MULTIVARIATE PRACTICE
australian athletes
1) Problem
Come up with a question for your investigation.
What is the population you are investigating?
What are the variables you are comparing?
Your report should follow the statistical inquiry cycle of PPDAC
2) Plan
List the steps carried out to collect your data
This data set is from the NZGrapher Sport-science data base called Australian Athletes.
3) Data
Use NZgrapher to produce the graphs required using the data that is provided.
4) Analysis
Describe features of the distributions comparatively, for example, shape, middle 50%, shift, overlap, spread, unusual or interesting features and summary statistics.Comment on the sample.
5) Conclusion
Write a conclusion summarizing your findings. The conclusion needs to include an informal inference to answer your investigative question and should be supported with evidence from statistics calculated and your graphs.
Come up with a question for your investigation.
What is the population you are investigating?
What are the variables you are comparing?
Your report should follow the statistical inquiry cycle of PPDAC
2) Plan
List the steps carried out to collect your data
This data set is from the NZGrapher Sport-science data base called Australian Athletes.
3) Data
Use NZgrapher to produce the graphs required using the data that is provided.
4) Analysis
Describe features of the distributions comparatively, for example, shape, middle 50%, shift, overlap, spread, unusual or interesting features and summary statistics.Comment on the sample.
5) Conclusion
Write a conclusion summarizing your findings. The conclusion needs to include an informal inference to answer your investigative question and should be supported with evidence from statistics calculated and your graphs.