Vital Signs Spreadsheets and Data Analysis - Jim Dildine and Linda Hart (C) 2000

Original Project - Collect Vital Signs, Organize them, Graph them and Make conclusions based on prior knowledge or vital sign ranges compared to actual data.

  • Returns:
  • Age, weight, gender, height, bmi, pulse, temp, respiration, Blood Pressure
  • Questions to consider as you search the database:

    • What are Vital Signs?
    • What relationships are typical among these vital signs?
    • How do vital signs and vital sign relationships Indicate the health of an individual?
    • What relationships between vital signs are evident at certain ages?
    • Are the relationships between the vital signs reliable?
    • Is there enough statistical evidence to establish a causal relationship among vital signs such as Height and Weight or Pulse and Blood Pressure?
    • Is there statistical evidence for relationships among vital signs depending on certain ages?
    • Is there a relationship between Temperature and Pulse Rate?
    • Do you notice a relationship between weight and blood pressure?
    • How about Pulse and Blood Pressure (Diastolic)?
    • Is there a correlation between height and weight for the entries in this database? If so, How strong is it? What factors may account for these results?
    • What other information would you want to have about your sample volunteers in order to accurately detail an analysis?
    •  Do the results you find coincide with what you may have initially thought?

     View Example Results from Student Analyses

    Hmmm....Notice Anything Interesting??????