Height of Students - Distributions & Deviations Report
Not what you're looking for?
20 students' heights were measured for statistic analysis, with the following results:
female 5'6, female 5'8, male 5'9, male 5'6, female 5'7, female 5'5, female 5'6, male 5'10, male 5'8, female 5'4, female 5'4, male 5'9, female 5'1, female 5'5, male 5'11, male 5'7, female 5'6, female 5'8, male 6'1. male 5'9
Please return a report with the following components:
1. Introduction
a) Identify and develop the problem
b) Indicate why this topic is timely or is of importance
c) State how the remainder of the paper is organized or divided into various sections
2. Body
a) Construct a frequency distribution or histogram for each gender
b) Graphically depict the data using two methods
c) Calculate the mean, median, and mode of each distribution
d) Calculate the standard deviation and one other measure of dispersion for each distribution
e) Comment on the results - on each distribution and compare the two distributions
f) Calculate a 95% confidence interval for the mean of each distribution
g) Test if each mean is significantly different from zero
3. Summary
About a paragraph. No new material should be included in this section, just a summary.
4. Conclusion
Indicate what problems that have encountered and make recommendation(s) for future researchers.
5. References
Purchase this Solution
Solution Summary
The solution provides a page report on the distribution of students' heights by gender in Word including histograms, mean, median, mode, standard deviations, variance and results analysis for each gender with the gender differences and their significance (complete with confidence interval calculations) at the end. Workings are included as an Excel spreadsheet.
Education
- BSc, University of Bucharest
- MSc, Ovidius
- MSc, Stony Brook
- PhD (IP), Stony Brook
Recent Feedback
- "Thank you "
- "Thank You Chris this draft really helped me understand correlation."
- "Thanks for the prompt return. Going into the last meeting tonight before submission. "
- "Thank you for your promptness and great work. This will serve as a great guideline to assist with the completion of our project."
- "Thanks for the product. It is an excellent guideline for the group. "
Purchase this Solution
Free BrainMass Quizzes
Know Your Statistical Concepts
Each question is a choice-summary multiple choice question that presents you with a statistical concept and then 4 numbered statements. You must decide which (if any) of the numbered statements is/are true as they relate to the statistical concept.
Terms and Definitions for Statistics
This quiz covers basic terms and definitions of statistics.
Measures of Central Tendency
This quiz evaluates the students understanding of the measures of central tendency seen in statistics. This quiz is specifically designed to incorporate the measures of central tendency as they relate to psychological research.
Measures of Central Tendency
Tests knowledge of the three main measures of central tendency, including some simple calculation questions.