Part 1

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Part 1: Developing a Research Question & Selecting Bivariate Data

For the final project you will determine whether there is sufficient evidence of difference between two variables. For part 1, you will develop a research question and select bivariate data for analysis. Your research question and data selection must be approved by the instructor.

1. Research question:

To develop your research question, consider things that you are interested in or wondering about that may be answered with bivariate (two sets of) data.

Some possible student research questions are:

· Do movies with a higher production budget result in a higher worldwide gross revenue?

· Do NFL athletes with higher QB performance have higher salaries?

· Do states with a higher college degree rate have a lower poverty rate?

· Do Coca-Cola beverages with higher sugar content have more calories?

· Do countries that consume more coffee per capita have longer working hours?

· Does a doctor with more residential training have higher salaries in New York?

· Do cars with more engine horsepower have higher average miles per gallon?

· Do counties, states, or regions with higher college degree rates have higher median income?

· Do countries with higher women’s education levels have lower infant mortality rates?

· Do heavier baseball players have higher hitting averages?

· Do soccer players with a higher FIFA rating earn more money?

· Do YouTube Channels with a higher number of subscribers have a higher view count?

· Do Major League Baseball pitchers with a lower Earned Run Average have a higher number of credited wins? (The number of wins credited to the pitcher within one year’s regular season.)

· Do states with a higher median household income have a higher percentage of homeless people?

· Do brands of cars in the United States with more horsepower cost more?

· Do states with a higher number of registered nurses (per 100,000 residents) have a higher median salary?

· Do states with higher percentages of immigration population have a higher crime rate?

· Do countries with high education levels have a lower fertility rate?

· Do states with higher Flu Vaccine Rates have lower Influenza/Pneumonia death rates?

· Do states with higher median household income have lower violent crime rates?

Type your research question here:

2. Data selection and source

Below is a list of websites students may use to obtain data. There are tons of resources where you can obtain real data. You may use other sites, but make sure that it is a legitimate website. Finding good data to analyze will take a good amount of time so plan ahead!

Submit this document and Excel file of your data (with three columns clearly labeled with name of the data point, independent variable with units, dependent variable with units)