Math 160

Past Project Topics

• "How does the price of snack drinks at Metro Market compare to the price of snack drinks at Safeway"
• "Is it cheaper to fly to Europe through Travelocity or Expedia?"
• "What is the mean amount of caffeine consumed daily by UPS students?"
• "Do more UPS freshman females or males move off-campus during their sophomore year?"
• "Do freshman female students living in dorms at UPS get comparably more or less sleep than they did in high school?"
• "Does the UPS softball team mean batting average at home differ from the mean batting average away over the past eight seasons?" How does the impact of upcoming performance differ between music students and theater students?" or "Do theatre majors get more or fewer hours of sleep during the average week of rehearsals than music majors?"
• "Is the mean number of un-popped kernels in Orville RedenbacherŐs Movie Theater Butter Popcorn the same as the mean number of un-popped kernels in Pop SecretŐs Movie Theater Butter Popcorn?"
• "Does the mean number of schools to which a student from the West Coast applied differ from the mean number of schools for a student from somewhere other than the West Coast?"
• "Does the mean copyright date for History books in the UPS Library differ from the mean copyright date for Literature books in the UPS Library?"
• "Is it cheaper to travel by train or bus to any given location in the U.S?"
• "Do students in Schiff Hall get more hours of sleep compared to students in Todd/Phibbs Hall?"
• "On which week night is the library most heavily used?"
• "How does the price of food items at the cafeteria compare to the price of food items at a local store?"