Statistics Project

By:Sarah Nassar, Shaelyn Dela Cruz, Nick Ferrone, Merna Shawkat

Background Information
For our project, we have decided to ask students whether or not they prefer classes online or in person due to the COVID 19
pandemic. COVID 19 is a deadly pandemic that has started spreading rapidly worldwide. It started off in China during
January 2020, and then started spreading overseas and hit the United States. Ever since March 13 2020, Trump called a
nationwide shutdown on every business and school. Because of coronavirus, people had to quarantine in their homes and only
leave the house in case of necessities such as purchasing food or water. Due to this, a majority of schools around the country
have shut down in order to protect students and staff. Health officials have still been debating whether or not it is safe to open
up schools in person or keep them online until coronavirus dies down more. Many schools have already opened up, and they
have given their students the option of attending online or attending school in person, following the COVID 19 restrictive
rules. Many students have reacted differently to the reopening of schools, with some wanting to remain online and some
wanting to return back in person. Coronavirus has allowed every student to get a taste of what online school is like, as many
students have never taken an online class prior to the outbreak of the virus. Our group was very curious to know how many
students prefer online classes versus in person classes, which is why we made it the topic of our project.
Question at hand

On May 3, our group surveyed 122 people via Instagram, and asked, “Do you prefer
online school or in person school?” . Among the 122 students surveyed, 30 men answered
“yes” and 25 women answered “yes” to preferring classes online rather than in person
classes. Test the claim that women prefer online school more than men.

Claim: There is a higher proportion of women than men that prefer online classes over
classes in person

(population 1=women, population 2=men)

Null and alternative hypothesis

Null hypothesis= The same proportion of women and men prefer online classes
H0 : P1 -P2=0

Alternative hypothesis=A higher proportion of women than men prefer online classes over in
person classes

HA: P1 -P2 >0

How we collected the data
Our group collected our data by posting an Instagram poll asking followers whether they preferred online
school
or in person school better. Each of us posted 2 polls separating them by gender. We left the questions up on
our
stories for 24 hours. We then combined our results to find out what our sample size was. We surveyed a total
of 122 people. A total of 25 women responded “online school” when asking which they preferred, and a total of
30 men answered “online school”. Our simple random sample does not represent the population accurately
Women of this, our sample was
because we used social media. Because Mena voluntary sample.

X1= 25 X2= 30

P1= 0.205 P2= 0.246

N1= 57 N2= 65

Failures= 32 Failures= 35
 Graph: Pie Chart
Women’s Results: Men’s Results:
 Check the Assumption
We have two proportion samples that are independent simple random sample.
For Each Two Samples: The number of success is at least 5 and the number
of failures is at least 5.

Number of Success (women): x1 = 25 ≥ 5 Number of Success(men):

x2= 30 ≥ 5

Number of Failures (women): n1-x1 = 57-25 = 32 ≥ 5 Number of

Failures(men): n2-x2= 65-30 = 35 ≥ 5
P-value and Test statistic
P1 = Women P2 = Men

Test Statistic: Z = - 0.254 P-

value = 0.600
Formal Conclusion

Out of 57 women, there were 25 successes that preferred online classes and 32 failures
that preferred in person classes. Out of 65 men, 30 successes that preferred online classes
and 35 failures that preferred in person classes. The P-Value is equal to .6003 and that is
greater than the significance level of 0.05. We can conclude that the test is not statistically
significant. We fail to reject the null hypothesis because there is not sufficient evidence to
support the claim that there is a higher proportion of women over men that prefer online
classes.
What did you learn? Your recommendation? Did the results the same as you expected?

After our calculations, our group learned that we do not have enough evidence to support the claim
that there is a higher proportion of women than men that prefer online classes over classes in
person. We also learned that the reason we fail to reject the null hypothesis is because the P value
is greater than the significance level. Our recommendation from our sample is that schools should
offer both online classes and in person classes. We thought that keeping schools closed would not
be favorable to many. Having two options now, students are able to choose the way they learn
best. Because the test was not statistically significant we cannot recommend that more men and
women prefer online classes over in person classes. The results of our calculations were what our
group expected. We thought the same proportion of men and women would prefer online over in
person classes. We thought with our claim would prove to be false. Based on the results we fail to
reject the null hypotheses. We do not have enough evidence to support the claim.