Body Statistics Maths Investigation

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Adam Wright

Maths Statistics Coursework

Body Statistics

As we grow up we change - or do we? Boys are different from girls - or

are they?

Use samples from different age groups for both sexes. Choose two

measurable statistics that can be sampled easily and sensitively. You

need one statistic you think will be different and one you do not

think will be different and use a sample for each.

Make a hypothesis.

Collecting the data

We collected data from those who were both older and younger than us.

I was directly involved in data capture of body statistics for two

classes of year sevens who had maths simultaneously as us. We chose to

survey the whole of the accessible population because of the

relatively small size of it. We chose to sample to classes because the

amount of data we would collect, about 60 sets, would be about

correct. It is large enough to collect in a reasonable amount of time.

It is