1. Classification by Birth Years By: Yosuke Kawai Honors 291S
Cemetery Project
Classification by Birth Years
By: Yosuke Kawai Honors 291S

2. Purpose and Hypothesis
Purpose -To examine possible trends and patterns of birth years of the individuals of the cemetery
Hypothesis -Null Hypothesis: There will be no significant trend or pattern in the plot layout. -Alternative Hypothesis: There will be a significant trend or pattern in the plot layout.

3. 1856~1865
1866~1875
1876~1885
1886~1895
1896~1905
1906~1915
1916~1925
1925 and later
Figure 1. The cemetery plots of the Moiliili Japanese Cemetery classified by birth years.

4. Birth Year Range
# of plots
1856~1865 13
1866~1875 24
1876~1885 56
1886~1895 66
1896~1905 29
1906~1915 28
1916~1925 17
1925 and above 5
Blank
149
Total
387

6. Birth Year Range
% of Total
1856~1865
3.36
1866~1875
6.2
1876~1885
14.47
1886~1895
17.05
1896~1905
7.49
1906~1915
7.24
1916~1925
4.39
1925 and above
1.29
Blank
38.5
Total
99.99

7. Important Notes
Most gravestones had more than one name (and date) written; the earliest birth date was used
Blank refers to stones with no birth dates
Even if the day of death and age of death was given, it was omitted

8. Couple of Other Notes
The earliest birth year is 1856; Takahashi, Yoshi (9/1/1856).
The latest birth year is 1950; Yano, Patrick Katsumi (11/8/1950).

9. Conclusion
The birth year of an individual does not really provide useful information as a death year would
In fact, the relative age of the individual may have been more useful
Project may contain error due to incompleteness of the excel sheet; and also due to time (will revise)