Dennison,+B

=Culminating Task= Brittany Dennison

Brainstorming:

 * Students with jobs || Grade average ||
 * Students who eat breakfast || Grade average ||
 * Students who are involved in school sports || Grade average ||
 * Amount of money spent on Alcohol at university || Amount of money spent on university ||
 * Hours spent on the computer || Grade average ||
 * Kids who smoke at school || Class attendance ||
 * ** Students with a car ** || ** Class attendance ** ||
 * ====Students with cars Vs. Missed classes====
 * ====Students with cars Vs. Missed classes====



Question:
Is there a strong positive correlation between the class attendance of students who have cars and students that do not. As the number of students with cars increase, will the amount of classes missed go up?

Independent Variable :
Students with cars

Dependent Variable:
Classes missed

Hypothesis:
I believe there will be a strong positive correlation between the class attendance of students who have cars and students who do not. I think the students with the cars are less likely to attend as many classes as those who have a car. I know myself that having a car at school makes it more tempting to just skip class and go home.

**Information:**
i chose this topic because i know many kids at school that have vehicles and find it hard not to skip class with it. Research has shown that students with higher attendance have an overall higher average than students who often skip class. In some studies it was shown that students who find their classes more exciting or interesting tend to skip them less. Perhaps students with vehicles find skipping class with their car more thrilling then going to class. Some may agree that kids driving them selves to school is a positive thing because they have more responsibility and get a better understanding for time management. It also allows them to get to any extra curricular activities with no hassle.



Survey:
(This survey will be handed out to 20 grade 12's at Ancaster High)

1. Do you own a car, or have one you can drive ?
[ ] Yes [ ] No

2. How many days of the week do you drive a car to school?
[ ] 0 [ ] 1 [ ] 2 [ ] 3 [ ] 4 [ ] 5

3. Do you have any spares?
[ ] Yes [ ] No

4. How often do you skip class a week with you car, if at all
[ ] 0 [ ] 1 [ ] 2 [ ] 3 [ ] 4 [ ] 5

5. Do you find you miss class more now that you have a car?
[ ] Yes [ ] No

6. If you do not have a car, do you miss class more with your friend with cars rather than friends with no cars?
[ ] Yes [ ] No

1. Do you own a car, or have one you can drive ?
[**13**] Yes [ **7**] No

2. How many days of the week do you drive a car to school?
[**7**] 0 [**2**] 1 [**2** ] 2 [**1** ] 3 [**0** ] 4 [**8**] 5

3. Do you have any spares?
[**14**] Yes [**6** ] No

4. How often do you skip class a week with you car, if at all
[**7** ] 0 [**3** ] 1 [**3** ] 2 [**3** ] 3 [**3** ] 4 [**1**] 5

5. Do you find you miss class more now that you have a car?
[**11** ] Yes [**9** ] No

6. If you do not have a car, do you miss class more with your friend with cars rather than friends with no cars?
[**12** ] Yes [**8** ] No

Sampling Technique:
Simple Random Sample - Every member of the population has an equal chance of being selected. Any one in grade 12 that wanted to answer my survey had the option to, there was so specific order in which i picked the surveyors.

Sampling Bias:
When a sample or sampling frame does not reflect the characteristics of the population. This survey displays sampling bias because only twenty people from grade 12 were surveyed.

2. How many days of the week do you drive a car to school?
[**7**] 0 [**2**] 1 [**2** ] 2 [**1** ] 3 [**0** ] 4 [**8**] 5

6 = 3.3
 * Mean =** __7+2+2+1+0+8__
 * Median** - Middle value = 2


 * Mode-** most frequently occurring number = 2

= 8
 * Range**- difference between largest and smallest value = 8-0

r= __-6__ = -0.032 34860 //*Weak Negative Correlation//
 * Standard Deviation**-

y= -0.06x+ 4.8
 * Line of best fit**- y=ax+b

4. How often do you skip class a week with you car, if at all
[**7** ] 0 [**3** ] 1 [**3** ] 2 [**3** ] 3 [**3** ] 4 [**1**] 5

6 =3.3
 * Mean**= __7+3+3+3+3+1__


 * Median-** Middle value =3


 * Mode-** most frequently occurring number =3

= 6 r= __-90__ 110.36 r= -0.816 //*Strong Negative correlation//
 * Range**- difference between largest and smallest value = 7-1
 * Standard Deviation**-

y= -0.86x + 5.45 Based on the survey it would appear that there is a positive strong correlation of the number of classes missed for kids who have cars compared to those who do not. Unfortunately from the two questions there is not enough information to base the theory around, we can however see from the survey that it would seem to be true that more students with vehicles skip class than students with no cars. If i were to do another project like this i would come up with a longer survey, and ask more people, leaving me with more data.
 * Line of best fit**- y=ax+b
 * Conclusion:**

Facts About Students Who Skip Class Read more at http://www.articlealley.com/article_536104_22.html?ktrack=kcplink (2008, May 13). In //Article Alley//. Retrieved November 14, 2010
 * Sources: **
 * http://www.articlealley.com/article_536104_22.html

Clay, T., & Breslow, L. (2006, April). Why Students Don't Attend Class. In //MIT faculty newsletter//. Retrieved November 14, 2010
 * http://web.mit.edu/fnl/volume/184/breslow.html


 * //Class Attendance Article//. N.p., n.d. Web. 3 Jan. 2011. .