Structured External Assignment: Project MAT312 Statistics

Each student will select a unique question that they would like to answer. Each question will be answered by collecting, organizing and analyzing data using methods learned in this class. Specifically, each student is required to analyze data using a hypothesis test. Each student must have a unique topic. Students who are repeating the course must select a new topic. The following list is meant to stimulate ideas: these topics may not be used by students.
Sample ideas:
Are gender and political party related? (Test of Association hypothesis test)
Does the number of customers waiting in line vary each day of the week? (Goodness of Fit hypothesis test)
Does a specific method of learning improve grades? (Two sample hypothesis test for means)
Does summer training reduce the rate of fall sports injuries? (Two sample hypothesis test for proportions)
2.     Project proposal – 100 points
Each student will post a project proposal to Canvas as a word document. In your proposal, answer the following questions:
What is your research question? What is your population and your variables? Why are you interested in this question?
How will you collect your data? State your method of sampling using terms discussed in class.
What bias or confounding variables might limit your study?
How will you display your data? State the type of graph you will use.
What type of analysis will you perform? Examples:
Are you determining if two variables are related? (Test of Association hypothesis test)
Are you comparing counts for different categories? (Goodness of Fit hypothesis test)
Are you comparing the means of two sets of data? (Two sample hypothesis test for means)
Are you comparing proportions for two sets of data? (Two sample hypothesis test for proportions)