Investigating Mayfield High School relationships between height and weight.

This essay hasn't yet been marked by one of our teachers

You can view 1 essay on Height and Weight of Pupils and other Mayfield High School investigations that have been Marked by Teachers

The first 200 words of this essay...

Introduction

For my investigation I am using data from a simulated school called Mayfield High School. This is a mixed secondary school with 1183 people, split into 604 boys and 579 girls. There are five-year groups, from 7 to 11. This contains many different records, including, first name, surname, height, weight, age (decimal, years and months), month of birth, sex, hand, favourite sport subject and TV program, hours of TV, IQ, distance between home and school, means of travel to school, and Ks2 and Ks3 results. I have chosen to investigate the relationship between height and weight, because it is quite probable that they influence each other. Here are my hypotheses, which are all related to height, weight or both. : -

1. There will be a positive correlation between height and weight.

2. The spread of boys' height will be larger than the spread of girls' height.

3. The average boys' weight will be larger than the average girls' weight.

4. The older someone is the better the correlation is between height and weight.

I will collect data on the height and weight of 60 pupils. I will also collect the data on their