Caleb gathered data from 31 people on their daily fruit and vegetable intake and weekly exercise habits. The mean fruit and vegetable intake was 2.1 servings per day, while the mean exercise was 2.3 days per week. Caleb calculated a correlation coefficient of 0.226, indicating a weak positive correlation between the two variables. However, in his conclusion Caleb acknowledged that the small sample size and lack of other potentially influential factors like age prevented him from definitively answering whether fruit and vegetable intake relates to exercise levels.

1. Fruits and
Veggies=Exercise?
Term Project
Caleb Frischknecht
Math 1040

2. Data Gathering
• 31 People Questioned
– Gender
– Daily servings of fruits
and vegetables
– Days/Week exercise for
30 minutes or more
• Examples were included
for a more accurate
estimation

3. Servings Of Fruit and
Veggies/Day
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
1
Serv.
2
Serv.
3
Serv.
Male
Female
Mean 2.16129032
Standard
Deviation
0.77875003
Minimum 1
1st Quartile 2
Median 2
3rd Quartile 3
Maximum 3
Range (1,3+)
Mode 2, 3
Outliers N/A

4. Days of Exercise/Week
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
0
Days
2
Days
4
Days
Male
Female
Mean 2.27419355
Standard
Deviation
1.0889814
Minimum 0
1st Quartile 1
Median 3
3rd Quartile 3
Maximum 5
Range (0,5)
Mode 3
Outliers 5

6. Results
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5
Servings of Fruit/Veggies
Days of Exercise
Series1
Linear
Correlation
Coefficient
r=0.226744
Equation for
line of
Regression
y=1.5478+0.3882x

7. Interpretation and Conclusion
• From my sample and data it looks as though there is very little, if
any, correlation between fruit and vegetable intake and exercise.
However, I do not feel that I have actually answered the question.
There are too many other factors that weren’t included that could
have drastically affected the results, such as: age, disabilities,
schedules, etc. It was also a very small sample size which doesn’t
give a very accurate reading for a conclusion.