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    The true population mean of the number of books completed by seniors is 13, says elizabeth gilbert. Students complete much fewer books than english teachers expect, she says. Students should read at least two books a year, she says, and at least three a year.

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    The true population mean of the number of books completed by seniors is 13, says elizabeth gilbert. Students complete much fewer books than english teachers expect, she says. Students should read at least two books a year, she says, and at least three a year.

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    of 10

    ConfidenceIntervalProject

    ...
    Whatisthetruepopulationmeannumberofbooks
    completedbyLASAseniorsforEnglishclassesthroughouthigh
    school?

    ...
    byKateStankiewicz
    1/24/16
    period6

    Ihadjustgottentoastoppingpointinournewenglishassignment,
    PrideandPrejudice
    .
    Isnapchattedafriendwhotoldmethattheyhadyettostartit,eventhoughthefirst16chapters
    wereduethenextmorningforhisclass.IhaverecentlyrealizedthatIamamongthefewwho
    actuallyreadmostoftheassignedbooksforourEnglishclasses.Istartedtowonderwhatthe
    truemeannumberofbookscompletedbyseniorswas.Ithinkthatstudentscompletemuchfewer
    booksthanEnglishteachersexpect.Althoughwecannotfullyconvincethemwevereadevery
    assignment,studentsseemtostilldeceivetheteachers.IcanrelatetothistopiceasilybecauseI
    amaseniorwhosbeenassignedmanypiecesofliteraturetoreadandhavetakenpartinthe
    readingofSparknotes.
    ThepopulationofmystudyisonlyLASAseniors,becauseseniorsfromotherschools
    mayhavehadadifferentnumberofbookstheyshouldveread.Icollectedmydatabycreatinga
    numberedlistoftheseniorstudents,thenusingarandomnumbergeneratortoselect35students.
    Beforeaskingthemthequestions,Icreatedalistofthe24bookswewererequiredtoread
    throughoutourfouryearsofhighschooltohelpthemrememberwhichtheyhaveorhavenot
    read.Ithenaskedthemhowmanyoftheassignedbookstheydfinishedandrecordtheir
    response.However,theseproceduresmaynothaveleadtoacompletelyaccuratesampleofthe
    populationbecausesomestudentsIcontactedthroughFacebookdidnotrespond,soIhadto
    randomlyselectanewstudenttoanswerthisquestion.TherewasalsoonestudentIselectedwho
    didnthaveFacebook,andIhadnootherwaytocontacthim.Athirdwaythissamplemaynot
    representthepopulationisthattherandomnumbergeneratorrepeatedafewofthenumbers,but
    Icouldntcountthatstudentmorethanonce.

    Bylookingatthegraphs,youcantellthatasthesamplesizeincreases,thevariance
    decreases,meaningthatthegraphgetsnarrowerandmorenormal,centeredatthetruepopulation
    mean.Thesamplepopulationmeanofthenumberofbookscompletedbyseniorsis13.60and
    thestandarddeviationis5.67.Iam90%confidentthatthetruepopulationmeanofthenumber
    ofbookscompletedbyseniorsisbetween11.98and15.22.Thestandarderroris1.62.Iam95%
    confidentthatthetruepopulationmeanofthenumberofbookscompletedbyseniorsisbetween
    11.65and15.55.Thestandarderroris1.95.Iam98%confidentthatthetruepopulationmeanof
    thenumberofbookscompletedbyseniorsisbetween11.26and15.94.Thestandarderroris
    2.34.Astheconfidencelevelincreases,theintervalhastobecomelargertootoaccountformore
    rangeinthesamplemeansandhigherstandarderror.
    ThisshowsthatLASAseniorsgenerallycompletedbetween11and16booksthroughout
    theirfouryearsofhighschoolEnglishclasses.Thetotalnumberofbooksrequiredtoreadwas
    24.Thismeansthattheaveragestudentreadabouthalfofthebooks.Iexpectedmypeersto
    actuallyreadmuchmorethanthat,around2/3ofthebooks,butIthinkteachersexpecteven
    more.

    AppendixA

    AppendixB
    >hist(Books$Completed,main="BooksCompleted",xlab="NumberofBooks",
    ylab="Frequency")
    >mean(Books$Completed)
    [1]13.6
    >sd(Books$Completed)
    [1]5.668281
    >xbar5<rep(NA,1000)
    >for(iin1:1000){
    +x<sample(Books$Completed,size=5)
    +xbar5[i]<mean(x)
    +}
    >hist(xbar5,xlim=c(0,25),main="SampleSize5",xlab="NumberofBooks")
    >mean(xbar5)
    [1]13.497
    >sd(xbar5)
    [1]2.382332
    >sd(Books$Completed)/sqrt(5)
    [1]2.534932
    >xbar15<rep(NA,1000)
    >for(iin1:1000){
    +x<sample(Books$Completed,size=15)
    +xbar15[i]<mean(x)
    +}
    >hist(xbar15,xlim=c(0,25),main="SampleSize15",xlab="NumberofBooks")
    >mean(xbar15)
    [1]13.55913
    >sd(xbar15)
    [1]1.157274
    >sd(Books$Completed)/sqrt(15)
    [1]1.463544
    >xbar25<rep(NA,1000)
    >for(iin1:1000){
    +x<sample(Books$Completed,size=25)
    +xbar25[i]<mean(x)
    +}
    >hist(xbar25,xlim=c(0,25),main="SampleSize25",xlab="NumberofBooks")
    >mean(xbar25)
    [1]13.61824
    >sd(xbar25)
    [1]0.5981862

    >sd(Books$Completed)/sqrt(25)
    [1]1.133656
    >mean(Books$Completed)1.691*(sd(Books$Completed)/sqrt(35))
    [1]11.97983
    >mean(Books$Completed)+1.691*(sd(Books$Completed)/sqrt(35))
    [1]15.22017
    >mean(Books$Completed)2.032*(sd(Books$Completed)/sqrt(35))
    [1]11.65311
    >mean(Books$Completed)+2.032*(sd(Books$Completed)/sqrt(35))
    [1]15.54689
    >mean(Books$Completed)2.441*(sd(Books$Completed)/sqrt(35))
    [1]11.26124
    >mean(Books$Completed)+2.441*(sd(Books$Completed)/sqrt(35))
    [1]15.93876
    >1.691*(sd(Books$Completed)/sqrt(35))
    [1]1.620171
    >2.032*(sd(Books$Completed)/sqrt(35))
    [1]1.946888
    >2.441*(sd(Books$Completed)/sqrt(35))
    [1]2.338757

    AppendixC
    (insteadofsignatures)

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