statistics project

Is more expensive bottled water really preferable to less expensive waters (or city tap water)? Conduct a blind taste test to see whether people can distinguish between 2 (or 3) cups of water successfully. Do students who are regularly involved in community service have higher GPAs than those who are not involved in community service? Decide in advance what “regularly involved” means, or collect the information in average hours per week so that you can categorize it data or use it as quantitative data. Which of two or three possible route to school is the fastest for you? Drive each route at least 5 times, randomly assigning routes to days. Time each trip from the time you leave one parking place until the time you arrive in the other. The results should depend primarily on distance and obstacles (school zones, traffic lights, stop signs, traffic, etc) so do your best to drive the speed limit so as not to bias the results. Do states with capital punishment have a lower homicide rate than those states without? This data should all be available online. Are there any trends to be seen over time in number of registered drivers and number of motor vehicle accidents, fatalities and DUI arrests in a city (or county or state). You may find all of this online, possibly with gender and age group. Is there a relationship between temperature and rate of homicides? Compile data from the internet on the average high temperature by month for one city and the number of homicides per month for the same city for at least a year to see if there is a correlation between temperature and the number of homicides. Are items meant for men vs women priced differently? Compare the prices of men's and women's items of the same type, such as shaving cream, deodorant, tshirts, sports socks, etc. Go to a large bookstore that has a prominent display of best-selling fiction hardcover books. Record the price and number of pages for at least 15 books. Use the data to estimate a linear relationship between price and number of pages Do students or instructors spend more time working on school-related tasks outside of school? Ask a random sample of students the following question: "During the school year, how many hours a week do you spend, on average, on school-related work -- for example, reading books, attending class, doing homework, and writing papers?" Ask a random sample of instructors similar questions: "During the school year, how many hours a week do you spend, on average, on school-related work -- for example, preparing lectures, teaching, grading, advising, serving on committees?" What percentage of students 18 or older are registered voters? Do they plan to vote in 2020? If they are not registered, why not? What are the top three things students do that annoy instructors? What are the top three things instructors do that annoy students? (or instead, ask the students what they would guess are the top three things students do that annoy instructors.) Try to form overall categories ahead of time for people to choose from. You can test the percentages of what instructors say against percentages of what students say. How does someone behave when a stranger invades their personal space by setting too close to on a public bench? How does the person originally on the bench react? Is there an age or gender difference in behavior? Is there relationship between speeding tickets and gender (or vs age? Find data online about crimes vs gender, speeding tickets vs gender, etc. Crime data has a wealth of variables, so you may get other ideas from looking at some of the databases.