Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
Statistics/Humphrey
April 17, 2017
E portfolio on Activity 1
household and the amount such a household earned salary was. We hypothesized
that those who viewed TV more would not only be a correlated, but a factor of
causation. That the more a person viewed TV the less they spent in the workplace.
We used the amount of TV viewed in hours per day as our response variable while
income per year was our explanatory variable. In this we graphed our data using X
and Y coordinates. Using real data, we discovered that the data showed no
However, that is only what our graph described, not our other data. Here we used
the critical value and our correlation coefficient r. We used the least squares
regression line to interpret the slope and y-intercepts. We still found that there was
no correlation. We also found that for every one unit (in ten thousand) added, the
the X variable, the y-intercept cannot be interpreted. Also, that number above is
very small, meaning its an unusaual event, such that it probably wouldnt happen
Our experiment did not prove unsuccessful, but proved a point. That statistics can
show us by data that some variables are not correlated when previously thought
participating in. We need studies to prove data is correct or not for drug testing, or
figuring out if a watering hole is affecting so many people with appendicitis. We gain
conclusions by taking data and working the numbers to see if such things are
At this time, Im taking physiology and in the lab, weve used statistics language
and formulas to prove data or to prove confounding factors took place. We took the
mean average of everyones sleep time and showed it on a graph including all
outliers. Then we hypothesized why we had outliers and why the average was so
low in the class. Based off the data, we could assume the type of lifestyle our class
I never realized how statistics could ever play a major role in my life. An old man
told me once that taking a statistics class changed the way he saw the world. I had
no idea how in the world a person who was not a math whiz was changed by math
so much. But now I see the implications and the specific need for statistics in
everyday life. Without it, companies couldnt base predictions on certain product or
guarantee success of a product even. Such information now a day builds the