Scenario

The recommended number of calories for a young, active, female adult to consume in a day is 2,200 calories. Suppose you're a nutrition consultant for the female sports team at College Great. You would like to know whether the average amount of calories consumed per day, on average, for the female, varsity sports players at your college is equal to the recommended amount, 2,200 calories.

Questions to answer:

1. Describe how you could choose a sample from the population of all female varsity sports players at College Great. How would you get players to participate (online surveys, in-person interviews, mandatory participation, etc)?

2. Write out a research question and provide a description of data.

2a. Write out the research question this nutritionist is interested in finding an answer. What question is the nutritionist trying to answer? Be sure to word this as a question.

2b. Describe what data you would collect on this sample to answer the research question. Make sure you collect data on each variable that is part of the research question. List the information you need to collect to answer the research question.

3. State the null hypothesis, Ho, and alternative hypothesis, Ha, that go along with your research question:

3a. In words.

3b. Using statistical notation The null hypothesis (Ho) is... The alternative hypothesis (Ha)is...

4. Provide descriptive statistics and graph suggestions.

4a. What descriptive statistics would you provide that would help you answer this research question? (Mean, mode, median, standard deviation, skewness, variance, etc).

4b. What graph(s) could you provide that would help you answer this research question? (Why type of graph would you use -bar graph, histogram, pie chart, scatter plot, etc- and what would the labels be on the x-axis and y-axis?)