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Running head: RESEARCH PROJECT

Research Project
Luis Lopez
TaIt College











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Abstract
In this study, I used randomly selected 38males and 17 Iemales who were randomly
selected Irom the population. A survey with 23 questions was administered. Total
participants were 2628. I took simple random sample oI 55 by generating random numbers
with TI84. The participants Ior this study were surveyed by college students. On each
question, there are diIIerent points oI view according to the participants` belieIs. There is
enough evidence to suggest a relationship between persons height and weight, and ring and
shoe size. There is a relationship between the gender and political party aIIiliation and a
relationship between political parties and being in Iavor oI the heath care bill passed. There is
not enough evidence to suggest a relationship between political parties and president
Obama`s re-election and being in Iavor oI the death penalty. There is not enough evidence to
suggest a relationship between handedness and being in Iavor oI the death penalty or
handedness and amount oI water consumed. Lastly, there is not enough evidence to suggest
that more people are aIIiliated with Democratic Party and or that there is a relationship
between handedness and gender.









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Research Project
Introduction
This research project is to get an idea oI what people think on certain circumstances
oI liIe. The study used survey data. For this study, I wanted to know how people`s responses
were related to their demographic characteristics. The participants were randomly selected,
and each oI them was given a survey which was previously prepared by the instructor. The
surveys had a total oI twenty-three questions, which are oriented to diIIerent subjects. The
Iirst eleven questions are demographic, such as gender, ethnicity, age, and education. The
second sets oI questions are more speciIic political belieIs. Using descriptive statistics and
graphical displays, I compared the answers with the demographic characteristic. In addition, I
also investigated iI there more people aIIiliated with the Democratic Party and iI there is a
relationship between handedness and gender.
Method
Participants
The participants Ior this study were recruited by college students and randomly
selected. The participation Ior this study was voluntary and no compensation was oIIered.
The sample consisted oI 38 males and 17 Iemales, who were randomly selected Irom the
population. The average age was 32.4 with the standard deviation oI 14.6977. The youngest
participant was 11, and the oldest one was 66 years old.
Measures
For this research, I used a survey with twenty-three questions to collect data. The
questionnaire contained demographic, and Iill in blank questions.

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Procedure
For this study a survey with twenty-three questions which was administered to each
participant. The total participants were 2628. Most oI the questions were set to yes or no
answers. Some oI the questions were to Iill in blank, such as the shoe size and the ring size. I
took a simple random sample oI 55 by randomly generating numbers with TI 84.
Results
The results Ior this study show the diIIerent answers Irom the participants. According
to the Pearson test it shows that there is enough evidence to suggest a relationship between
height and weight (p-value 0.0005, r.4373), ring size and shoe size (p-value 0.0000,
r.6396). Based on Wilcoxon Rank Sum, there is enough evidence to suggest a diIIerence in
gross income based on gender (p-value 0.0188). Using Chi Squared test oI independence,
there is not enough evidence to suggest a relationship between political party and whether
president Obama will be re-elected (p-value 0.1149). There is enough evidence to suggest a
relationship between political party and being in Iavor oI the health care bill being passed (p-
value 0.0106). There is no evidence to suggest a relationship between political party and
being in Iavor oI the death penalty (p-value 0.2492). However, this may not be count because
there was violation oI an assumption. There is not enough evidence to suggest a relationship
between handedness and being in Iavor oI the death penalty (p-value 0.2950). Based on the
KW-TEST, there is not enough evidence to suggest a relationship between handedness and
amount oI water consumed (p-value 0.2254). Finally, using Chip Squared test oI
independence there is not enough evidence to suggest neither that more people are aIIiliated
with Democratic Party nor that there is relationship between handedness and gender (p-value
0.6653).
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Average of SLandard uevlaLlon
PelghL 674340 lnches 42810
WelghL 1824343 pounds 301131
8lng slze 81486 18629
Shoe slze 93094 22133
Male lncome 467638889 426822936
lemale lncome 178133333 172148332

Furthermore, comparing the gross income in both genders, there was a great
diIIerence between both genders; males made more than Iemales. By comparing the box plots
show above oI both gender, I Iound out that male have greater gross income compared to
Iemale.
Political
Party
Obama re-election
In Iavor No
Health Care Bill
Yes No
Death penalty
Yes No
Democrat 8 7 10 2 9 7
Republican 4 14 5 12 16 3
Independent 1 3 4 2 7 2
Other 3 1 3 0 4 3

8 participants who responded were Democrats in Iavor oI Obama being re-elected and
7 were against. On the Health Care Bill, 10 participants were Democrats in Iavor and 2
against. On the death penalty 9 participants were Democrats in Iavor and 7 against. There is a
great relationship between the political party and the responses Irom participants. Most oI the
participants against Health Care Bill and death penalty were republicans but most oI the
participants in Iavor on Obama and Health Care Bill were democrat.


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Handedness Death penalty
In Iavor no
Right 29 10
LeIt 4 3
Ambidextrous 4 0

On the Handedness, there is a seems to be relationship in Iavor oI Death penalty 29 were
right handed in Iavor and 4 were leIt handed in Iavor, which suggests that there is a
relationship between handedness and responses. The average water amount consumed by
males is 68.0263 with the standard deviation 50.3187.
Handedness right LeIt Ambidextrous
Male 30 6 2
Female 12 3 2

Male right handedness there is 30, 6 leIt and 2 ambidextrous. Female right handedness is 12,
3 leIt and 2 ambidextrous.

iscussion
In the study, I Iound out that there is a relationship between person height and weight and
ring and shoe size. This may be because all the variables reIer to a person is size which
sounds reasonable. In the study, I Iound out that males have the higher income than women
do. This may be because men work more or make more than women. In the study, I Iound out
that there is not a relationship between political party and president Obama`s re-election this
may be because there are many political points oI view and these who my think that Obama
has not done anything good. In the study, I Iound out that there is a relationship between
political party and being in Iavor oI the heath care bill being passed there are more democrat
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in Iavor than republicans. In the study, I Iound out that there is a relationship between
political party and being in Iavor oI the death penalty. In this sample there were more
Republicans in Iavor than any other political party. In the study, I Iound out that there is no
relationship between handedness and being in Iavor oI the death penalty which sounds
reasonable because it about people`s handedness and it is hard to say that it has to do right,
leIt, and ambidextrous hands. In the study, I Iound out that there is no relationship between
handedness and amount oI water consumed. This seems reasonable because water
consumption doesn`t have to do with handedness. It is up to each person to drink water or
not. In the study, I Iound out that there is no relationship between handedness and gender
because people born to be male and Iemale and to use their hand, and they don`t have to do
anything to do with each other.














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llve number summary (llgure 1)
PelghL
Mln 33
C1 63
Medlan 68
C3 71
Max 73


Figure 1box plot for height (skewed left)

llve number summary (Figure 2)
WelghL
Mln 103
C1 143
Medlan 180
C3 210
Max 348

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Figure 2 box plots for weight (skewed right)

llve number summary (Figure 3)
8lng Slze
Mln 3
C1 7
Medlan 8
C3 10
Max 13


Figure 3 box plots for ring si:e (skewed left)

llve number summary (Figure 4)
Shoe Slze
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Mln 3
C1 8
Medlan 9
C3 11
Max 13

Figure 4 box plots for shoe si:e (skewed left)

llve number Summary (Figure 5)
Male lncome lemale lncome
Mln 0 Mln 0
C1 18000 C1 0
Medlan 36730 Medlan 22300
C3 7300 C3 28300
Max 130000 Max 30000

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Figure 5box plot for male and female income (skewed right)

llve number summary (Figure 6)
AmounL of waLer
Mln 3
C1 32
Medlan 62
C3 86
Max 236


Figure 6 box plots for amount of water (skewed right)