7.

0 Skewness

Statistics
height
N Valid 246
Missing 25
Mean 170.22
Median 170.00
Mode 165
Skewness .355
Std. Error of
.155
Skewness

Figure 7 : Height in cm shown in skewness diagram

 In probability theory and statistics, skewness is a measure of the asymmetry

of the probability distribution of a real-valued random variable about its mean. Variable

of height of respondents is chosen because it is a continuous numerical variable and

we can observe how the data distribute and the concentration of data.

The skewness value can be positive, negative, or undefined, depending on

whether data points are skewed to the left and negative, or to the right and positive of

the data average. A dataset that shows this characteristic differs from a normal bell

curve.

Based on the above diagram, out of 246 respondents, 25 respondents did

not respond to the survey on their height in (cm). The coefficient of skewness is

measured to be 0.355, the value is >0, which means the data is slightly positively

skewed or can be said slightly right-skewed. When data is skewed to the right, the

mean is greater than the median. We can see that the mean of height which is

170.22cm greater than the median which is 170.00cm. The value of mean and median

also bigger than the mode which is 165.00cm.

8.0 Scatter Diagram

Correlations
weight height
weight Pearson Correlation 1 .562**
Sig. (2-tailed) .000
Sum of Squares and 57934.40 21294.87
Cross-products 7 9
Covariance 233.606 88.729
N 249 241
height Pearson Correlation .562** 1
Sig. (2-tailed) .000
Sum of Squares and 21294.87 25868.20
Cross-products 9 3
Covariance 88.729 105.585
N 241 246
**. Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-
tailed).

Figure 8: The relationship of height(cm) and weight(kg) are shown in scatter diagram
 Variables of weight and height are chosen to plot the scatter diagram because

these two variables are continuous numerical variables. Besides, these two variables

are chosen to see the relationship between the weight and height of respondents.

A scatter diagram (also called a scatter plot, scatter graph, scatter chart, or

scattergram) is a type of plot or mathematical diagram using Cartesian coordinates to

display values for typically two variables for a set of data. The data are displayed as a

collection of points, each having the value of one variable determining the position on

the horizontal axis and the value of the other variable determining the position on the

vertical axis. It is used to look for a relationship between the two variables.

Based on the scatter diagram above, we can see there is a positive linear

relationship between the height(cm) and weight(cm), which means that as height

increase (move right), the weight also increase (move up). This can be proved by the

covariance of these two variables. The covariance between weight and height is

88.729, since the covariance is positive which >0, the two variables tend to move in

the same direction. The coefficient of correlation between height and weight (r)=0.562.

This can be said that the relationship between these two variables is moderate positive

linear relationship.