Ryan Hughes

Statistics

Lab 1

Descriptive Statistics and Graphs

In this experiment students were asked to share their height, weight, gender, smoking reference,
usual activity level, and resting pulse. They then all flipped coins, and whose coins came up
heads ran in place for one minute. Then the entire class recorded their pulses once more. The
first data set we acquired was the mean, standard deviation, variance, minimum, Q1, median, Q3,
and maximum. Once we get the data collected then we put the data into a histogram allowing us
to visualize the data set and see the max and min.

Students in an introductory statistics course participated in a simple experiment. Each student

recorded his or her height, weight, gender, smoking preference, usual activity level, and resting
pulse. Then they all flipped coins, and those whose coins came up heads ran in place for one
minute. Then the entire class recorded their pulses once more.

Column Name Count Description

C1 Pulse1 92 First pulse rate
C2 Pulse2 92 Second pulse rate
C3 Ran 92 1 = ran in place

2 = did not run in place

C4 Smokes 92 1 = smokes regularly

2 = does not smoke

regularly
C5 Sex 92 1 = male

2 = female
C6 Height 92 Height in inches
C7 Weight 92 Weight in pounds
C8 Activity 92 Usual level of physical
activity:

1 = slight

2 = moderate

3 = a lot

Statistics
Total
Variable Count Mean StDev Variance Minimum Q1 Median Q3 Maximum
Height 92 68.717 3.659 13.390 61.000 66.000 69.000 72.000 75.000
Weight 92 145.15 23.74 563.56 95.00 125.00 145.00 156.50 215.00

The mean for height is 68.717 The mean for weight is 145.15

Total
Variable Sex Count Mean StDev Variance Minimum Q1 Median Q3 Maximum
Height 1 57 70.754 2.583 6.671 66.000 69.000 71.000 73.000 75.000
  2 35 65.400 2.563 6.567 61.000 63.000 65.500 68.000 70.000
                     
Weight 1 57 158.26 18.64 347.30 123.00 145.00 155.00 170.00 215.00
  2 35 123.80 13.37 178.81 95.00 115.00 122.00 131.00 150.00

The male height mean is 70.754 The female height mean is 65.400

The male weight mean is 158.26 The female weight mean is 123.80

Statistics
Tally
Height Count Weight Count
61.00 1 95 1
61.75 1 102 1
62.00 4 108 2
62.75 1 110 2
63.00 4 112 1
64.00 2 115 2
65.00 4 116 2
65.50 1 118 2
66.00 8 120 3
67.00 7 121 1
68.00 10 122 1
69.00 10 123 1
69.50 1 125 5
70.00 6 130 5
71.00 6 131 1
71.50 1 133 1
72.00 8 135 3
73.00 7 136 1
73.50 2 138 2
74.00 5 140 4
75.00 3 142 1
N= 92 145 5
    148 1
    150 10
    153 1
    155 10
    157 1
    160 4
    164 1
    165 1
    170 4
    175 2
    180 3
    185 1
    190 4
    195 1
    215 1
    N= 92
The most frequent heights and weights of the students are 68, 69 for height and 150,155 for weight

10 students have 68 for height, 10 students have 69 for height, 10 students are 150 pounds, 10 students
are 155 pounds.

From these histograms the height and weight of the students are a perfect representation of the two
variables that were shown in the frequency table. These are very meaningful result cause they prove
that 68, 69, 150, and 155 are the most frequent numbers in the students.
The dot plots compare to the histograms by showing that 68, 69, 150, and 155 are the most frequent
numbers to come up
Looking at the dot plots I have noticed that females tend to be below 150 pounds and tend to stay in the
130 range. But on the Male side it tends to be 140 and above for the average male.
The dot plots, box plots, and histograms are consistent throughout the lab. The graphs match the five
number summaries you can see the median, q1, q3, min, and max in them. The female graphs tend to
have lower data values and the male graphs have higher data sets causing them to have larger means
and more of a difference in the date.
Gender is nominal and smoking is ordinal

1- Males are 62.0%

2- Females are 38.0%
2-69.6% does smoke

1-30.4% do not smoke

Group 1 is 57%

Group 2 is 35%

The pie charts are not the best for showing exact data but visually they get the job done. The bar graphs
are the best for this data set because they show the side by side comparison and you can make out the
percentage with the y-axis

Summary
Original Recoded Number
Value Value of Rows
1 MALE 57
2 FEMALE 35
Recoded data column Sex

Summary
Original Recoded Number
Value Value of Rows
1 MALE 28
 2 FEMALE 64
Recoded data column Smokes

The more height a person has the more weight they will have, the less height a person has the less a
person. I expected this to happen in the scatterplot due to the amount of numbers in the data set and
the min and max being so out of place.
This Scatter plot is more meaningful then the scatter plot above because the male and female are now
color coded and distinguishable from each other.