Sojo students on distribution of wealth
Description of topic:
My topic is about the distribution of wealth in America. This is important to study because it lets us citizens realize where all the money is going. This also shows us who is holding most of the money and possibly the power in America this is why it is important to study this because it will reveal some truths about the distribution of money.
NULL: There is no difference from the three graphs I show there is a possibility each graph will get chosen 1/3 of the time.
ALTERNATIVE: There is a difference in which graph will get chosen more and it will be the one in between which almost evenly distributes the wealth in America.
Description of statistic:
My variables are three different graphs. My variables are going to be categorical because my subjects are picking graphs compared to recording a number. The subjects will choose from 3 graphs and pick which graph they think represents the distribution of wealth here in America. This statistic is ethical because it is not asking my subjects any uncomfortable question.
Description of data collection process:
I will use a simple random sample to gather the subjects for my study. I will gather information from 30 different subjects so that this way I can meet the condition of normality for my test. Also to meet the condition of independence I need to gather data from both juniors and seniors from Social Justice and Infinity. This will help me meet the condition of independence because it will meet the 10% condition meaning that there are more than 300 juniors and seniors in both of these schools. The way I will try to keep this test random is by gathering the roster of these students and randomly selecting 15 students from Social Justice and 15 from infinity. The way that I will keep this study random is by using the computer to select 15 random numbers from the roster.
What I hope to answer with this information is what juniors and seniors from these two schools think the distribution of wealth is compared to what they would like it to be.
The way that I will collect my data is by just recording which graph they choose from these three graphs as the actual distribution of wealth.
Which of these graphs do you think represents the distribution of wealth in the United States?
My topic is about the distribution of wealth in America. This is important to study because it lets us citizens realize where all the money is going. This also shows us who is holding most of the money and possibly the power in America this is why it is important to study this because it will reveal some truths about the distribution of money.
NULL: There is no difference from the three graphs I show there is a possibility each graph will get chosen 1/3 of the time.
ALTERNATIVE: There is a difference in which graph will get chosen more and it will be the one in between which almost evenly distributes the wealth in America.
Description of statistic:
My variables are three different graphs. My variables are going to be categorical because my subjects are picking graphs compared to recording a number. The subjects will choose from 3 graphs and pick which graph they think represents the distribution of wealth here in America. This statistic is ethical because it is not asking my subjects any uncomfortable question.
Description of data collection process:
I will use a simple random sample to gather the subjects for my study. I will gather information from 30 different subjects so that this way I can meet the condition of normality for my test. Also to meet the condition of independence I need to gather data from both juniors and seniors from Social Justice and Infinity. This will help me meet the condition of independence because it will meet the 10% condition meaning that there are more than 300 juniors and seniors in both of these schools. The way I will try to keep this test random is by gathering the roster of these students and randomly selecting 15 students from Social Justice and 15 from infinity. The way that I will keep this study random is by using the computer to select 15 random numbers from the roster.
What I hope to answer with this information is what juniors and seniors from these two schools think the distribution of wealth is compared to what they would like it to be.
The way that I will collect my data is by just recording which graph they choose from these three graphs as the actual distribution of wealth.
Which of these graphs do you think represents the distribution of wealth in the United States?
Graph 1: Actual Total
8,5 15
Graph2: Estimate 15
7,8 30
Graph3 : Ideal
0,2
Total
Seniors
Juniors
8,5 15
Graph2: Estimate 15
7,8 30
Graph3 : Ideal
0,2
Total
Seniors
Juniors
For my study i conducted a chi square test for associations/independence
The equation i needed to use is (row total * column total)/Total
It looks like this 15*13=195/30=6.5
This is then done for the other six.
Significance level is .05
(Observed-expected)^2/expected
Then using the calculator I got: chi sq: 2.758974
p value: 0.8384328
df: 6
The equation i needed to use is (row total * column total)/Total
It looks like this 15*13=195/30=6.5
This is then done for the other six.
Significance level is .05
(Observed-expected)^2/expected
Then using the calculator I got: chi sq: 2.758974
p value: 0.8384328
df: 6
conclusion: since my p value is greater than the 0.05 significance level, I do not have enough evidence to reject the null and can not conclude that there is no difference between seniors and juniors in terms of what they think the wealth distribution is.