Vegetarians

KaleoRegalmutoandEmilyHeaps


Vegetariansarepeoplethatdonteatmeat.AccordingtoPETA,
ittakes2,400gallonsofwatertoproducejust1poundofmeat.Seeingthat
Californiaisinadrought,itisimportanttoseeiftherewillbeanincreaseordecreaseof
vegetarians.Topredictasignificantchange,wehavetakenthepercentageofvegetarians
nationallyinhighschoolsandcomparedittoasamplepopulationinLACHSA,aschoolin
California.WepickedthisquestionbecauseEmily,oneofourgroupmembers,haswantedtobe
avegetarianforyearsnowandshehasneverfollowedthrough.Wewantedtoseehowmany
peoplearestrongenoughtoactuallydoit.Whenlookingforthenationalaverage,wediscovered
that4%ofyoutharevegetarians!

Datacollectionofsample
WecreatedapollonthelachsaFacebookpage
and63peopleintheseniorclassrespondedto
it.Whencollectingourdataweusedcluster
sampling.

OurData
Studentsthatarent57studentsarenot
Studentsthatare6are
Total63students

Testing
H:P=4%.ObserveddatasupportsthefactthatLachsastudentsareequallyasvegetarianasthe
0

nation
H:P>4%.ObserveddatadoesnotsupportthefactthatLachsastudentsareequallyas
1

vegetarianasthenation.

Vegetarians Omnivores Total

Observed 6 57 63

Expected 63x.04=2.52 63x.96=60.48 63

x=((62.52)2.52)+((5760.48)/60.48)
=12.1104/2.52+12.1104
=4.805+.2
=5.005
Thecriticalvalueofchisquaredfor1degreeoffreedomatasignificancelevelof0.025is
5.024.Sincethechisquarestatisticwecalculatedis5.005,andiscloseto5.024,wecansaythat
ourobserveddatadoesnotsupportthefactthatLachsastudentsareequallyasvegetarianasthe
nation.

95%confidenceinterval:WithoutaStandardDeviationtheconfidenceintervalcouldnotbe
found.

Conclusion
Fromourhypothesistestwecanconcludethat
ourobserveddatadoesnotsupportthefactthat
Lachsastudentsareequallyasvegetarianasthenation.WethinkthisisbecauseLACHSA
studentsaremoresuitabletoadapttoavegetarianlifestyle