Discuss the below:
Q1 - The following table gives information from a sample of college students: gender, number of children in family of origin, and number of children in their ideal family, in which they may someday be a parent.
Gender No. of Children in Family of Origin No. of Children in Ideal Family
|
Gender
|
Origin
|
Ideal
|
|
F
|
2
|
2
|
|
M
|
3
|
2
|
|
M
|
4
|
3
|
|
F
|
2
|
2
|
|
F
|
4
|
3
|
|
M
|
5
|
5
|
|
F
|
3
|
3
|
|
F
|
2
|
3
|
|
F
|
2
|
2
|
|
F
|
4
|
4
|
|
M
|
3
|
3
|
|
F
|
4
|
0
|
|
F
|
3
|
3
|
|
F
|
3
|
4
|
|
F
|
1
|
2
|
|
M
|
2
|
2
|
|
M
|
3
|
3
|
|
M
|
2
|
2
|
|
M
|
1
|
1
|
|
M
|
2
|
0
|
a. Use the scatterplot feature in Excel to determine the relationship between the two variables origin and ideal and discuss any trends.
b. Which variable did you choose for the horizontal axis and which variable did you choose for the vertical axis? Does it matter?
Q2 - The following table of data gives hockey star Eric Lindros' career numbers for the eight seasons he played with the Philadelphia Flyers.
|
Year
|
Games
|
Goals
|
Assists
|
Points
|
|
1993-94
|
65
|
44
|
53
|
97
|
|
1994-95
|
46
|
29
|
41
|
70
|
|
1995-96
|
73
|
47
|
68
|
115
|
|
1996-97
|
52
|
32
|
47
|
79
|
|
1997-98
|
63
|
30
|
41
|
71
|
|
1998-99
|
71
|
40
|
53
|
93
|
|
1999-2000
|
55
|
27
|
32
|
59
|
|
Totals
|
486
|
290
|
369
|
659
|
a. Use the scatterplot feature in Excel to determine the relationship between the two variables games and points and discuss any trends.
b. Which variable did you choose for the horizontal axis and which variable did you choose for the vertical axis? Does it matter?
c. Determine if there appears to be a relationship between goals and assists. What might explain this?
Q3 - The following table gives the percentage of the U.S. population living below the poverty level for the period from 1990 to 2002.
Year Percentage of U.S. Population Living Below Poverty Level
|
Year
|
%
|
|
1990
|
13.5
|
|
1991
|
14.2
|
|
1992
|
14.8
|
|
1993
|
15.1
|
|
1994
|
14.5
|
|
1995
|
13.8
|
|
1996
|
13.7
|
|
1997
|
13.3
|
|
1998
|
12.7
|
|
1999
|
11.8
|
|
2000
|
11.3
|
|
2001
|
11.7
|
|
2002
|
12.1
|
a. Graph out the data using a bar chart or line graph.
b. Do you predict that the poverty rate will increase or decrease in the next several years? Explain which problem-solving technique you used to answer the question.