Steps taken vs Jump Length

This data was collected by one student from ninth grade (Nicolas Llosa) in the field sandbox
He took the designated steps and jumped from the start of the sandbox
The data was measured from the start of the sandbox to the heel of the shoe that was behind
The Jumper had to jump with one feet and land with both
The unit of measurement used was centimeters
Steps 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

Jump 145 192 238 251 263 266 273 280 289 294 297 299 305 307 312
Length
(cm)
Define Variable
Steps is the independent variable (x)
Jump Length is the dependent variable (y)

Interpretation of Scatterplot:
Their is a strong and positive linear relationship between the steps given and jump length

Correlation:
r= 0.88
- Their is a strong and positive correlation between the steps given and jump length.
- This value of r does not necessarily mean that the steps given causes the jump length.
- In this case correlation does imply causation because the number of steps you give
helps you generate speed and momentum so the more steps you give the longer you will
jump.

Line of Best Fit

1) Pick Two Points in y=mx+b

(1,192), (12,305)
x1 y1 x2 y2
y2y1
m= x2x1
m = 305192
121
113
m = 11
Substituting the point (1, 192)
y = mx + b
192 = 113
11 (1) + b
113
192 = 11 +b
181.72 = b
b = 1999
11
113 1999
The equation of the line of best fit is y= 11 x+ 11

2) Using Calculator

y = 9.14x + 203.4
Steps taken vs Jump Length

The two graphs are going to through most point however the, blue graph is the most reliable
and accurate since technology was used. The purple is not accurate due to human error.
Real World interpretation of the Blue Graph:

- The slope, 9.14/1 means that for every extra step you take you will jump 9.14
centimeters more
- The y-intercept, (0,203.4) represents that length of the jump with no steps. In the context
of this problem it is not likely that a common person could jump more than to meter with
0 steps.
y = 9.14x + 203.4
0 = 9.14x + 203.4
203.4 = 9.14x
22.25 = x
- The x-intercept, represent that if you take -22.25 steps you will jump 0 centimeters. This
does not make sense because you can't take a negative number of steps.

Pictures:

Prediction for Jump Length when give the number of steps

Using the line of best fit from the calculator
If the number of steps taken where 9, what is the Jump Length?
y = 9.14x + 203.4
y = 9.14(9) + 203.4
y = 82.26 + 203.4
y = 285.66 centimeters

If the number of steps given was 30, what is the jump length?
y = 9.14x + 203.4
y = 9.14(30) + 203.4
y = 274.2 + 203.4
y = 477.6

Prediction for the steps when Given Jump Length

Using the line of best fit from the calculator

If jump length was 299 centimeters then how many steps did he take?
y = 9.14x + 203.4
299 = 9.14x + 203.4
95.6 = 9.14x
x = 10.45 steps

Reliability of Models

The prediction of Jump Length when given the number of steps did make sense because we got
a value of 285.66 centimeters when given the steps of 9. This makes sense because it is
possible for someone to jump 285.66 centimeters when giving 9 steps, in fact in our data 9
steps was 294 which is close to our prediction.
However, the prediction of Jump length when given the number of steps outside our range was
not common for a random student in grade 9. The length we got was 477.6 centimeters for 30
steps, the reason why this is not common is because when you take 30 steps before jumping
your body has a maximum speed it can reach and if you keep running for a lot of steps your
body starts getting tired and decreasing speed. That is why in our data when the jumper started
taking more steps the length increased by just a little comparing to when he was giving less
jumps. This is why our graph is kind of curving.
The prediction for steps when given jump length, we got 10.45 steps when the Jump Length
was 299. In the real world the value did not make sense because their is no way to give 10.45
steps.

Since the correlation coefficient (r=0.88) is strong and positive, we can say that a linear
relationship is an appropriate model for our data. In the context of our research, we can
conclude that the the more steps you take the longer you will jump within a certain range of 0
steps to 14 steps.