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Handwashing Times: An Observational Study Based on Gender and Age

Results

Table 1. Descriptive statistics of age variable (grouped by gender)

Sex

Statistic

Std. Error

Age

Male

Mean

20.0000

.20203

95% Confidence Interval for Mean

Lower Bound

19.5940

Upper Bound

20.4060

5% Trimmed Mean

20.0000

Median

20.0000

Variance

2.041

Std. Deviation

1.42857

Minimum

18.00

Maximum

22.00

Range

4.00

Interquartile Range

2.00

Skewness

.000

.337

Kurtosis

-1.310

.662

Female

Mean

20.0000

.20203

95% Confidence Interval for Mean

Lower Bound

19.5940

Upper Bound

20.4060

5% Trimmed Mean

20.0000

Median

20.0000

Variance

2.041

Std. Deviation

1.42857

Minimum

18.00

Maximum

22.00

Range

4.00

Interquartile Range

2.00

Skewness

.000

.337

Kurtosis

-1.310

.662

Table 2. Descriptive statistics of handwashing time variable (grouped by gender)

Sex

Statistic

Std. Error

SecondsOfHandwasing

Male

Mean

8.3000

.51528

95% Confidence Interval for Mean

Lower Bound

7.2645

Upper Bound

9.3355

5% Trimmed Mean

8.3556

Median

8.0000

Variance

13.276

Std. Deviation

3.64356

Minimum

1.00

Maximum

15.00

Range

14.00

Interquartile Range

5.00

Skewness

-.059

.337

Kurtosis

-.630

.662

Female

Mean

8.5800

.58000

95% Confidence Interval for Mean

Lower Bound

7.4144

Upper Bound

9.7456

5% Trimmed Mean

8.4889

Median

8.0000

Variance

16.820

Std. Deviation

4.10122

Minimum

2.00

Maximum

18.00

Range

16.00

Interquartile Range

7.00

Skewness

.241

.337

Kurtosis

-.741

.662

Table 3. Descriptive statistics of handwashing time variable (ungrouped)

Statistic

Std. Error

SecondsOfHandwasing

Mean

8.4400

.38621

95% Confidence Interval for Mean

Lower Bound

7.6737

Upper Bound

9.2063

5% Trimmed Mean

8.4000

Median

8.0000

Variance

14.916

Std. Deviation

3.86207

Minimum

1.00

Maximum

18.00

Range

17.00

Interquartile Range

6.00

Skewness

.129

.241

Kurtosis

-.665

.478

Table 4. Percentiles of handwashing time variable (ungrouped)

Percentiles

5

10

25

50

75

90

95

Weighted Average

(Definition 1)

SecondsOfHandwasing

2.0000

3.1000

6.0000

8.0000

12.0000

14.0000

14.9500

Tukey's Hinges

SecondsOfHandwasing

6.0000

8.0000

12.0000

Table 5. Tests of Normality for age variable (grouped by gender)

Sex

Kolmogorov-Smirnova

Shapiro-Wilk

Statistic

df

Sig.

Statistic

df

Sig.

Age

Male

.158

50

.003

.888

50

.000

Female

.158

50

.003

.888

50

.000

a. Lilliefors Significance Correction

Table 6. Tests of Normality for handwashing time variable (grouped by gender)

Sex

Kolmogorov-Smirnova

Shapiro-Wilk

Statistic

df

Sig.

Statistic

df

Sig.

SecondsOfHandwasing

Male

.099

50

.200*

.970

50

.229

Female

.115

50

.094

.966

50

.158

a. Lilliefors Significance Correction

*. This is a lower bound of the true significance.

Table 7. Tests of Normality for handwashing time variable (ungrouped)

SecondsOfHandwasing

Kolmogorov-Smirnova

Shapiro-Wilk

Statistic

df

Sig.

Statistic

df

Sig.

.105

100

.008

.979

100

.108

a. Lilliefors Significance Correction

Figure 1. Distribution of age data (grouped by gender)

Figure 2. Distribution of handwashing time data (grouped by gender)

Figure 3. Distribution of handwashing time data (ungrouped)

Table 8. Correlation Analysis of age vs. handwashing time

Age

SecondsOfHandwasing

Age

Pearson Correlation

1

-.118

Sig. (2-tailed)

.243

N

100

100

SecondsOfHandwasing

Pearson Correlation

-.118

1

Sig. (2-tailed)

.243

N

100

100

Figure 4. Scatterplot of age vs. handwashing time

Table 9. Independent samples t-test analysis (handwashing time based on gender)

Levene's Test for Equality of Variances

t-test for Equality of Means

95% Confidence Interval of the Difference

F

Sig.

t

df

Sig. (2-tailed)

Mean Difference

Std. Error Difference

Lower

Upper

SecondsOf

Handwasing

Equal variances assumed

1.540

.218

-.361

98

.719

-.280

.77583

-1.8196

1.2596

Equal variances not assumed

-.361

96.659

.719

-.280

.77583

-1.8199

1.2599