Conclusion
We
conclude that there is no definitive association between
high school class and health conscientiousness. Initially
we analyzed our data with all 4 classes as their own
category (freshmen, sophomore, junior, and senior). A
chi-squared analysis of the initial data could not draw any
reasonable conclusions because the expected values for all
the class levels for “below average” health
conscientiousness were much too low to run an accurate
test. We then combined the freshmen and sophomore class to
form the single category of underclassmen, and combined the
junior and senior class to form the single category of
upperclassmen. These two new groups would still
differentiate between age and maturity similar to the four
original groups. A chi-squared test of the new categories
was conducted. Yet again, both the “below average” column’s
expected values were too low (below 5). But this time the
expected values were close to 5 (above 3), as the original
test had the expected values much too low (below 1). The
p-value of our hypothesis test was .351; much too high to
indicate association at any level of significance. However
the test had a sample size that was too small to draw any
meaningful conclusions from. For a more concrete
conclusion, a better chi-squared test must be conducted. We
can only speculate to the cause of our current conclusion
regarding no visible association. It may be that no
association exists because high school students at North
Olmsted are well informed about healthy lifestyles by the
time they enter high school, or that North Olmsted students
are simply content with their lifestyles, which would
explain the shortage of “below average” responses. What
class a person belongs to at
North Olmsted
High School
