Hydration Affects Height

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Kaycee Vanchure, Marissa King, and MiKaila Leonard
Introduction
We gathered how much liquids people drink, in ounces, on a daily

basis and compared it to how tall they are in inches.Our hypothesis

was: If you drink more liquids, then you are taller with a positive

moderate correlation with a strength of r=0.500. We used a sample

survey to collect our data.

Data Set
Population- entire group of individuals Variable- any characteristic of an

about which we want information individual

Our population is all the people in Our variables are name, liquids, height,

DuBois. and the date.

Sample- the actual collected information, The response would be the liquids they

which is then used to draw conclusions consume and the explanatory variable

about the whole would be the height of the person.

Our sample is the 25 people surveyed. We chose the explanatory variable to be

the height because the liquids are based

off of how short/tall the person is.

 Name: Height (in): Liquid (oz): Date: Data Name: Height (in): Liquid (oz): Date:

1 Gabby Henrichs 65 198 12/13/2016

Table 14 Neil Green 68 104 12/13/2016

2 Kassy Dawson 60 36 12/13/2016

15 Tracy Chewning 62 75 12/13/2016

3 Kaycee Vanchure 64 64 12/13/2016

16 Jaime Leonard 64 64 12/13/2016

4 Marissa King 67 16 12/13/2016

17 Zack Sloan 72 65 12/13/2016

5 Denton Runyon 65 64 12/13/2016

18 Dom DiLullo 67 70 12/13/2016

6 Mikaila Leonard 73 128 12/13/2016

19 Sarah Peters 68 32 12/13/2016

7 Marissa Dunlap 67 88 12/13/2016

20 Lexi Smith 64 30 12/13/2016

8 Matt Starr 73 88 12/13/2016

21 Legend Perry 63 72 12/13/2016

9 Travis Smith 71 67 12/13/2016

22 Todd Stiner 71 60 12/13/2016

10 Derek August 68 48 12/13/2016

23 Austin Mortimer 64 72 12/13/2016

11 Mike Yoha 68 48 12/13/2016

24 Nathan Barr 70 56 12/13/2016

12 Abbeigh Schroedor 65 96 12/13/2016

13 12/13/2016 25 Mason Smith 72 64 12/13/2016

Debra Leonard 62 64
Graph
Outlier: We came across one outlier

in our research; our participant who

was 65 inches drinks 198 ounces of

liquid per one day. This exceeds the

majority of our data which falls

between 60-80 ounces of liquid per

one day.
Interpret r & r2
Correlation: describes the direction and strength of a straight line relationship

If r = 0.110, the correlation is positive meaning as height goes up,

amount of liquids go up. The correlation of 0.110 means the correlation is weak meaning

the correlation is not valid. Since r = 0.110, then r2 = 0.012 meaning any prediction has a

1.2% variation.

Coefficient of determination: variation in the value of y that is explained by the least

squares regression line of y only.

Prediction
Least Squares Regression Line: the line that makes the sum of the squares of the vertical

distance as small as possible. Our regression line equation is: y= 0.011x + 66.118

If you are 73 inches tall, since height is ‘x’ on our graph, you plug 73 in for

x in the regression line equation (y= 0.011(73) + 66.118). Then you multiply 0.011 by 73,

getting an answer of .803.

(y= .803 + 66.118). Once you multiply, you add .803 and 66.118 (y= 66.921).

If you are 73 inches tall, then we predict that you will drink 66.921 ounces of water with

a 1.2% variation. Since the variation is 1.2%, then we can assume that it is not valid and

that it is only right 1.2% of the time.

Lurking
Lurking Variables: Variable that has an important effect on the relationship among variables, but

is not the explanatory variables.

Two lurking variables we were able to find conclude in our research was sodium amount and a

participants genetics. If you were to consume more sodium, than you would most likely be more

thirsty. Also, if you inherit certain height genes, then that could affect the results no matter

how much you drink.

Causation:

We have concluded our causation to be common response for both lurking variables. Both sodium and

genetics could affect the height and the amount of liquid you consume. Sodium would affect the

amount they would drink and your genetics could affect their height.
Conclusion
Our hypothesis was: If you drink more liquids, then you are taller with a positive

moderate correlation with a strength of r=0.500. Our hypothesis was somewhat incorrect.

Our correlation value was r= 0.110, but we predicted it would be r= 0.500. We correctly

predicted that the line of best fit would be positive, however we did not predict that it

would have such a weak correlation.

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