CAN YOU

IDENTIFY
THESE
PEOPLE?
POP CULTURE FIGURES

POP CULTURE FIGURES

Zac Efron, Simon Cowell, Michael Phelps,
Adriana Lima, Conan O' Brian, Julia Roberts,
Alexander Rodriguez, Hugh Jackman, Yao Ming,
Tina Fey.
POLITICAL FIGURES

POLITICAL FIGURES
Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi, Antonio Villaraigosa,
Sarah Palin, Kim Jong Il, Saddam Hussein,
Howard Dean, Rob Blagojevich, Hillary Clinton,
Condoleezza Rice.
 POPULAR
VS.
AP Statistics By Tam Au, Kelly Ho, Aimee Le, Nancy Le, John Nguyen,
Tiffany Nguyen, Vinny Quach, Lucia Rafanelli, Jamie Tran,
OBJECTIVE:
To find out whether a student's GPA, his/her
parent's education level, or his/her political
PROCEDURE
HOW:
1) Target students during
their English class
2) Interviewer(s) will go into
an English class.
3) Using a random number
generator, choose
assigned number of
student.
4) Each student will be
pulled out of class and
surveyed individually.
5) Answer pre-survey
TARGET:
 13 English 4P
students and 1 AP Lit
student
 10 English 3P
students and 2 AP
Lang/Comp students
 12 English 2P
students and 4
English 2H students
 10 English 1P
BASIC STATISTICS

BASIC STATISTICS
vn = 57
v8/57 people knew more political figures
than pop culture figures
v9/57 people knew the same amount of
political and pop culture figures
v40/57 people knew more pop culture
figures than political figures
 POP CULTURE FIGURES STATISTICS

•mean number of •min=0

pop culture •q1=2
figures
•med=3
recognized =
3.6491 •q3=5
•max=9
•sx pop
culture=2.0133
 POLITICAL FIGURES STATISTICS

•mean number of •min=0

political figures •q1=1
recognized =
•med=2
2.1754
•q3=3
•sx political =
•max=9
2.2291
SIGNIFICANCE TEST #1

Requirements:  Ho: µpop=µpolitical;

vThe students  On average, LQ
interviewed comprise
a random sample of
students recognized
LQ students. the same number of
vEach student’s pop culture and
answers are political figures.
independent.
 Ha: µpop>µpolitical;
vA large sample size
means the CLT  On average, LQ
ensures approximate students recognized
normality.
more pop culture
figures than political
SIGNIFICANCE TEST #1
 2-Sample T Test for
Means:
 t=3.7042
 p=0.0002
 Conclusion: Reject
Ho at alpha level
0.01. There is
overwhelming
evidence that LQ
students, on
average, recognize
more pop culture
figures than political
figures.
SIGNIFICANCE TEST #2

Requirements:
 Ho: There is no
correlation between
*All expected whether or not an LQ
counts > 5 student identifies with a
*Students political party and
interviewed his/her recognition of
comprised a political figures.
random sample of  Ha: There is a
LQ students. correlation between
whether or not an LQ
*Each student’s student identifies with a
answers are political party and
independent. his/her recognition of
political figures.
 SIGNIFICANCE TEST #2
 Chi-Square Test:
 X2≈7.4536≈3.1981+1.
2634+2.1634+0.8443
 p≈0.0063
 df=1
 Conclusion: Reject Ho
at alpha level 0.01.
There is a correlation
between whether or
not an LQ student
identifies with a
political party and
his/her recognition of
SIGNIFICANCE TEST #3

Requirements:
 Ho: There is no
*All expected correlation between
counts > 5 parent education level
*Students and student
interviewed recognition of political
comprised a figures.
random sample of  Ha: There is a
LQ students. correlation between
*Each student’s parent education level
answers are and student
independent. recognition of political
figures.
 SIGNIFICANCE TEST #3
 Chi-Square Test:
 X2≈0.0434
 p≈0.8349
 df=1
 Conclusion: Fail to
reject Ho at alpha
level 0.05. There is
not sufficient
evidence to suggest
a correlation
between parent
education level and
student recognition
of political figures.
SIGNIFICANCE TEST #4

Requirements:
 Ho: There is no
*All expected correlation between
counts > 5 GPA and student
*Students recognition of political
interviewed figures.
comprised a
random sample of
 Ha: There is a
LQ students. correlation between
*Each student’s GPA and student
answers are recognition of political
independent. figures.
 SIGNIFICANCE TEST #4
 Chi-Square Test:
 X2≈0.7038
 p≈0.4015
 df=1
 Conclusion: Fail
to reject Ho at
alpha level 0.05.
There is not
sufficient evidence
to suggest a
correlation
between GPA and
student