Chapter 7 Project

For our Chapter 7 Project, Caeden and I decided to survey FHS students on how much
screen time they have on an average day. To collect our data, we made a survey and Ms. Lewis
sent it out to her 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th-grade classes. Due to there being less than 24
hours for students to respond to the email, we only received 30 responses. The mean ( μ ) of
our data is 193.78. 193.78 is the average of all values in our data. The standard
deviation ( σ ) of our data is 126.41. This is the measure of variation in our data. The
minimum value of our data is 3 minutes. The maximum of our data is 480 minutes.
There are no outliers in our data. When we did the outlier formula, we discovered that
the lower outlier is -150 and the higher outlier is 570. We do not have any data values
over those numbers. To find the skewness of our data we did (3 X (193.78 -
180))/126.41. The sum of this formula with our data is .372. Therefore our data is not
skewed because it is not greater than 1 or less than negative 1.

From using the Empirical Rule, 68% of our data falls between 67.37 and 320.19.
95% of our data falls between -59.04 minutes and 446 minutes.6. 99.7% of our data
falls between -185.45 minutes and 573.01. This is true for our data because 100% of
our data is in the 99.7% probability section. This means that everyone we surveyed
spends between -185 minutes (which is not possible) and 573.01 minutes on their
phone.
I, Caeden, would have answered 300 minutes because that is the average
amount of time I spend on my phone a day. I, Grace, answered 328 minutes because
that is a normal amount of time I spend on my phone a day. The probability that a
person would answer greater than Caeden’s answer of 300 minutes, is .2005. This
means 20% of people will answer more than 300 minutes. I found this answer by finding
the sum of (300-193.78)/126.41, which is .840. Then I went to the z table and found the
value at .840, which was .7995. I then subtracted .7995 by 1 to find the answer of .2005.
Therefore the probability that a person would answer less than Caeden is .7995. This
means 79.9% of people would answer less than 300 minutes. The probability that
someone would answer more minutes than me is .1446. This means that 14% of people
would answer with a higher amount of minutes than me. I found this answer by finding
the sum of (328-193.78)/126.41, which is 1.06. Then I went to the z table and found the
value at 1.06, which was .8554. I then subtracted .8554 by 1 to find the answer of .1446.
Therefore the probability that a person would answer less than me is .8554. This means
that 85.5% of people would answer with a lower amount of minutes of screen time than
me. The probability that someone would answer between Caeden’s and I’s answers is
.6549. I found this value by subtracting .8554 by .2005. .8554 is the probability that
someone would answer less than 328 and .2005 is the probability that someone would
answer more than 300. This means that there is a 65.5% chance that someone would
respond with an amount of screen time between 328 minutes and 300 minutes.
The probability that a sample of 30 people will have an average greater than our
responses is 0% for both Caeden’s and I’s responses. To find this value, we plugged
our data into the central limit theorem. To find the probability that 30 people will have an
average above me, we did (328-193.78)/(126.31/ √30 ), which equaled 5.82. When we
used the z-table to convert this into a probability, we saw that 5.82 was above 3.49,
which means that the probability of answering below 328 is 1.00. Therefore, the
probability that 30 people will average above my response is 0%. To find the probability
that 30 people will have an average above Caeden, we did (300-193.78)/(126.31/ √30 ),
which equaled 4.60. When we used the z-table to convert this into a probability, we saw
that 4.60 was above 3.49, which means that the probability of answering below 300 is
1.00. Therefore, the probability that 30 people will average above my response is 0%.
Because Caeden and I are both on the extreme high end, the probability that an
average of 30 people will be between Caeden’s and I’s response is 0%.
The raw data value below which only 3% of our data should fall is -43.87. We
found this value by doing -1.88(126.41) + 193.78. The raw data value above which only
3% of our data falls is 413.43. We found this value by doing 1.88(126.41) + 193.78.