My observations regarding the heights of my sample size (n) is represented through the histogram Fig 1.1. The histogram is relatively bell-shaped with a class width of 3.5 and a starting point of 50. The summary statistics, retrieved through TC- Stats, are shown in Fig. 1.2: Mean= 65.875, Median= 66, and standard deviation=5.552. Because of the bell-shape, the graph is distributed symmetrically; therefore, the mean is the appropriate measurement of center. Fig. 1.1

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Fig. 1.2

In terms of Weight, the histogram representing the sample data (Fig. 1.1, following page) is skewed right with a class width of 29.1250 and a starting point of 77. The summary statistics report a mean of 180.325, a median of 172.5, and a standard deviation of 5.516. The right skew of the data shows that the median will be used for the measurement of center.

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Fig. 2.2

The ring size amongst the sample is somewhat symmetrical, as shown in Fig. 3.1 (on the following page). The histogram is approximately bell-shaped and has a class width of 1.5 and a starting point of 3. Fig. 3.2 states the summary statistics: mean= 7.775, median= 8, and standard deviation= 2.423. The symmetry of the data points to the center of measure to be that of the mean.

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Fig. 3.1 Fig 3.2

The shoe sizes within our sample are presented in Fig. 4.1(on the following page). This graph shows that the data is approximately bell-shaped, making it symmetrical, with a class width of 2 and a starting point of 3. Because of this we know the measurement for center will be the mean. The summary statistics are given in Fig. 4.2 with a mean of 8.7625, a median of 8, and a standard deviation of 2.454.

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Fig. 4.1 Fig. 4.2

The graph shown in Fig. 5.1 on the following page reveals the histogram for the sample data regarding the gross income of males. The data is skewed right and its class width is 13000 with an identical starting point of 13000. The measurement of center would be the median because of the graph being skewed right. The summary statistics are shown in Fig. 5.2, showing a mean of 28777.78, a median of 34000, and a standard deviation of 27337.4.

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Fig.5.1 Fig. 5.2

The annual gross income for females is represented in the graph in Fig. 6.1 (following page). The data is approximately bell shaped and symmetrical, meaning the measure of center is the mean. The class width is 13500 with an identical starting point of 134500. Fig. 6.2 tells the summary statistics of the graph: mean= 55076, median= 5100, and standard deviation= 17736.32.

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Fig. 6.1 Fig. 6.2

Fig. 7.1, on the following page, depicts those who would, wouldnt, or are undecided on whether or not they will reelect the Obama. Over half of the sample said they would not reelect Obama, a total of 52.50% out of forty people. 20% of the sample was undecided and 27.50% said they would reelect Obama. Considering that almost half my sample are Democrats, these statistics are surprising.

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Fig. 7.1

The political party of each individual from within my sample of forty was recorded and can be seen in a graph in Fig. 8.1. The majority of the sample were Democrats, at 40%. Following right behind are the Republicans at 30%. Independents were 20% and other parties made up the remaining 10%. Though Democrats win majority republicans are not far behind in numbers.

Fig. 8.1

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Based on Fig. 9.1, very close to half of those asked in the sample vote no on passing the health care bill at 47.5%. 30% of them are undecided regarding the bill, and only 22.5% vote yes on passing the bill. Again this is surprising due to the number of Democrats who took part in this survey.

Fig. 9.1 In Fig. 10.1, it is shown that undecided is not even valid as a decision, all forty of the sampled had their minds made up regarding the death penalty, which I expected due to the dominance of Democrats and Republicans in the sample, who stand by their partys beliefs. Over half of the sample voted yes on the death penalty, 67.5%, and 32.5% voted no. Considering that over half of our sample is Democratic, this can lead to a more radical response to the questions asked on the survey.

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Fig. 10.1 Within Fig. 11.1 it is shown that 90% of those in the sample are right handed. Though this is a significant percentage, it is not surprising and will not affect the other survey questions.

Fig. 11.1 According to the graph in Fig. 12.1 on the next page, 35%, most of the sample, drink 2039 ounces of water. The data distribution is skewed right. Fig. 12.2 tells the summary statistics of the data and reveals that the mean is 49.5975, the median is 37.5, and the standard deviation is 31.4409. Because the data is skewed right the measurement for center is the median.

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Fig. 12.1 Fig. 12.2

The graph in Fig. 13.1 represents those who have a change in political party. More than half of the sample, 67.5%, stated that a change in party is not applicable to them, meaning they stayed with their original affiliations. 17.5% said they considered themselves to be Democrat and now side with the Tea Party, 12.5% thought themselves to be Republicans but associate with the tea party now and lastly 2.5% of those who believed they were other than Democrat and Republican are now affiliated with the Tea Party.

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Fig. 13.1 Fig. 14.1 represents those within the sample of forty who have HIV infection. 67.5%, which is more than half of those asked in the sample, said that they did not have HIV. However, 32.5% said that they did have HIV infection, but this shouldnt have an effect on the answering of the survey questions.

Fig. 14.1 The ethnicities of the forty sampled are represented in the graph in Fig. 15.1. The highest percentage, 72.5% were white, and Hispanics followed at 2.5%. 5% were filled by the category

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of black and other. Such a high percentage of the white ethnicity was not expected and may have an effect on how the survey questions are answered, leaning towards more of a white mentality.

Fig. 15.1

Appendix Phase II The sample size (n) is forty for all the previous graphs and data collected. In order to collect my sample I used Simple Random Data. TC-Stats => Random Data=> lower bound: 1 and upper bound: 2500. Set start row to 1 and stop row at 40 Then click the name tab and set Sort (A) in order to set them as ascending.

(Chart on the following page)

Running head: Class Survey 46 82 10 2 10 8 30 6 33 5 35 Height of Sample 6 41 0 47 8 556 558 590 592 623 1108 8 1093 1643 1678 168 9 177 3 179 0 180 9 181 7 186 5 190 4 193 8 195 7 200 3 201 9 210 3 213 4 215 6 217 8 219 8 222 5 225 6 2321 2346 2379 2426 2485 2500 2535 2561 2578 50 54 59 60 60 62 62 62 62 63 63 63 63 63 64 64 64 64 65 66 66 67 67 67 67 67 68 68 68 69 70 70 70 72 72 72 73 75 76 78

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The height data collected is out of the sample size (n) of forty Then click the name tab and set Sort (A) in order to set them as ascending. See Figure 1.1

Running head: Class Survey The histogram is approximately bell-shaped Five number summary: Min=50, Q1=63, Med=66, Q3=69, Max=78 The Summary Statistics (Figure 1.2): Mean= 65.875, Mode= 63 and 67, Standard Deviation=5.552 Range: H-L= 79-52=27 90 11 0 11 3 11 4 77 11 4 11 4 13 0 14 0 14 5 15 0 15 0 15 0 15 3 15 4 15 4 15 5 15 9 16 0 16 0 17 0 17 5 18 0 18 5 18 5 18 5 19 0 20 0 20 0 21 5 22 0 22 0 23 5 24 0 24 0

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Weight of Sample The weight data collected is out of the sample size (n) of forty

Then click the name tab and set Sort (A) in order to set them as ascending. See figure 2.1 The histogram is skewed right Five Number Summary: Min= 77, Q1=150, Med=172, Q3=215, Max=310 Summary Statistics: Mean= 180.325, Mode= 185, Standard Deviation=55.517 Range: H-L= 310-77= 233

Showing of Work Fig. 16.1 Question 1a

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Fig. 16.2 Question 1b

Fig. 16.3 Question 3

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Fig. 16.4 Question 3a

Fig. 16.5 Question 3b

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Fig. 16.6 Question 3c

Fig. 16.7 Question 4a

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Fig.16.8 Question 4b

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Fig. 16.9 Question 5

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