Stats 270 Data Analysis Project Part 2 - Graphical and Tabular Techniques

1. What type or level of data have you collected? Justify your answer.
2. What type of charts and or graphs apply to the data you have collected?
3. Organize the data into a frequency distribution. Discuss the following points as part of the process.

• How many classes would you recommend? Use the guidelines discussed in class and support your recommendation.
• What class interval would you suggest? Use the guidelines discussed in class and provide calculations to support your recommendation.
• What lower limit would you recommend for the first class? Support your recommendation.

1. Use the frequency distribution to plot an appropriate graph for the data.
2. Where do the values tend to cluster for your data? Provide a range of values and discuss their significance.[1]
3. Are there any trends in the data? For example, describe its shape or distribution.

[1]We did this in class with the test 1 results when we discussed the range of grades most people were in and what this implied about overall performance.

Birth rate:
BIRTH RATE FOR THE STATE OF KANSAS BY REGION FOR THE PERIOD 2017-2020
Region	Rate
Allen	65.1
Anderson	77.1
Atchison	56
Barber	75.2
Barton	69.3
Bourbon	79.8
Brown	78.4
Butler	58.4
Chase	59.1
Chautauqua	68.6
Cherokee	65.3
Cheyenne	77.3
Clark	69.7
Clay	68.9
Cloud	75.5
Coffey	64.3
Comanche	55.4
Cowley	63.3
Crawford	53.2
Decatur	68.8
Dickinson	63.5
Doniphan	53.6
Douglas	34.8
Edwards	69.2
Elk	65.4
Ellis	49.2
Ellsworth	69.2
Finney	84.3
Ford	93
Franklin	61.7
Geary	127.6
Gove	88.3
Graham	63.2
Grant	82.6
Gray	74.8
Greeley	84.9
Greenwood	63.7
Hamilton	73.9
Harper	82.2
Harvey	61.6
Haskell	76.7
Hodgeman	60.6
Jackson	78.3
Jefferson	57.6
Jewell	76.2
Johnson	59.2
Kansas	63.5
Kearny	87.7
Kingman	61.4
Kiowa	65.5
Labette	79.4
Lane	64.5
Leavenworth	66.7
Lincoln	59.3
Linn	66.8
Logan	83.1
Lyon	49.1
Marion	61.4
Marshall	76.8
McPherson	58.8
Meade	80.4
Miami	60.9
Mitchell	80
Montgomery	64.7
Morris	66.4
Morton	95.6
Nemaha	88.6
Neosho	67.8
Ness	67.3
Norton	77.4
Osage	65.8
Osborne	86
Ottawa	63
Pawnee	71.9
Phillips	63.4
Pottawatomie	77.4
Pratt	66.5
Rawlins	89.1
Reno	61.2
Republic	77.6
Rice	63.9
Riley	40
Rooks	65.5
Rush	63.8
Russell	70.4
Saline	67.8
Scott	82.6
Sedgwick	65.6
Seward	89.3
Shawnee	63.1
Sheridan	74.5
Sherman	68.8
Smith	65.3
Stafford	82.8
Stanton	66.1
Stevens	69.7
Sumner	67.3
Thomas	69.5
Trego	74.3
Wabaunsee	72.2
Wallace	97.3
Washington	92.6
Wichita	87.6
Wilson	74
Woodson	63.8
Wyandotte	76.6