Elementary Statistics Project

If abortion were used as a primary method of birth control, a typical woman would have two to three pregnancies per year, that’s thirty or more during her lifetime (Guttmacher 1).

Jones, R. K., & Jerman, J. (2014). Abortion Incidence and Service Availability In the United States, 2011. Perspectives On Sexual & Reproductive Health, 46(1), 3-14. doi:10.1363/46e0414

I conducted a survey, asking 20 females and 20 males their favorite food group for my AP Statistics project. I surveyed on Wednesday, September 27 and on Thursday, September 28 at Marshall High School. They chose from protein, grain, vegetables, fruit, and dairy. From the data, I found that 10 males and 2 females liked protein best, 3 males and 2 females liked grains best, 1 male and 1 female liked vegetables best, 3 males and 13 females liked fruit best, and 3 males and 2 females liked dairy best. Half of the males liked protein best, while most females liked fruits best. The least amount of both males and females liked vegetables. From this data, we can see that males like protein more than females do, and females like fruit more than males

with over 1,2 Million abortions a year. Teen pregnancies are sky high, the U.S.A. ranks

Assume 20% of all email is spam. A large Internet provider plans on conducting a survey of 900 emails to see what percentage are spam.

We, in turn, will make the course as fun and interesting as possible as we introduce

The average of 17 results is 60. If the average of first 9 results is 57 and that of the last 9 results is 65, then what will be the value of 9th result?

A pharmaceutical company is testing the effectiveness of a new drug for lowering cholesterol. As part of this trial, they wish to determine whether there is a difference between the effectiveness for women and for men. Using   = .05, what is the value the test statistic?

A company with factories located in New York and Michigan produce yarn, using two different types of machines; JC980 and VH80. Each factory uses only one machine type. The sample size is at 1 391 factories.

2. True or False: Interential statistics involves making an accurate an outcome based on anincomplete set of data

Stats 250 is one of the biggest classes at the university of Michigan. It's a class with concepts that is applicable to life, therefore stats 250 is one of the requisites for many majors at the University of Michigan. I have personal never official taken a stats course until this semester, however I never noticed how much I used stats in my logic and reasoning up until now. In the future, I plan to be apart of and hopeful conduct my own research one day. Stats will come on handy for this very purpose. For instance, in order to best interpret my data, I would need to know the basics ideas of concepts we have learned in stats. Concepts such as, testing competing theories, errors, sample size and what is statistical

6) A low coefficient of restitution constitutes high energy loss, while a high coefficient of

number in order from 1 to 100, the make of the car, the price when new

That eigenvector is showing us how these two data sets are related along that line. The

Alternatively, a numeric code could be used for the class standing variable (e.g. 1 denotes Freshman, 2 denotes Juniors and so on).