Maths Courswork - Mayfield High School

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Maths Statistics Coursework

Introduction

In this piece of coursework, I am going to investigate if there is a relationship between height and weight between Year 7 and Year 11 students.

I am going to be using secondary data from the fictional Mayfield High School. I will be using a number sample then will be adding the total for girls and boys, and then find 20%.

The sample will only be a percentage of the pupils to keep the data to a manageable extent. I will calculate different averages of the data, including mode, median and range of the different sets of data for both year groups, to calculate the average student. I will then put these into graphs, including scatter diagrams and box plots.

Hypotheses

I had to choose what hypotheses I would be testing. Some possibilities included:

  • Variation in Eye or Hair Colour
  • Distance from School and Method of Travel
  • Height and Weight
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The hypotheses I will be testing are -:

  • As height increases, so does weight
  • There is a link between the height and weight of Year 11 and Year 7 Boys and Girls
  • Are there any other relationships between the height and weight between Year 7 and Year 11 students

I believe there will be a strong link between height and weight. I believe that the higher the height, the higher the weight.

This is because taller people are larger than smaller people and therefore weigh more.

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