[This is an individual project not a group project]
(15% of your Grade in Math 118 or as stipulated in your syllabus)
You will propose a study to explore a topic of interest to you. Your study will include data produced from an experiment, a survey, an observational study, or data that is available from a reliable source.
The project has three parts:
1) The Proposal
2) The Final Paper
3) The Electronic Submission
The Proposal
The proposal should be written, typed, and address each of these four issues:
1. OBJECTIVE.
What problem/situation do you want to address? What is it that you would like to investigate?
The objective of your study must be stated clearly. It should address a specific question. For example, “I want to look at the student coffee area in the library” is TOO VAGUE. What is acceptable is something such as “I want to compare the use of the coffee area in the library at different times during the day.”
More examples:
Too vague: I want to check out the battery life of different brands of AA batteries.
Better: I want to compare the length of time Ever Ready Energizer AA batteries and Duracell
AA batteries will play in my CD player if it is played continuously.
Too vague: I want to study the variation in the number of M&Ms by color
Better: I want to compare the frequency of M&M colors as advertised on the web by the M&M Company, to what I get in a typical 50-cent bag of M&Ms.
2. PROCEDURE.
Include a description of the data collection procedure:
__For an experiment, explain how the experiment is to be conducted and what is to be measured.
__For a survey or observational study, define the population of interest, how you plan to take a sample from it, and what response will be recorded.
__For available data (e.g., library or the internet), describe the data you will try to find. How and where will you get the available data? Only data from reliable sources will be acceptable.
3. ANALYSIS.
Your analysis must include at least two statistics (e.g. means, a five-number summary, percent’s, etc.) and at least two graphical displays (e.g. scatterplot, line graph, histogram, etc.). (Note: A bar graph and a pictograph showing the same data will only count as one display.) In your proposal, you must state which statistics and graphical displays you are considering using. What will these show?
Be specific. For example, do not just say, “I’ll find the five-number summary and make a box-plot.” You should state the specific variable for which you are calculating the summary and making the boxplot.
4. CONCLUSIONS
How do you plan to draw conclusions from your statistics and graphical displays in your data analysis? For example, will there be a comparison of the means? Will you be looking for some trend in a scatterplot? Will you be comparing percentages in a circle graph?
The PowerPoint
Your final PowerPoint could be presented as PowerPoint, Prezi or YouTube . All four topics above need to be addressed with detail and pertinent calculations. The analysis section should include all the statistics you calculated and the processes you used to evaluate the data. The conclusion section is where you can interpret these numbers/statistics /displays to address your study’s objective. The paper should be written in past tense (I looked at …). Your PowerPoint will be a summary of all the information provided in your paper.
Interpretation of Results: Here is a list of questions to consider when interpreting your results:
Are the chosen statistics and graphical displays appropriate for the study’s objective?
Are the statistics used and graphical displays, correct?
What do the statistics and graphical displays tell us? What conclusions can be made?
Are your conclusions consistent with the statistics and the graphical displays that were presented?
If based on a survey or available data, was there a reasonable alternative explanation for the results?
If you ran an experiment, were there variables that you did not control for that could affect the response?
Was the protocol for the data collection followed?
The Electronic Submission
You will be assessed based on the following criteria:
Presentation Quality:
The Electronic Presentation: The electronic presentation should be neat, interesting, and creative. All text should be typed and well edited. When possible, graphical displays should be computer generated. No hand-made displays need to be constructed.
Completeness: The electronic presentation should include a title, the objective of the study, a description of the data collection method, and conclusions. This information should be clear and concisely stated. Remember it is a summary.
Candor: Briefly mention any unforeseen data collection problems or other problems that occurred.
Statistical: The electronic presentation should include at least two relevant statistics and at least two relevant graphical displays.
Submission: You should be able to clearly present your study to the class/instructor and answer general questions about your project.
Timeline for Project Components
October 28, 2024: Project assigned.
The final paper and electronic presentation are due on the assigned date. This is a firm deadline!
The presentation sessions or paper submission is due on the week of December 9th, 2024.
All papers and electronic documentations are due on the stipulated date.
Please keep in mind that students will only complete “Statistics Project for Question 1 ” (Chapter 12)
Question (1)
Statistics Project (Chapter 12)
As I indicate in class, go to the website from any credible internet source to obtain data or information about the wave of migrant coming to the United States of America for the following:
From your data set, calculate the following:
- Range of the population of the male/female or the population studied.
- Mid-range of the of the male/female or the population.
- Mean of the male/female or the population.
- Standard deviation of the male/female or the population.
- Draw the scatter plot of your data sets.
- Slope of the male/female (m-value)
- Intercept of the male/female (b-value)
- Correlation coefficient (r-value)
- The line that best fits or regression equation (y = mx +b)
- In the year 2030 or 2050 (pick one) what would be the projected male/female, or the population studied?
- What is the limitation(s) of the project?
- Based on this project what is your takeaway from this project?
- Will there be any economic ramification or consequence of the constant wave of migrant into the USA?
- Proper citations
Good day ladies and gentlemen attach here are links that will assist you in your final statistics project. You make conduct more research to find a way to calculate any question asked in the project:
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We are almost there. Let us enjoy this ride and let us make it count.
Be safe and well.
Sincerely,
