What is the Relationship between Racers Income and

Their Achievement?





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Contents

Statement of Intent.........................................................................3
Raw Data...........................................................................................4-17
Calculation........................................................................................19-22
Error test (Graph) .............................................................................................22-25
Conclusion...........................................................................................25
Bibliography.........................................................................................26










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Statement of Intent
My aim is to find correlation between racers income and racers average performance. In any occupation someones achievement usually will affect their
salary. Salary can be seen as a reward and incentive to get a better achievement in a job. I want to test the correlation between the racers achievement
and the salary they received. To test this hypothesis I will calculate the chi squared test of the data.
I found the income per race by dividing the income by the number of races that the driver took which also leads to their average rank. It can also relate to
the experience of the driver by dividing the income by the period of time that they have been racing in the group. It indicates to find out the mean on this
data. As my prediction, since there is a difference between from annual income and income from per race, I will find a line of best fit from which I can
predict from the result.


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Race1 Race2
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Race4 Race 5
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Race7 Race8 Race9
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Allgaier,
Justin 2 1 2 30 27 21 4 5 37 1 3 2 1 8 6 16 4 4 1 1 1

Armstrong
Caleb Race1 Race2 Race3 Race4 Race5
6 55 15 20 55

Armstrong
Dakoda Race1 Race2 Race3 Race4 Race5 Race6
20 14 8 8 1 4

Arpin steve Race1 Race2
12 30





Baird Bill Race1 Race2 31,5
36 27



Basham
Darrell Race1 Race2 Race3 Race4 Race5 Race6t Race7 Race8 Race9 Race10 Race11
Race1
2
Rac
e1
3
Race1
4
Race1
5
Race1
6
Race1
7
Race
18 Race19
27 35 17 23 35 19 24 28 14 23 22 28 21 28 18 21 25 17 36

Benjamin
Kyle Race1 Race2 Race3 Race4 Race5 Race6 Race7 Race8
2 11 23 7 8 1 5 1

Berte Tom Race1 Race2 Race3 Race4
17 26 24 18


5

Blackburn
Steve Race1 Race2
4 5

Blaney Ryan Race1 Race2 Race3
2 5 3
Blankenship
John Race1 Race2
15 6

Boat Chad Race1
7

Boston Justin Race1 Race2 Race3 Race4 Race5 Race6 Race7 Race8 Race9 Race10 Race11
Race1
2
Rac
e1
3
Race1
4
Race1
5
Race1
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Race1
7
Race
18 Race19
Rac
e2
0
Race2
1
31 6 9 30 4 4 9 4 8 18 7 6 3 6 5 2 3 16 23 8 5

Bourque
Pierre Race1
15

Bowen
Anderson Race1 Race2 Race3
3 20 15

Bowman Alex Race1 Race2 Race3 Race4 Race5 Race6 Race7 Race8 Race9 Race10 Race11
Race1
2
Rac
e1
3
Race1
4
Race1
5
Race1
6
Race1
7
Race
18 Race19
30 3 1 32 9 11 3 2 1 13 1 8 22 3 13 2 2 5 1

Brent Robb Race1 Race2
11 8


6

Brevak Brent Race1 Race2 Race3 Race4 Race5 Race6
38 26 9 39 25 33

Buescher
Chris Race1 Race2 Race3 Race4
30 1 22 18

Buescher
James Race1 Race2 Race3 Race4
4 18 30

Bujdoso
Robert Race1 Race2 Race3 Race4 Race5 Race6
12 18 15 13 7 5

Canache
Nelson Race1 Race2 Race3 Race4 Race5 Race6 Race7 Race8 Race9 Race10 Race11
Race1
2
Rac
e1
3
Race1
4
Race1
5
Race1
6
Race1
7
Race
18 Race19
22 22 33 27 16 16 14 32 19 12 30 7 14 10 12 23 12 11 12

Carter Roger Race1 Race2 Race3 Race4 Race5 Race6 Race7
35 32 34 31 31 33 33

Charlson
Drew Race1 Race2 Race3
2 41 18

Chastain
Benny Race1 Race2 Race3 Race4 Race5 Race6 Race7 Race8 Race9
35 27 16 24 25 33 41 28 31

Corr Sean Race1 Race2 Race3 Race4 Race5
43 14 30 30 12


7

Coulter Joey Race1 Race2 Race3
40 14 9

Cox Ron Race1 Race2
22 12

Cross Brent Race1 Race2
20 25

Cushman
George Race1 Race2 Race3 Race4
5 8 14 32

Dillon Ty Race1 Race2 Race3 Race4 Race5 Race6 Race7 Race8 Race9 Race10 Race11
Race1
2
Rac
e
13
Race
14
Race1
5
Race
16
Race1
7
Race
18 Race19
11 1 2 1 8 1 4 1 4 11 1 1 1 1 13 4 2 8 7

Dufault
Maryeve Race1 Race2 Race3
26 23 19

Duno Milka Race1 Race2 Race3 Race4 Race5 Race6 Race7 Race8 Race9 Race10 Race11
Race1
2
Rac
e
13
37 18 31 37 24 10 16 18 17 19 17 13 33

Elliot Chase Race1 Race2 Race3 Race4
24 26 27 13

Enfinger
Grant Race1 Race2 Race3 Race4 Race5 Race6
13 3 2 27 8 3


8

Evans Jr.
Charles Race1 Race2 Race3 Race4 Race5
16 34 23 11 7

Ferns Taylor Race1 Race2 Race3 Race4 Race5 Race6 Race7 Race8
9 20 12 15 9 10 13 12

Fike AJ Race1
24

Finley Chad Race1 Race2 Race3 Race4 Race5 Race6
11 3 7 23 30 2

Fowler Kyle Race1 Race2 Race3 Race4 Race5
16 36 23 24 27

Fox Steve Race1 Race2 Race3
15 29 23

Gale Cale Race1 Race2
13 1

Gallagher
Spencer Race1 Race2 Race3 Race4 Race5 Race6 Race7 Race8 Race9 Race10 Race11
Race1
2
Rac
e1
3
Race1
4
Race1
5
Race1
6
Race1
7
Race
18 Race19
Rac
e2
0
Race2
1
21 22 2 27 26 8 8 17 13 16 5 11 2 4 14 16 3 7 5 4

George, Jr.
Tim Race1 Race2 Race3 Race4 Race5 Race6 Race7 Race8 Race9 Race10 Race11
Race1
2
Rac
e1
3
Race1
4
Race1
5
Race1
6
Race1
7
Race
18 Race19
27 18 11 4 4 32 1 3 11 2 5 28 2 16 9 9 3 16 17


9

Gerhart
Bobby Race1 Race2 Race3 Race4 Race5 Race6 Race7 Race8 Race9 Race10
1 42 20 25 27 14 17 19 16 20

Gibson Mark Race1 Race2 Race3 Race4 Race5 Race6 Race7 Race8
32 34 39 38 27 29 30 31

Goess Craig Race1 Race2 Race3 Race4 Race5 Race6 Race7 Race8 Race9 Race10 Race11
Race1
2
Rac
e1
3
Race1
4
Race1
5
Race1
6
Race1
7
Race
18 Race19
Rac
e2
0
34 13 2 2 4 14 1 6 8 2 3 9 8 11 5 7 2 13 3 5

Graham
Buster Race1 Race2 Race3 Race4 Race5
17 17 13 9 20

Gresham
Max Race1
6

Hackenbracht
Chad Race1 Race2 Race3 Race4 Race5 Race6 Race7 Race8 Race9 Race10 Race11
Race1
2
Rac
e1
3
Race1
4
Race1
5
Race1
6
Race1
7
Race
18 Race19
14 2 21 3 8 7 2 21 8 26 6 6 25 1 10 6 3 31 24

Harmon Mike Race1 Race2
32 39

Henriksen AJ Race1 Race2 Race3
8 18 15

Hessert Tom Race1 Race2 Race3 Race4 Race5 Race6 Race7 Race8 Race9 Race10 Race11
Race1
2
Rac
e1
3
Race1
4
Race1
5
10 9 13 4 5 5 11 24 21 9 29 2 4 6 1

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Hillenburg
Andy Race1
28

Hudson Brett Race1 Race2
36 25

Hylton James Race1 Race2 Race3 Race4 Race5 Race6 Race7 Race8 Race9 Race10 Race11
Race1
2
Rac
e1
3
Race1
4
Race1
5
Race1
6
Race1
7
Race
18 Race19
38 33 25 18 34 26 22 22 25 27 24 22 32 30 24 27 22 24 29

Igdalsky Nick Race1 Race2 Race3 Race4 Race5
34 21 17 19 19

Jarvis Dutch Race1 Race2 Race3 Race4
4 17 24 32

Kaltreider
Brian Race1 Race2
15 18

Keselowski
Brian Race1 Race2 Race3 Race4 Race5 Race6 Race7
5 15 13 14 18 22 24

Kile Mikey Race1 Race2 Race3 Race4 Race5
16 4 12 22 6

Kimmel Frank Race1 Race2 Race3 Race4 Race5 Race6 Race7 Race8 Race9 Race10 Race11
Race1
2
Rac
e1
3
Race1
4
Race1
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Race1
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Race1
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23 17 2 7 2 4 6 7 11 7 5 3 1 4 2 1 9 4 6

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Kimmel
Frankie Race1
7

Kimmel Will Race1 Race2 Race3 Race4 Race5 Race6 Race7 Race8 Race9 Race10 Race12
Race1
3
Rac
e1
4
Race1
5
Race1
6
Race1
7
3 25 27 6 26 34 30 27 5 38 10 34 9 27 11 25

King Clint Race1 Race2 Race3 Race4 Race5 Race6
5 6 4 12 6 5

Koch Mike Race1 Race2 Race3 Race4 Race5
28 22 31 31 19

LaJoie Corey Race1 Race2 Race3 Race4 Race5
1 1 4 1 25

LeMastus Bo Race1 Race2 Race3 Race4 Race5 Race6
16 21 27 31 32 19

Lofton Justin

Lofton Matt Race1 Race2 Race3
9 20 5

Marks Jared Race1 Race2 Race3 Race4 Race5 Race6 Race7 Race8 Race9 Race10 Race11
Race1
2
8 16 10 10 7 16 9 25 13 29 12 11


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Marks Justin Race1 Race2 Race3 Race4
27 8 21 11

Martel Kyle Race1 Race2
32 10

Mathews
Ryan Race1 Race2 Race3 Race3 Race5
8 18 20 22 15

Mattioli
chase Race1
18

McCumbee
Chad Race1 Race2 Race3 Race4 Race5 Race6 Race7 Race8 Race9 Race10 Race11
Race1
2
Rac
e1
3
Race1
4
Race1
5
Race1
6
Race1
7
Race
18 Race19
8 20 9 7 3 4 6 8 7 15 28 7 26 1 10 7 9 8 3

McReynolds
Brandon Race1 Race2
11 1

Merrell Matt Race1
12

Mingus
Mason Race1 Race2 Race3 Race4 Race5 Race6 Race7 Race8 Race9 Race10 Race11
Race1
2
Rac
e1
3
Race1
4
Race1
5
Race1
6
Race1
7
Race
18 Race19
Rac
e2
0
Race2
1
7 4 10 2 2 9 6 6 10 12 6 8 6 2 16 5 12 7 9 10 9

Mitchell
Mason Race1 Race2 Race3 Race4
10 5 5 7

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O Leary IV,
Tommy Race1 Race2 Race3 Race4 Race5 Race6 Race7 Race8 Race9 Race10 Race11
Race1
2
Rac
e1
3
Race1
4
Race1
5
Race1
6
Race1
7
32 34 34 21 23 23 24 21 34 25 30 27 25 13 24 26 31

Poole
Brenman Race1 Race2 Race3 Race4 Race5
1 3 1 9 4

Praytor
Thomas Race1 Race2 Race3 Race4 Race5 Race6 Race7 Race8 Race9 Race10 Race11
Race1
2
Rac
e1
3
Race1
4
Racce
15
Race1
6
Race1
7
Race
18 Race19
Rac
e2
0
Race2
1
22 16 21 22 18 10 16 10 16 9 23 17 24 18 21 14 20 21 19 19 19

Rabenold
Kory Race1 Race2 Race3
16 15 16

Ranger
Andrew Race1
17

Richards Josh Race1 Race2 Race3
4 9 15

Roderick
Casey Race1 Race2 Race3 Race4
19 26 18 7

Ruston
Kenzie Race1 Race2 Race3 Race4
8 6 4 9

Schacht Rob Race1 Race2 Race3 Race4 Race5 Race6

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7 6 13 15 22 8

Schenkel
Kent Race1 Race2 Race3 Race4 Race5 Race6 Race7 Race8 Race9 Race10 Race11
Race1
2
Rac
e1
3
Race1
4
Race1
5
Race1
6
Race1
7
Race
18 Race19
8 18 21 29 35 13 15 17 5 8 12 16 25 19 14 7 4 2 17

Schrader Ken Race1 Race2 Race3 Race4 Race5
9 5 3 7 6

Shearer Dale Race1 Race2 Race3 Race4
7 8 15 13

Sheltra
Patrick Race1
7

Silas Bryan Race1 Race2 Race3 Race4 Race5 Race6 Race7
10 14 18 7 3 9 8

Simko
Michael Race1 Race2 Race3 Race4 Race5 Race6 Race7 Race8 Race9 Race10
7 7 6 9 4 10 18 16 13 11

Smith Brad Race1 Race2
5 8

Smith Jesse Race1 Race2
7 13

Speer Tyler Race1 Race2 Race3 Race4 Race5 Race6 Race7 Race8

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17 13 15 16 14 8 5 2

Steele Tim Race1 Race2 Race3 Race4 Race5 Race6
8 6 5 4 12 9

Thompson
Mark Race1 Race2 Race3 Race4
7 9 15 4

Townley,
John Wes Race1 Race2 Race3 Race4 Race5 Race6 Race7 Race8 Race9 Race10 Race11
Race1
2
Rac
e1
3
Race1
4
Race1
5
Race1
6
Race1
7
Race
18 Race19
14 8 7 5 3 17 20 22 24 13 6 2 2 6 1 18 23 16 11

Williams Josh Race1 Race2 Race3 Race4 Race5 Race6 Race7 Race8 Race9 Race10 Race11
Race1
2
Rac
e1
3
Race1
4
Race1
5
Race1
6
Race1
7
Race
18
6 3 2 9 8 5 10 15 13 11 18 24 27 21 14 3 2 9

Youster Levi Race1 Race2 Race3 Race4 Race5
6 3 2 8 15








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Names of Racer
Number of Race
Total Income ($) Income per Race ($) Racers' Average Rank
Allgaier, Justin 30 races 813.290 27109 8,42
Armstrong Caleb 19 races 250.000 13157 30,2
Armstrong Dakoda 22 races 200.000 6060 9,16
Arpin steve 33 races 252.563 7653 21
Baiard Bill 20 races 142.177 7108 14.3
Basham Darrell 31 races 415.658 13408 31,5
Benjamin Kyle 14 races 189.345 13524 23,1
Berte Tom 19 races 133.500 7026 21,2
Blackburn Steve 19 races 202.145 10639 4,5
Blaney Ryan 33 races 436.117 13215 3,3
Blankenship John 5 races 20000 4000 10,5
Boat Chad 15 races 213.000 14200 7
Boston Justin 21 races 477.000 22714 9,8
Bourque Pierre 19 races 24.586 1294 15
Bowen Anderson 19 races 62.500 2976 12,6
Bowman Alex 19 races 745000 39210 8,5
Brent Robb 19 races 20908 1100 9,5
Brevak Brent 19 races 313.687 16509 28,3
Buescher Chris 21 races 178.369 8493 17,7
Buescher James 19 races 105.280 5541 17,3
Bujdoso Robert 16 races 523.789 32736 11,6
Canache Nelson 21 races 187.897 187,897 8951 18,1
Carter Roger 21 races 650.000 30952 32,7
Charlson Drew 19 races 201.356 10597 20,3
Chastain Benny 21 races 16500 785 28,8
Corr Sean 12 races 186.674 15556 25,8
Coulter Joey 19 races 96450 5081 21
Cox Ron 19 races 23910 1258 17
Cross Brent 19 races 12165 640 22,5
Cushman George 19 races 154.143 8112 14,7
Dillon Ty 33 races 257.763 7811 4,3
Dufault Maryeve 30 races 49.128 1637 22,6
Duno Milka 19 races 137.125 7217 22,308
Elliot Chase 20 races 145.134 7256 22,5
Enfinger Grant 22 races 147.454 6702 9,3
Evans Jr. Charles 13 races 150.457 11573 18,2
Ferns Taylor 21 races 155.565 7407 12,5
Fike AJ 19 races 168.434 8864 24
Finley Chad 20 races 253.133 12656 12,6
Fowler Kyle 18 races 442.578 24587 25,2
Fox Steve 19 races 335.987 17683 22,3
Gale Cale 19 races 143.566 7556 24
Gallagher Spencer 21 races 567.454 27021 7

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George, Jr. Tim 19 races 342.122 18006 11,5
Gerhart Bobby 19 races 54.520 2869 11,473
Gibson Mark 20 races 154.110 7705 20,1
Goess Craig 12 races 454.243 37853 32,5
Graham Buster 19 races 185.233 9750 7,6
Gresham Max 19 races 398.756 20987 15,2
Hackenbracht Chad 19 races 657.898 34626 6
Harmon Mike 19 races 756.143 39797 11,789
Henriksen AJ 19 races 343.235 18065 35,5
Hessert Tom 15 races 656,778 43785 13,667
Hillenburg Andy 23 races 245,687 10682 10,2
Hudson Brett 19 races 189.598 9978 28
Hylton James 19 races 210.334 11070 30,5
Igdalsky Nick 21 races 405.105 19290 28
Jarvis Dutch 9 races 200.347 22260 26,5
Johnson Jerick 14 races 225.337 16095 22
Jones Erik 4 races 195.154 48788 19,25
Jones Rob 24 races 354.443 14768 16,5
Jones Terry 3 races 102.265 34088 15,856
Jones Ted 19 races 462.375 24335 12
Keselowski Brian 19 races 419.338 22070 6,367
Kimmel Abby 5 races 177.573 35514 7
Kimmel Frank 19 races 452.185 23799 21,1
Kimmel Frankie 19 races 357.377 18809 6,3
Kimmel Will 17 races 298.457 17556 26,2
King Clint 6 races 657.365 109560 6,4
Koch Mike 5 races 528.125 105625 24,3
LaJoie Corey 5 races 285.654 57130 11,3
LeMastus Bo 5 races 254.323 50864 13,8
Lofton Justin 21 races 370.576 17646 16,75
Lofton Matt 19 races 287.569 15135 21
Marks Jared 12 races 365.245 30437 16,6
Marks Justin 20 races 200.869 10043 18
Martel Kyle 19 races 224.760 11829 9,7
Mathews Ryan 23 races 354.772 15424 6
Mattioli chase 19 races 163.873 8624 12
McCumbee Chad 19 races 240.774 12672 7,523
McReynolds
Brandon 19
races 193.664 10192
6,75
Merrell Matt 19 races 485.987 25578 26,3
Mingus Mason 12 races 277.183 23098 3,6
Mitchell Mason 4 races 364.547 91136 17,857
O Leary IV, Tommy 17 races 154.447 9085 17
Poole Brenman 15 races 260.798 17386 9,3
Praytor Thomas 6 races 175.652 29275 17,5
Rabenold Kory 14 races 382.557 27325 6,75
Ranger Andrew 1 races 37235 37235 11,8

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Richards Josh 3 races 174.582 58194 15
Roderick Casey 4 races 207.228 51807 6
Ruston Kenzie 4 races 165.347 41336 10,75
Schacht Rob 6 races 160.988 26831 9,857
Schenkel Kent 19 races 163.776 8619 10,1
Schrader Ken 21 races 749.047 35668 6,5
Shearer Dale 4 races 183.340 45835 10
Sheltra Patrick 1 races 10986 10986 11,25
Silas Bryan 7 races 593.999 84825 7,3
Simko Michael 10 races 188.779 18877 8,75
Smith Brad 2 races 60545 30272 11,473
Smith Jesse 2 races 10600 5300 11,1
Speer Tyler 19 races 243.552 12818 6,8
Steele Tim 23 races 293.415 12757 15,7
Thompson Mar 3 races 23675 7891 13,2
Townley, John Wes 19 races 147.685 7771 15
Williams Josh 18 races 128.773 7154 22,35
Youster Levi 5 races 293.662 58732 24,7


9.166666667

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The table shows annual income of each driver and average income per race of each driver. The data
was collected from internet. The website source is dir.yahoo.com/recreation/sports/auto
racing/teams/

Calculation

Mean
General formula to calculate mean is shown below:

With:
x = mean
f
i
= total amount of the data
x
i
= value of the data


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Mean that I calculated here is first, the average rank of each racer, second, the average income a
racer received per race, third, mean of racers salary, and forth, mean of racers rank.

Following is example of calculation of the average rank of each racer; the data is from Armstrong
Caleb ranks:

Following is example of calculation of the average income a racer received per race, the data is from
Armstrong Caleb income:

Following is calculation of mean of racers salary:

258549.5
Following is calculation of mean of racers rank:

15.70636277

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Lower quartile
To find out lower quartile, I looked at the drivers race data to find out the drivers lowest rank.
According to the first driver, the drivers lower quartile was 37 which the lowest rank was 37 during
the race. It also relates to the income of the drivers. By looking at the drivers income, I could find
out that which driver had lowest income by looking at each drivers income per race. According to
the drivers income, I could see that the lower quartile was $640 per race. It does not mean that he
does not have any experience, but the driver did not join enough race. The amount of income
impacts on the number of race that the driver has taken.
Calculation:
Race1 Race2 Race3 Race4 Race5 Race6 Race7 Race8
2 11 23 7 8 1 5 1

The result came out with 1 because the lowest rank was 23 from the total of 8 races.

Upper quartile
I gathered data of upper quartile to find out the drivers highest rank and which driver has earned
highest income during the race. By looking at the data of the first driver, I found out that the drivers
upper quartile was 1 which the highest rank was rank 1 during the race. I also related to upper
quartile on drivers income. I found out that which driver had highest income which I can lead as
upper quartile. I found out that the upper quartile of income is $91136 per race. It shows that the
driver earned high income annually and joined many races during period of time. It indicates that
the driver had enough experience on driving and joined many races.
Calculation:
Race1 Race2 Race3 Race4
17 26 24 18

According to the result, the result of upper quartile is 17 which was the best result from 4 races. It
shows that the highest rank was 17.

I calculate mean and quartile using formula in Ms. Excel. The steps I used is as follows. First, I typed
the raw data in Ms. Excel. Second, I type the necessary formula to find the result of mean and
quartile. The formula basically calculates mean and quartile in the same way as examples of my
calculation above.

Hypothesis Testing

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My hypothesis is that there is a correlation between racers income and their performance.
Performance will be based on their average rank in the races they had competed in.
To test this hypothesis I will firstly, show the graph that plot the income per race of each driver
against their performance. Secondly, I will calculate the r
2
using 2 variable statistical analysis. Lastly, I
will check how strong the correlation between those two variables using chi squared test.


According to this graph, there is a best line of fit which shows relationship between the drivers rank
and their income. The best line of fit shows from 1 to 35 which is below 290,000. The method is
shown as y=-1650.5x+284630. The graph shows that the strength of the relationship is not accurate
which the data is spreaded around.
Y=-1650.5 x35 +284630
= 226876
The actual estimated value shows 290000, on the other hand it is not exactly the same. It shows the
percentage error between them.
Error=estimated error- actual value
Error= 226876-290000
Error= -63124

In this case, it shows that there is a percentage error.
Percentage error=

y = -1660.5x + 284630
0
100,000
200,000
300,000
400,000
500,000
600,000
700,000
800,000
900,000
0 10 20 30 40
Series1
Linear (Series1)

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Percentage error= 21.7%

The above graph showed the Racers' Average Rank versus Racers' Income per Race. The graph is
presented using Scatter-Plot Graph. The objective of this graph is to know the correlation between
the two separate variables. The first variable is called the independent variable; it is the Racers
average rank. Its presented in the x line. The value of x is calculated previously by dividing the ranks
of each driver with the total number of race that particular driver participated in. the second
variable is called the dependent variable, its the Racers income per race. The value is presented in
the y line and its been calculated before. The racers income per year is the result from the racer
total income with the total number of race that particular racer has participated in.
The graph presented is the first step to figure out the correlation between the independent and the
dependent variable. The purpose of the line in the graph is to connect the dots in the graph. The line
will show the possible correlation between variable x and variable y. If the Racers average rank
correlate with the Racers income per race it will be proven in the test that will be done below.
According to the table, it shows that the x value and y value is not correlated which the data is
spread around. It does not really connect one to another value in this graph according to the racers
rank and their income. On the other hand, it leads between racers income per race, annual income
and their average rank which can be relate to each other.

First of all, we have to the 2 variable statistics analysis.
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Racers' Average Rank versus
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1680.580816
33676709.78
n = 109

The value of r
2
calculated is shown above. The value is quite small. Usually it indicates a small
correlation between x variable and y variable. The accuracy of the calculation is determined by how
many rounding we done throughout the calculation. In this calculation I did not do any rounding so
the accuracy is quite high. The next step to figure out how strong correlation between two variables
is to determine the r
2
critical using chi squared test.
If the r
2
calculated > r
2
critical; then the correlation is high. Otherwise, its weak, if its too weak then
I can say that theres no meaningful correlation between these two variables.


Using 2 var stats analysis:

Below Average
Performance
Above Average
Performance
Total
Below Average Income 35 45 80
Above Average Income 19 10 29
Total 54 55 109

fo fe fo-fe (fo-fe)
2
(fo-fe)
2
/fe
24 12.6 11.4 129.96 10.31429
14 6.8 7.2 51.84 7.623529

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4 10.5 -6.5 42.25 4.02381
3 8.6 -5.6 31.36 3.646512

Hypothesis:
H
0
(null hypothesis) = the income is independent of the racers rank
H
1
(alternate hypothesis) = the income is dependent of the racers rank
To find the degree of freedom (df), we use the equation v = (r-1) (c-1), where r = the number of race
and c = number of columns v = (2-1) (2-1)
According to the calculation the degree of freedom is 1. Testing this at a 10% significance level.
r
2
critical = 2.67
r
2
calculated =

r
2
calculated < r
2
critical
Since the r
2
calculated < r
2
critical, we reject the H
1
hypothesis and accept the null hypothesis. It
means there is no strong correlation between the Racers average rank and the Racers income per
race.

Conclusion:
After doing this investigation, I learned that it was very challenging and interesting to
research about my project. I found out that there was a relationship between the drivers
performance and their income. I found out that, according to the drivers rank from the race, it can
relate into their income. According to this, it indicates that the driver who joined more races, the
driver earned more income because each driver earned more income every time when the driver
joined races. However, every driver had different income of annual. It shows that the driver who had
longer experience of driving and joined more races, they seem to have higher wages. According to
the result, I found out that the performance of drivers were quite reasonable. Most of driver had
quite high performance according to their rank and number of race that they have joined. Some of
drivers improved their driving skills by joining more races. To gather the data, I recorded my data
from the website such as gathering data of drivers name, rank, number of races, and their income.
As a result of control variables, the result was constant and there was no great difference between
each drivers performance. On the other hand, there was great difference between drivers income
because every driver did not join every races. By doing this investigation, I caused some problems on
figuring about what kind of mathematics that I am going to use and calculations. To improve this, I
must make sure about my topic and question what I am going to investigate and spend more time
on figuring out mathematical problems. Next time, if I had to do this investigation again, I could
come out with another outcome to figure out more mathematical problems on this investigation
which I can show more problems and relationship between one to another outcome by gathering
more data.

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