Detailed findings drawn by comparing the mean, standard deviation, and distribution of the respondents CGPA based on their age, work environment and studying assignment solution.

Assignment instruction

Create a series of graphs (histograms, polygons, bar graphs, etc.) that summarize your findings in items 3 and 4. In other words, create graphs that compare the means and standard deviations of the dependent variable by the levels of the independent variable of interest. Discuss your findings. items 3 and 4 are below and info or background info for the problem is at the very bottom under items 3 and 4. The only thing I need help solving and creating is this item #5 parts regarding graphs and summarization. These numbers are based on 29 students who completed a survey in my class if that helps.

item #3 Measures of Central Tendency-

Research question: What determines one’s GPA?

Hypothesis: Those who are younger than 25, sit in the front of the class, and have a study partner will be more likely to have a better grade than people who are opposite.

Independent variable:

1. Studying

2. Work environment

3. Age

How do the variables of (IV1) studying, (IV 2) Work environment, and (IV 3) Age affect (DV)Grade point Average?

Age:

People that are above 25

People that are below 25

Work environment:

People that sit in the front

People that sit in the middle

People that sit in the back

Studying:

People that have a study partner

People that don’t have a study partner

SOLUTION

This section presents a graphical analysis of the hypothesis by comparing the mean, standard deviation, and distribution of the respondent's CGPA based on their age, work environment, and studying.

Effect of Age on CGPA

We used graphs to compare the CGPA of students above 25 years to those below 25 years. We hypothesized that students below 25 years will have high CGPA than respondents above 25 years. Figure 1 shows the histogram of the distribution of CGPA by age.

Fig 1: Histogram of CGPA by Age

Fig 2: Box plot of the distribution of CGPA by Age

CGPA and Work Environment

We hypothesized that respondents who sit in the front should have high CGPA than others whether they sit in the middle or at the back. Fig 1 shows the histogram of the distribution of CGPA across the three categories. The result shows that while the CGPA of respondents who sits in the front and middle does not seem to follow a normal distribution, the CGPA of respondents who sit at the back also does not follow a normal distribution. The CGPA of respondents who sits at the front is less spread out than others.

Fig 4: Histogram of CGPA by Work Environment

Fig 2 presents the box plot of CGPA against the work environment. The result confirms the non-normality of the distribution of CGPA across work environments. Moreover, the median CGPA is higher for respondents who sit in the front compared to other respondents.

Fig 5: Box plot of the distribution of CGPA by the Work environment

Fig 7 presents the bar chart of means and standard deviation of CGPA across the work environment. The result shows that respondents who sit in the front have the highest average CGPA followed by those who sit in the back. On the other hand, the variation in CGPA is the lowest for those who sit at the front as they have the lowest standard deviation while the highest variation is found for respondents who sit at the back.

Fig 6: Bar Chart Showing Means and Standard deviations of CGPA by age

Conclusion

The result shows that the work environment affects CGPA as people who sit in the front have the highest average and median CGPA. Thus, the hypothesis is confirmed.

Effect of Studying on CGPA

We hypothesized those respondents who have study partners have high CGPA than those without study partners. Figure 7 shows the histogram of the distribution of CGPA by studying.

Fig 7: Histogram of CGPA by Studying

The figure shows that while the CGPA of those who have study partners is normally distributed and less spread out, the CGPA of those without study partners is not normally distributed and is more spread out.

Fig 8: Box plot of the distribution of CGPA by Studying

Figure 8 presents the box plot showing the distribution of CGPA by study. The distribution of respondents who have study partners is confirmed to be normal as we see that the median and quartiles are almost evenly spaced. We also discovered from the plot that the median CGPA for respondents who have study partners is not much different from those who have study partners.

Fig 9: Bar Chart Showing Means and Standard deviations of CGPA by study

Fig 9 is a bar chart showing the means and standard deviation of CGPA by study. The result shows that the average CGPA is not different for respondents with and without study partners but the variation is slightly higher for respondents without study partners.

Conclusion

Having a study partner does not affect CGPA as the average and median CGPA is the same for those who have and do not have a study partner. Thus, our hypothesis is not confirmed.