Devin Capela Golden Ratio Project (Phase One) Stats 1510

Introduction

In this experiment, males and females were compared to one another in regards to The Golden Ratio. The Golden Ratio, refers to the length to width ratio of rectangles that is most pleasing to the eye. (http://www.geom.uiuc.edu/~demo5337/s97b/art.htm) The Golden Ratio is also thought by many to be found in infinite aspects of nature, such as sunflower patterns, snails, pinecones, seashells, and even the human body in many different variations and measurements. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=085KSyQVbU&feature=fvst) The Golden Ratio was originally traced back to Ancient Greece, where a man named Leonardo Fibonacci devised a geometric sequence of numbers that was believed to be correlated to many, if not all things in the universe, and that somehow all of these things are derived from this sequence of numbers. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zWivbG0Rio) This experiment was carried out in order to observe and analyze the validity of The Golden Ratio, and to see if both men and women fall into the categorizations of The Golden Ratio, or to what degree of this ratio males and females differ from one another. It was hypothesized that The Golden Ratio would not be held completely intact upon examination of the data of this experiment; the ratios derived from the separate samples will be somewhat close to The Golden Ratio, but the exact ratio of 1.618 will not be found within the data.

Methods

In order to conduct this experiment, two samples of 20 people each (20 males and 20 females) were taken from the population of interest (High School students). This sampling method resembles a stratified random sample, yet since the people that were selected to be measured in the experiment werent necessarily randomly selected via random number generation, this type of sampling method doesnt quite fall under the category of a true stratified random sample. Twenty high school females and twenty high school males were selected by way of randomly stopping by classrooms and asking if a few willing students would like to be measured for a college statistics project. These two samples (one sample of twenty males and one sample of females) are representative of the population; all individuals measured in this experiment were selected in the same manner, measured with the same measuring tape, and do not deviate from the population of interest, high school students, in any way. Six total measurements (in inches) were taken with the one measuring tape from each individual to the nearest half-inch, and three ratios were derived from the data: Total Height and Belly Button to Foot (ratio 1), Finger to Elbow and Wrist to Elbow (ratio 2), and Length of face by Width of Face (ratio 3). TC Stats was used to record the measurements of each individual and to derive the summary statistics as well as graphical displays for both males and females in regards to the three ratios observed.

Results

Upon completion of the experiment, the data that was collected was analyzed by way of graphical display and comparison of five number summaries. Figure 1.1, which is the summary statistics of the females measured in this experiment, and Figure 1.2, which is the

summary statistics of the males measured in this experiment, illustrate the five number summaries of both samples side-by-side so that they may be easily compared to one another in each aspect of the five number summaries. The sample sizes, mean, and standard deviation are also presented in the summary statistics, and allow for the viewer to easily make comparisons between each simple random sample. Figure 1.3 and 1.4 show graphical displays of the five number summaries for both samples presented as box and whisker plots. A box and whisker plot is a type of graph that displays the five number summaries for each desired group on a number line. A box and whisker plot can be very helpful in many cases, and was used in this report to visually show how both samples differed from one another in regards to their three ratios.

Figure 1.1 (Female Summary Statistics)

Figure 1.2 (Male Summary Statistics)

Figure 1.3 (Female Box and Whisker Plot)

Figure 1.4 (Male Box and Whisker Plot)

Appendix (Next Page)

Gender Female Female Female Female Female Female Female Female Female Female Female Female Female Female Female Female Female Female Female Female Male Male Male Male Male Male Male Male Male Male Male Male Male Male Male Male Male Male Male Male

Total Height (inches) 66.5 65.5 69 68 66.5 64 66 67 63 68 61 65.5 64 65 59 66.5 65 65 63 67 67 71 70 72 66 65 70 69 68 71 68 69.5 70 72 71 69.5 68 66 71 71

Belly Button to Foot (inches) 42 39 42 43 42 40 39 43 39 43 39 40 41 40 37 41 40 41 40 41 42 46 43 46 40 40 44 41 42 43 42 43 43 46 44 44 42 41 43 44

Finger to Elbow (inches) 16.5 15 17 18 17 17 16 17 16.5 17.5 15 17 17 16 15.5 17 16 17 15 16.5 17 19 19 18 17 17 18 17 18 18.5 18 17.5 18.5 19 18 18 18 17 21 19

Wrist to Elbow (inches) 10 9 10 11 10 10.5 9 10 10 11 9 10 10.5 10 9 10 9.5 10 9 9.5 10 11 11.5 11 10 10 11 10 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 10.5 13 12

Length of Face (inches) 7 7 7 7 6.5 6 7 8 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 6.5 7 7 7 7 7 7.5 6 6 7 7 6.5 7 7 7 7 6.5 7 7 7 7 7 7

Width of Face (inches) 5.5 5 5 5 4.5 5 5 4.5 5 5 4.5 5 5 4.5 4.5 5 5 5 5 5 6 5 5 6 4.5 5 5 5 5 5 5.5 5 5 4.5 4.5 5 5 5.5 5 5

Ratio #1 1.5833 1.6795 1.6429 1.5814 1.5833 1.6 1.6923 1.5581 1.6154 1.5814 1.5641 1.6375 1.561 1.625 1.5946 1.622 1.625 1.5854 1.575 1.6341 1.5952 1.5435 1.6279 1.5652 1.65 1.625 1.5909 1.6829 1.619 1.6512 1.619 1.6163 1.6279 1.5652 1.6136 1.5795 1.619 1.6098 1.6512 1.6136

Ratio #2 1.65 1.6667 1.7 1.6364 1.7 1.619 1.7778 1.7 1.65 1.5909 1.6667 1.7 1.619 1.6 1.7222 1.7 1.6842 1.7 1.6667 1.7368 1.7 1.7273 1.6522 1.6364 1.7 1.7 1.6364 1.7 1.6364 1.6818 1.6364 1.5909 1.6818 1.7273 1.6364 1.6364 1.6364 1.619 1.6154 1.5833

Ratio #3 1.2727 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4444 1.2 1.4 1.7778 1.4 1.4 1.3333 1.2 1.2 1.3333 1.3333 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.1667 1.4 1.4 1.25 1.3333 1.2 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.2727 1.4 1.4 1.4444 1.5556 1.4 1.4 1.2727 1.4 1.4

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