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“Project 4”
Ms. McArthur
Sarethia Grant
Tuskegee University
Hypothesis:
The bivariate table shows: the relationship between the consumption of fruits and how it
immediate contributor to losing weight? The independent variable was the consumption
of fruit, the dependent variable was weight loss, and the control was sex. In the chart, the
value of the variables “servings of fruit” symbolizes how many times a day an individual
has consumed fruit. Although I think that the consumption of fruit will have an effect on
would be gradual.
Rational:
Diet is a direct correlation with weight. When people incorporate their good eating habits
as well as healthy living circumstances, they tend to feel good about themselves. They are
more energized and in better spirits than most. The loss of weight is usually correlated
with healthy eating. Even when weight is not lost, the stability of ones weight is generally
achieved by maintaining it’s self. I think that the independent variable (fruit) influences
the dependent variable (weight loss) due to the direct correlation with healthy eating
lifestyle and the maintaining of weight. The control variable will have a little bit of an
impact due to the fact that different sexes eat differently. Males tend to eat more and have
more control of their weight distribution. Females tend to struggle more with their weight
and try to find more means of maintaining weight. Because of the different structure of
Results:
Bivariate Table
Weight Loss by Fruit
Servings of fruit incorporation with weight loss
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Multivariate Table
Weight Loss by Sex
Females Servings of fruit incorporation with weight loss
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Was weight lost? 1 2 3 4 5 6 Row total
Discussion:
Prior to me configuring my charts, I thought that my hypothesis was correct. My
hypothesis stated that when eating fruit; it could be a direct contributor to weight loss or
weight maintaining. The charts incorporate the consumption of fruit, weigh loss, and sex.
The sex of my charts was split into two: female, and male. I found that my hypothesis
was (as a consensus) wrong.
After doing my charts I found that I was unwittingly wrong. My charts showed that as a
whole many people did not see a huge impact on weight after the consumption of fruit.
However, the more servings of fruit consumed daily by an individual the more likely
people were to either maintain or lose their weight. The people who had 6 servings of
fruit per day versus the individuals who had 1 or two were more successful in either
maintaining their weight than those who had less.
Even with the distribution of sex (both male and female) the results were just as typical as
those of the consensus. Males who ate more fruit could maintain or lose weight much
more steadily than those who eat less than that amount. The same exact thing went for the
females in my charts. The more consumption of fruits the more weight could be
“controlled”. As a whole for my multivariate charts the individuals who lost the most
weight were those individuals who eat the most fruit.
Appendix: Bivariate Crosstabs
Multivariate Crosstabs
Syntax: