Y8 Statistics Math report

Introduction:
For math unit 2 statistics this year we created our own our grouped surveys. We made a blog post with our questions and wrote them in our math yellow book then went to other classes to collect data. I wanted to find out if there were any sports that people wanted in this school, and in my report I will show you my reports.

Research question:
Is there any 1 sport in this school, that isnt there and you would like to have?

Hypothesis:
People that have played sports that people dont usually know will have a great answer to my question and I will get more answers from the too.

Target audience:
My target audience was everyone in year 8, including the people that didnt play sports at all.

Why I chose this question:

I chose this question because I myself have in mind many sports in this school that isnt there, like cricket which I want to play a lot more so that I can become a cricketer when I grow up. I can learn the other sports also for general knowledge and great experiences.

Reference to the ATL skills:

I think I used the Organization skills because I sorted out my data properly. I collected data in an organized manner, like writing my results in a book as I got them. I also used it with the way I got my data, I asked the teacher to make everyone to raise their hands up when their name came.

Data collection:
I collected my data by slowly going to each class in year 8 (starting from our own). I took my yellow book and sharpened pencil then went to each class. When I reached the class I would knock and ask if I could take a survey. Then Id say the question, and tell the teacher if she could say one name at a time while the students would day the one sport they would like for this school to have, like Ice hockey or lacrosse etc.

My table:

Sports Happy with what they have Skate boarding Ice hockey Hockey American football Lacrosse Cricket Horse riding Quidich Archery Baseball Go karting rowing boxing

No of Students 7 1 3 3 1 1 5 4 2 1 1 4 1 1

Average:

The sum of the number of students divided by the number of sports: (7+1+3+3+1+1+5+4+2+1+1+4+1+1) / 14 = 2.5

Range: Sum of the highest amount of students minus the lowest:

7-1= 6

Mean: Sum of the number of students divided by the sum of the

number of sports= 2.5

Median: 14 divided by 2=7+1 is the middle number= 7th and 8th

= category= boxing and Quiditch = 1.5

Mode: The most repeated number (7 times) = 1

Graph: Sports that students of year 8 want to have in Nist

8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0

Amnt. of students

Sports people want

Analyzing the graph

- The maximum number of students said they were happy with what they want (7) - 7 sports have the same number of preferences such as skateboarding, American football, lacrosse, archery, baseball, rowing, and boxing (1) This type of graph is the most appropriate graph, since it shows the data clearly and compares the results of preferences amongst the students.

Answer to my research question:

Many people in my year want sports in our school that isnt already there

Improvements for next time:

I will make sure I collect my data on my computer which makes it easier and my data will neater. I will try to get more people to answer my question in the time I have.

Conclusion:
My research question was, is there any 1 sport in this school, that isnt there and you would like to have? And my hypothesis was, People that have played sports that people dont usually know will have a great answer to my question and I will get more answers from the too. My hypothesis was correct, according to the results I got from the students that I surveyed. However, this may not be considered an accurate result as I have surveyed only 35 students. This could have been verified more clearly with a wide survey.