Bradley Richins Math 1040 Megan Borrowman

Group Project Written Report

The purpose of our study was to determine if pinky size is related to ear size for men between the ages of 20 and 40. This was an observational study. For our study design we decided to use a random sampling method and take the measurements of pinky and ear size from 50 different men. Each member of our group took measurements from 10 different people. We measured each pinky from the crease in the palm to the tip of the pinky, and we measured each ear from the bottom of the earlobe to the top of the ear, making sure to measure the longest part of the ear. The following contains our Data, Statistics and Graphs.

Group Data Pinky size (cm)

6.4 6.4 6.4 5.7 6.6 6.5 6.7 6.1 6.0 6.3 6.4 7.0 6.3 6.4 6.2 5.9 6.2 6.3 6.4 5.7 6.7 7.2 7.4 6.6 6.8 7.3

Ear size (cm)

6.1 7.5 8.0 6.5 6.7 6.4 6.0 7.0 6.6 6.7 6.2 7.0 6.4 6.2 6.6 6.3 6.7 6.4 6.4 5.8 6.1 7.0 7.2 6.6 6.9 7.0

7.0 6.9 6.8 6.6 7.2 7.7 7.2 7.3 7.2 7.4 7.5 7.5 7.3 7.2 8.5 8 8 8 9 8.5 8.5 9 8 9

7.3 6.6 6.0 5.8 6.3 6.7 6.0 6.4 6.9 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.4 6.2 6.5 7 7 7 7.5 7.5 6 6.5 7 6.5

Statistics for Pinky Size

Mean 7.064 Standard Deviation 0.8647 Five Number Summary 5.7, 6.4, 6.95, 7.5, 9 Range 3.3 Mode 6.4 Outliers None

Histogram for Pinky Size

Boxplot for Pinky Size

Statistics for Ear Size

Mean 6.618 Standard Deviation 0.4724 Five Number Summary 5.8, 6.3, 6.55, 7, 8 Range 2.2 Mode 7 Outliers None

Histogram for Ear Size

Boxplot for Ear Size

Statistics for testing the correlation between Pinky Size and Ear Size
R (correlation coefficient) = 0.2429 Ear Size (cm) = 5.680432 + 0.1327248 Pinky Size (cm)

Scatterplot that includes line of regression

We didnt run into any difficulties or surprises during our project. After looking at all the data and statistics, it seems like there is no correlations between pinky size and ear size. After comparing the R value of 0.2429 with the critical value of 0.288, there is not a statistically significant relationship between pinky size and ear size, r (48) = .2429, p > .05. The distribution of ear size was skewed right and the distribution of pinky size was sort of normal. I believe we answered the original question and have determined that there is no correlation between pinky size and ear size of men between the ages of 20 and 40. The variability seems too great to consider any sort of relation. One might infer that for any male in that range, that ear size is not related to pinky size. For the most part I feel that our sample accurately reflects the population because the variability is so great. If I were to repeat this project, the two differences I might make are to get a greater sample size, maybe 100, and I would only pick men with either detached or attached earlobes, since that genetic factor could make up the difference in ear size and therefore skew the data.