Mascot Survey Statistics

Vocabulary flashcards covering the mascot survey variables, sampling sizes, percentages, counts, and graph adjustments from the East West school mascot decision.

Mascot survey variables

The $2$ variables in the study: Role (teacher or student) and Mascot choice (pandas, wolves, or dragons).

Categorical variables

Variables whose values represent categories (such as role or mascot choice) that cannot be mathematically averaged.

Teacher support for Pandas

$80\%$ of the surveyed teachers voted for pandas.

Student support for Wolves

$60\%$ of the surveyed students voted for wolves.

Segmented bar graph

A graph display created by stacking the category responses within each group bar to illustrate relative distributions or counts.

Teacher sample size

$50$ teachers surveyed.

Student sample size

$250$ students surveyed.

Student-to-teacher sampling multiplier

$5\text{x}$ ($5$ times more students were sampled than teachers).

Total Pandas vote count

$115$ votes ($40$ teacher votes plus $75$ student votes).

Total Wolves vote count

$155$ votes ($5$ teacher votes plus $150$ student votes).

Total Dragons vote count

$30$ votes ($5$ teacher votes plus $25$ student votes).

Updating segmented graph for sample size

Use counts instead of percentages so the graph is proportional to the sample size.

Winning mascot choice

The wolves, because they received the most overall votes ($155$ votes).