In the realm of human anatomy and physiology, it is a standard assumption to claim that there is a distinct correlation between an individual’s height and wingspan. Wingspan can be defined as the extent across a person’s arms from fingertip to fingertip, while height in the measurement from someone’s feet to the top of their head. The typical human body has a height that matches a person’s wingspan. For instance, if you are five foot tall, you are assumed to have a wingspan of five feet. The correlation between height and wingspan is often expressed in a ratio of wingspan over height, which normally is recorded around 1.0 given the information regarded above. Within this experiment, we will be testing whether there is a geographical difference in height, wingspan, and wingspan/height ratio for students that are natively from Chicago versus students who live anywhere other than Chicago.
Hypothesis: Given that a person’s geographical location is not perceived as a key factor for physical traits, such as height and wingspan, there will be no significant difference in the
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Within his class, we recorded the height and wingspan of each of his thirteen students presents, as well as if they are from Chicago or not. To record height, each member of the class layed on the floor while someone spread a tape measure from the edge of their feet to the top of their head. To measure wingspan, each student reached out their arms straight, for maximum length, while a classmate measure from fingertip to fingertip across the chest. This method allowed us to collect an average measurement for Chicagoans and Non-Chicagoans height and wingspan. In order to calculate their ratio of wingspan and height for each individual, we simply divided each person’s wingspan measurement by their height