Zeeburg Secondary School
School-Based Assessment
Name Of Candidates : Natalia barrow
Aditya Mohan
Jonathon Cambridge
Karuna Mohan
Candidates Number : 090057
090057
090057
090057
Subject : Mathematics
Topic : Do Boys weigh more than girls in teenage years?
School Code : 090057
Proficiency : General
Territory : Guyana
Year of Exam : 2021
Name Of Teacher : Ms.Anila Persaud
Acknowledgments
The successful completion of this project would not be possible without the assistance and
cooperation of several people. Consequently, the researcher would like to thank the members of
the researcher’s family that provided her with unconditional support and assistance,
Students of grade 10 for their cooperation and support,
Finally, the researcher would like to express sincere gratitude to her teacher; Miss.Anila Persaud
for her guidance throughout this project.
Table of content
Acknowledgments ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ( )
Introduction------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ( )
Method of Data collection-------------------------------------------------------------------- ( )
Presentation and explanation of data-------------------------------------------------------- ( )
Interpretation of data-------------------------------------------------------------------------- ( )
Findings----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ( )
Conclusion-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ( )
Mark scheme------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ( )
Introduction
It has long been a question as to “who weighs more in their teenage years”. The researcher
intends to survey the students of grade 10 to be able to give an accurate answer to the question.
Method of data collection
Survey:
To gather information for this project, the researcher used a survey method. A survey can be
defined as; to take a general or comprehensive view of or appraise, as a situation, area of study.
A survey has a variety of purposes and can be carried in many ways depending on the objectives
to be achieved. To collect data, the researcher surveyed the grade 10 students of Zeeburg
Secondary School to determine whether boys weigh more than girls in their teenage years.
The data collected was placed under tables and then combined for the final results.
Presentation of data
The table below shows the data collected for boys n grade 10
Classes Frequency
45-49 10
50-54 8
55-59 6
60-64 4
65-69 4
70-74 5
75-79 5
80-84 4
85-89 2
90-94 2
50
Presentation of data
The table below shows the data collected for girls
Classes Frequency
30-34 1
35-39 6
40-45 7
46-49 2
50-54 10
55-59 7
60-64 6
65-69 4
70-74 2
75-79 3
80-84 2
50
Presentation of data
The histogram is a column graph with no spaces between each column, since the data is
continuous. It is used to represent a frequency Distribution where the weight of the column
rectangles represent the frequencies of each class or class mid-point, provided the width of the
class intervals are the same.
In order to construct the histogram, the researcher needed to find the upper and lower class
boundaries of each class height. By adding the upper limit of one class to the lower limit of the
next class and dividing by 2 the class boundaries can be found.
Width of class interval= upper class boundary – lower class boundary
The mode is the class with the highest frequency. The medium is 50% of the distribution. The
mean height for form 4 can be found using the following formulae:
Analysis of data
The table bellows shows the data for grade in grade 10
Class Class
weight[ weight[ Class
cm] cm] mid Freque xf
points ncy
Using Using
limits class x f
bounda
ries
30-34 29.5- 32 1 32
34.5
35-39 34.5- 37 6 222
39.5
40-45 39.5- 42.5 7 297.5
45.5
46-49 45.5- 47.5 2 95
49.5
50-54 49.5- 52 10 520
54.5
55-59 54.5- 57 7 399
59.5
60-64 59.5- 62 6 372
64.5
65-69 64.5- 67 4 268
69.5
70-74 69.5- 72 2 144
74.5
75-79 74.5- 77 3 231
79.5
80-84 79.5- 82 2 164
84.5
50 Εxf=27
44.5
Mean weight, ˉx=∑fxn
==X= 2744.5/50
==X=54.89
==X=55
Median
Classes Frequency Cumulative frequency
30-34 1 1
35-39 6 1+6=7
40-45 7 1+6+7=14
46-49 2 1+6+7+2=16
50-54 10 1+6+7+2+10=26
55-59 7 1+6+7+2+10+7=33
60-64 6 1+6+7+2+10+7+6=39
65-69 4 1+6+7+2+10+7+6+4=43
70-74 2 1+6+7+2+10+7+6+4+2=45
75-79 3 1+6+7+2+10+7+6+4+2+3=48
80-84 2 1+6+7+2+10+7+6+4+2+3+2=50
50
Finding median
n = 50
∴ n/2=25
n
−cf
∴ 2
m=l+ ×c
f
m= 46+ 25- 14 * 4
m= 46 + 11*4
m= 46+ 44
m= 46+22
m= 68
Mode
Mode= lb + D1 i
D1+D2
mode= 49.5 + 3 5
3+8
Mode=49.5 + (15/11)
Mode=49.5+1.36
Mode=50.86
Data analysis
The table below shows the data for boys in grade 10
Class weight[cm] Class weight[cm]
Class mid points Frequency xf
Using limits Using class x f
boundaries
45-49 44.5-49.5 47 10 470
50-54 49.5-54.5 52 8 416
55-59 54.5-59.5 57 6 342
60-64 59.5-64.5 62 4 248
65-69 64.5-69.5 67 4 268
70-74 69.5-74.5 72 5 360
75-79 74.5-79.5 77 5 385
80-84 79.5-84.5 82 4 328
85-89 84.5-89.5 87 2 174
90-94 89.5-94.5 92 2 184
50 Εxf =3175
Mean weight, ˉx=∑fxn
==X= 3175/50
==X=54.89
==X=63.5
Median
Classes Frequency Cumulative frequency
45-49 10 10
50-54 8 10+8=18
55-59 6 10+8+6=24
60-64 4 10+8+6+4=28
65-69 4 10+8+6+4+4=32
70-74 5 10+8+6+4+4+5=37
75-79 5 10+8+6+4+4+5+5=42
80-84 4 10+8+6+4+4+5+5+4=46
85-89 2 10+8+6+4+4+5+5+4+2=48
90-94 2 10+8+6+4+4+5+5+4+2+2=50
50 50
Finding Median
n = 50
∴ n/2=25
n
−cf
∴ 2
m=l+ ×c
f
m= 60 + 25- 24 * 4
m= 60 + 1*4
m= 60 + 4
m= 60 +1
m= 61
Mode
Mode= lb + D1
D1+D2
Mode=
Discussion of findings
From the calculations done above the researcher was able to determine that the mean weight for
the boys in grade 10 was 63.5kg. The mode of the boys weight in grade 10 was said to be……..
This information was represented on a histogram
From the calculations done above the researcher was able to determine that the mean weight for
the girls in grade 10 was 55. The mode of the girls weight in grade 10 was said to be…50.86…..
This information was represented on a histogram
Conclusion
This project was used to determine the solution to the main problem which was to satisfy the
desire to know what the mean weight of the researcher’s class was, and to find the modal and
median class intervals. Some of the advantages of using the histogram are; it can be used to
determine statistical information such as the mean value, the mode or highest block and the
minimum class interval value. Also, it is a comprehensive way of visualizing the distribution of
the data. However there are limitations to the histogram such as simplifying the data into a single
scale. In addition, the histogram s based on two sets of data, but some types of data are very
complex and contains multiple data sets, therefore the analysis of two sets only may not be
enough to make informed decisions.
Reference
Internet sources
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/znmtsbk/articles/z4ymtv4
https://www.mathsisfun.com/data/frequency-grouped-mean-median-mode.html
http://atozmath.com/example/StatsG.aspx
