1. Cecelia Kaido, Danielle Joanis, Mike Brown, Lexy Peck
Animal Naming
Cecelia Kaido, Danielle Joanis, Mike Brown, Lexy Peck

2. Proposal
We tested people in our community to see how many animals individuals can verbally name in 60 seconds. We tested people in the age range of Our null hypothesis was We conducted our survey on Wednesday, January 20th at VVS during a wrestling match. We obtained permission from Mr. Brown to conduct our survey.

3. Purpose
We compared the number of animals people in our community could name to the numbers from 735 individuals in another community. We hypothesized that members of our community would be able to name more animals in 60 seconds than the individuals in our population.

4. Procedure OUR SURVEY Got permission from Mr. Brown
Set up a table in the Sheveron Center during a wrestling match
Randomly tested people who were willing to do the study
We timed the people for 60 seconds as they named as many animals as they could on the spot and recorded their number onto the survey they filled out
We handed out candy as a thank you to those who volunteered
Gender: (Circle one) Female Male
Age: _______
What high school do you currently (or previously) attend?
___________________
Did you attend college? (circle one)
YES NO
What is your favorite animal? ___________________
# of animals _______

5. Number of Animals Named in 60 Seconds

6. Averages Based on Age
±1.5 Margin of Error
90% Confidence Level

7. Averages Based on Gender
±2.0 Margin of Error
90% Confidence Level
±2.2 Margin of Error
90% Confidence Level

8. Education of Participants
Margin of Error: ±2.7
With 90% confidence
Margin of Error: ±3.0
With 90% confidence
Margin of Error: ±1.5
With 90% confidence

9. High School of Participants
Margin of Error: ±1.9
With 90% confidence level

10. Favorite Animal of Participants
38.7%
6.5%
6.5%

11. Results- Hypothesis Reject H0 H0 : μ=16.9 H1: μ > 16.9 α = .01
d.f. = 30
t = (x-μ)/(s/√n)
t = ( )/(6.5/√31)
t = 12.85
P-value = 4.9 x P-value ≈ 0
P-value < α
Reject H0

12. Conclusion
Our sample average was 31.9 while the population average was Our community is right-tailed because our community was able to name more animals than the population. We were able to reject H0 because our p-value was smaller than the level of significance.
Due to such a small P-value it is not likely that our sample would be randomly chosen from the population. Our sample must be different. It could be different due to the location of our community from where the individuals came.

13. Biases Mood of individual taking survey
Survey based on volunteer participation
Those in a bad or unfriendly mood were not willing to volunteer
Some were easily frustrated by their performance
People could have lied about age
If people were uncomfortable with sharing their age they could have effected our age intervals unknowingly
Sampled at a wrestling match
Limited demographics
Only two school participating were VVS and Whiteboro
Lack of a diverse ethnicities and culture
Distractions
People everywhere and in a loud environment
Harder to focus with so much commotion
People focused on wrestling more than anything else
Participants may have know before hand from others
They would have been thinking about animals to say rather than thinking on the spot

14. Modifications
We could have tested in a more quiet and calm environment
Tested where there would be a greater variety of people
Tested in a more neutral location
Sampled earlier and more

15. Evaluation
If we could do our project over again, we would have sampled earlier. We would have been able to get a bigger sample, as well. We would have had more time to compare averages and draw more connections.
If we were able to find a location to have a larger diversity of individuals, our data may have been closer to the population averages.
Handing out candy was helpful because it gave individuals an incentive to participate.
We hypothesized correctly that our sample would be larger than the population.

16. Works Cited
Tombaugh, Tom N., Jean Kozack, and Laura Rees. "FAS and Animal Naming."
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