Statistics Project Research Presentation

Final Statistics Project As another means of demonstrating your knowledge, you will complete a final statistics project this semester. The project will count for 15% of your final grade. I would prefer that you work with a partner but you may work alone if you have to. Project overview: Your options are to write a small survey, conduct an experiment, or pursue a research question that will give you minimum of 50 data points. You will use descriptive statistics to analyze one and two variable results. You will also use the tools of inferential statistics to decide on the possible validity of your results relative to a larger population. Your study must include BOTH Descriptive and Inferential Statistics. The presentation will include an introduction & hypotheses, data, summary of findings, and conclusion. Options: 1. Survey: your survey should contain 3-5 questions on a topic that interests you. Include two questions for which you think the results might be normally distributed and correlated. Example: 1) How many hours a week do you study? 2) What is your GPA? 3) Gender: M F 2. Experiment: decide upon an experiment you would like to conduct. Select both a control and experimental group. Example: conduct an experiment to determine if your clothing affects whether or not people are willing to take a survey from you. 3. Research: choose a research question of interest to you. Gather information from a sample and draw conclusions. Example: investigate the timeliness of the Mira Mesa bus system.