King, Vanchure, Leonard 1

Mr. Yoha

Stats Project

13 December 2016

Height Effects Hydration

Marissa King , MiKaila

Leonard, and Kaycee Vanchure

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We gathered how much liquids people drink, in ounces, on a daily basis and compared it to how

tall they are in inches.Our hypothesis was: If you drink more liquids, then you are taller with a

positive moderate correlation with a strength of r=0.500. We used a sample survey to collect our

data.

Data Set:

Population- entire group of individuals about which we want information

Our population is all the people in DuBois.

Sample- the actual collected information, which is then used to draw conclusions about

the whole

Our sample is the 25 people surveyed.

Variable- any characteristic of an individual

Our variables are name, liquids, height, and the date. The response would be the

liquids they consume and the explanatory variable would be the height of the person.

We chose the explanatory variable to be the height because the liquids are based off of how

short/tall the person is.

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Heights Affects Hydration

Name: Height (in): Liquid (oz): Date:

1 Gabby Henrichs 65 198 12/13/2016

2 Kassy Dawson 60 36 12/13/2016

3 Kaycee Vanchure 64 64 12/13/2016

4 Marissa King 67 16 12/13/2016

5 Denton Runyon 65 64 12/13/2016

6 MiKaila Leonard 73 128 12/13/2016

7 Marissa Dunlap 67 88 12/13/2016

8 Matt Starr 73 88 12/13/2016

9 Travis Smith 71 67 12/13/2016

10 Derek August 68 48 12/13/2016

11 Mike Yoha 68 48 12/13/2016

12 Abbeigh Schroedor 65 96 12/13/2016

13 Debra Leonard 62 64 12/13/2016

14 Neil Green 68 104 12/13/2016

15 Tracy Chewning 62 75 12/13/2016

16 Jaime Leonard 64 64 12/13/2016

17 Zack Sloan 72 65 12/13/2016

18 Dom DiLullo 67 70 12/13/2016

19 Sarah Peters 68 32 12/13/2016

20 Lexi Smith 64 30 12/13/2016

21 Legend Perry 63 72 12/13/2016

22 Todd Stiner 71 60 12/13/2016

23 Austin Mortimer 64 72 12/13/2016

24 Nathan Barr 70 56 12/13/2016

25 Mason Smith 72 64 12/13/2016

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Outlier: We came across one outlier in our research; our participant who was 65 inches

drinks 198 ounces of liquid per one day. This exceeds the majority of our data which falls

between 60-80 ounces of liquid per one day.

Interpret r & r2:

Correlation: describes the direction and strength of a straight line relationship

If r = 0.110, the correlation is positive meaning as height goes up, amount

of liquids go up. The correlation of 0.110 means the correlation is weak meaning the correlation

is not valid. Since r = 0.110, then r2 = 0.012 meaning any prediction has a 1.2% variation.

Coefficient of determination: variation in the value of y that is explained by the

least squares regression line of y only.

Prediction:

Least Squares Regression Line: the line that makes the sum of the squares of the

vertical distance as small as possible. Our regression line equation is: y= 0.011x + 66.118
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If you are 73 inches tall, since height is ‘x’ on our graph, you plug 73 in for x in the

regression line equation (y= 0.011(73) + 66.118). Then you multiply 0.011 by 73, getting an

answer of .803.

(y= .803 + 66.118). Once you multiply, you add .803 and 66.118 (y= 66.921).

If you are 73 inches tall, then we predict that you will drink 66.921 ounces of water with

a 1.2% variation. Since the variation is 1.2%, then we can assume that it is not valid and that it is

only right 1.2% of the time.

Identify and Define Lurking Variables:

Lurking Variables: Variable that has an important effect on the relationship among

variables, but is not the explanatory variables.

Two lurking variables we were able to find conclude in our research was sodium amount

and a participants genetics. If you were to consume more sodium, than you would most likely be

more thirsty. Also, if you inherit certain height genes, then that could affect the results no matter

how much you drink.

Causation:

We have concluded our causation to be common response for both lurking variables.

Both sodium and genetics could affect the height and the amount of liquid you consume. Sodium

would affect the amount they would drink and your genetics could affect their height.

Conclusion:

Our hypothesis was: If you drink more liquids, then you are taller with a positive

moderate correlation with a strength of r=0.500. Our hypothesis was somewhat incorrect. Our

correlation value was r= 0.110, but we predicted it would be r= 0.500. We correctly predicted
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that the line of best fit would be positive, however we did not predict that it would have such a

weak correlation.
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Works Cited

August, Derek. Personal interview. 13 Dec. 2016.

Barr, Nathan. Personal interview. 13 Dec. 2016.

Chewning, Tracy. Personal interview. 13 Dec. 2016.

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Stiner, Todd. Personal interview. 13 Dec. 2016.

Vanchure, Kaycee. Personal interview. 13 Dec. 2016.

Yoha, Mike. Personal interview. 13 Dec. 2016.