Statistics Chapter 9 Project

By: Sierra Watts & Sadie Weber

( μ = 20 minutes for average Facebook users per day)
1. We found a random sample of 30 FHS students and the average time they spent on
Facebook per day, including the time it takes to scroll, like, and post.
2. Below is our data set
5 0 0 5 15 15

1 0 0 20 5 5

5 0 3 10 10 0

0 0 45 30 30 20

0 15 15 0 0 10

3. Sample mean= 8.8 Sample Standard Deviation= 11.01

4. Left tailed test because we believe that μ is less than the null hypothesis.
5. Null: H 0 : μ = 8.8 Alternative: H 1 : μ < 8.8
6. We will be selecting α = 0.01 , this value will determine the probability of rejecting H 0 .
The smaller the value the less likely it is to reject it.
7. We will be using the student's distribution (t) because our sigma σ is not known.
8. Our sample size is 30, making our D.F. =29 because N-1 is the equation so 30 -1 is 29.
9. Z=( 8.8 - 20)/( 11.01/ √30 )= 8.47
10. Using table 4 to find our P-value we went down to 29 for our D.F. value. After that we
went across to .47 on the one tailed section and found where the two numbers intersect.
We found the p-value to be 0.683< P Value < 0.683
11. P-value > 0.01, we do not reject H 0
12. This tells us that Facebook used by FHS students is a lower average compared to
worldwide. These High School students must have new interests or social networks
besides Facebook nowadays. Although there are still a few individuals with great use
there are more that do not even have a Facebook.

Summary Report (number 13)

For our chapter 9 statistics and probability project we used a simple random sample of 30

Fowler High School students to help us find out if these students fit in the average world

population. Data provided by our teacher tells us that the more than 1.44 billion monthly active
users around the world spend an average of 20+ minutes per day on Facebook. Whether it be

liking, sharing, posting, or commenting we sent out a questionnaire to figure out how Fowler

students would compare to the world average. After recording all 30 responses we concluded

that not many of our sample students have Facebook. With the huge amount of zeros we were

uncertain as to how our whole plan would play out.

After getting 30 responses we put them into our calculators to find the sample mean and

standard deviation. After placing the numbers in the list we then went to STAT calc. In this

setting we are given the sample mean of 8.8 and sample standard deviation of 11.01. Next, we

decided our test would be left tailed for our alternate hypothesis. We choose left tailed because

we believed the μ would be less than the null hypothesis. Our null hypothesis is H 0 : μ = 8.8

while our alternative hypothesis is H 1 : μ < 8.8. For our level of significance we are choosing

α = 0.01 . We are choosing this because the smaller the level of significance the less likely we

will reject H 0 . Next, we decided to use the t distribution because we do not know the sigma.

x̄ −μ
To calculate the t distribution we will use this equation s . Now to calculate we fill in
√n

8.8−20
the equation. 11.2 and we got 8.47. To find the P-value we have to use table 4 in the back of the
√30

book. Since our D. F is 29 we go down to 29 and our T value was 8.47. So you go under one tail

area and pick the value closest to 0.47 which was 0.683. Our P-value is 0.683< P Value < 0.683.

Since our P-value is greater than our level of significance we fail to reject H 0 . This tells us that

at a 1% level of significance, the sample evidence is not strong enough to reject H 0 and

conclude that the average amount of time teenagers spend on Facebook is less than 20 minutes a

day.