Statistical+Investigation

=media type="custom" key="4305597"= = = = = = = = **Problem** =

What is the main method of transportation to school of year 8 students from New Zealand?

- Car - Bus - Train - Bike - Boat - Other
 * Options**
 * -** Walking

- Gender
 * Variables**

=**Hypothesis**=

I predict that the largest number of year 8 students from New Zealand will walk to school, as many students live within walking distance from their school, and do not have access to or prefer not to use bikes, scooters etc. or other methods of transportation.

=**Interrogation**=

A random sample of 100 year 8 students from New Zealand of mixed genders from Census At School was taken to test my hypothesis.

=**Data**=
 * || **Number of students using transportation** ||
 * **Walk** || 29 ||
 * **Car** || 30 ||
 * **Bus** || 27 ||
 * **Train** || 1 ||
 * **Bike** || 10 ||
 * **Boat** || 0 ||
 * **Other** || 3 ||


 * || **Girls** || **Boys** ||
 * **Walk** || 15 || 14 ||
 * **Car** || 19 || 11 ||
 * **Bus** || 17 || 10 ||
 * **Train** || 0 || 1 ||
 * **Bike** || 3 || 7 ||
 * **Boat** || 0 || 0 ||
 * **Other** || 0 || 3 ||

= = = = = = =**Graphing**= = = = = == = = = = = = = = = = == = =

=**Analysis**=

- Cars had the most amount of students using them to get to school, with 30 out of 100 students using this method. Walking was second with 29 students, then taking the bus with 27, riding a bike with 10, none of the transportation's given with 3, taking a train with 1, and taking a boat with a grand total of 0 out of 100 students.

- More females walked, took cars and caught buses to get to school than males, though more males biked, took trains or used different transportation's to the options given. = = = = = = = = =**Conclusion**=

My hypothesis was proved incorrect. My hypothesis stated that I believed that the largest number of students walked to school, though my investigation proved that it could be assumed that a larger number of students used cars to get to school than walking, although walking came in as a close second in the results.