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LeeAnn Fudge & Patricia Martinez

The Effects of Aerobic Exercise on the Heart

The goal of our study is to find the correlation between physical exercise and the likelihood of heart-related disease. We will be looking at a combination of large-scale comparisons between lifestyle and heart health and personal studies. The personal studies will include cross-sectional data, comparing blood pressure, heart rate, and BMI with representatives of sedentary, moderately active, and extremely active lifestyles. Furthermore, we will collect time series data by tracking the change in heart rate and blood pressure as a person with a classified sedentary lifestyle does a minimum of American Heart Association requirements.

MATH 315

Tim Bergquist

Banquet Room

1 – 3 PM

Wendie Green & Belinda Kinkade

Down and Out at NCU

Our study seeks to determine the frequency and severity of depression experienced among students at NCU. The results of our research could help raise awareness as to the prevalence of the problem and motivate preventive measures. We would like all students to know that NCU offers counseling services to all NCU students.

MATH 315

Tim Bergquist

Banquet Room

1 – 3 PM

Chelsea Hannon, Devon Murphy & Haley Partridge

Driving While Intexticated

For our statistic project, we have decided to see how many people in the United States use their cell phone while driving. The study is going to be focusing on from 2010 to 2013. There is also going to be a survey for the NCU community and then the data will be compared. The goal for this project is to reveal how many people drive worldwide and throughout our own community.

MATH 315

Tim Bergquist

Banquet Room

1 – 3 PM

Josh Alvarado & Emily Svendsen-McLean

How Much Debt are You in Due to College?

We are going to collect data on the amount of debt that college students have accumulated thus far while in school. In order to be part of our study, the person must be at least a sophomore, Junior, Senior, or graduate student. This will give us a more accurate number since these students have been in college for at least 3 or more years and will be forced to pay this money back very soon. This is a very important topic for most college students, especially in an election year where higher education and the affordability is a big issue amongst the candidates. It will be a situation many of us will be facing as the economy looks to rebound. 

MATH 315

Tim Bergquist

Banquet Room

1 – 3 PM

Tim Bergquist

The Role of Mission Landing in the White Settlement of the Willamette Valley: The Search for Sources

Mission Landing is located on the Willamette River about one mile west of the town of St. Paul in Marion County in the state of Oregon. This paper traces the initial search for sources and findings regarding the role of the landing in the white settlement of the Willamette Valley. The political, economic, religious, social, and cultural impacts will be investigated along with family ties to the area.

HIST 499, Senior Capstone

Ron Palmer

P103

10 – 10:20 AM

Tyler Fox & Jordan Miller

The Winning Edge

For our project, we will determine whether the turnover to shot ratio can determine the outcome of a game. We will obtain our data from the GoBeacons website. We will be using both the men’s and the women’s game stats from all the years available for our data. For each individual game we will determine the number of shots and divide it by the number of turnovers. After obtaining this number, we will constructs a histogram that will show the shape of the distribution. After determining the mean, standard deviation, and median we will conduct a hypothesis test to determine if a certain shot to turnover ratio determines a win. 

MATH 315

Tim Bergquist

Banquet Room

1 – 3 PM

Jenny Maupin

The Silence of Miscarriage Loss

A miscarriage is the spontaneous loss of a pregnancy at 20-weeks of pregnancy or sooner. This type of loss is painful and real. This type of loss is legitimate. This type of loss is marginalized by social groups we belong to (i.e. churches and clubs), family and friends, and the medical community. I will be examining the importance of the role that each of these groups plays in the grief process. Through a survey, I will also be documenting and bringing to light some of the associated negative feelings women go through with this type of loss drawing a comparison to the “5-stages of grief” Kubler-Ross model. There is silence surrounding this issue that is deafening to the women who go through it.

MATH 315

Tim Bergquist

Banquet Room

1 – 3 PM

Sonia Mayhood

Main Reason for Choosing to Attend NCU

Because I attend this university, I am interested in acquiring information about students that go here. I am interested in finding out why students chose to come to this university in particular (sports, location, scholarships, career choice, religious affiliation, tuition, size of school). I also want to see if there are demographics (age, gender, major, marital status, transportation) which have an influence on this decision.

MATH 315

Tim Bergquist

Banquet Room

1 – 3 PM

Shaquille Poston

World Leader in Snowboarding

While looking at the professional athletes related to snowboarding, I will be focusing on the Olympics with my ultimate goal being to conclude which country is statistically the best in this particular sport. I will gather information on each of the top finishers, and, through data analysis and statistical inference, come to my conclusion.

MATH 315

Tim Bergquist

Banquet Room

1 – 3 PM

Matthew Prill, Brittani Smail & Cori Wallace

Should NCU Have a Cheerleading Squad?

For this project the goal is to illustrate if the NCU student population would be in favor of having a cheerleading squad for the school. The aim is to use demographics of gender and grade to display the results. Surveys will be voluntarily taken during different classes all occurring at the same time to avoid repeat results. The results will be displayed in several different ways emphasizing the different demographics.

MATH 315

Tim Bergquist

Banquet Room

1 – 3 PM

Emmelene Romer

Student Use of NCU’s Kellenberger Library Over a Defined Period of Time

I chose to study the number of students that use the Kellenberger Library over a period of time. I intend to focus on seeing if there is a large influx of student use as we approach final exams. During my daily shift as a student worker I collected the data needed for my project and also noted if the patron was a traditional undergraduate student or a graduate student. I will continue to track the number of students up through the first week of December. Once my data has been collected I will analyze it to see if there are any noticeable trends. 

MATH 315

Tim Bergquist

Banquet Room

1 – 3 PM

Kevin Shunk

A Study on Daily Bible Reading from Students in Christian Colleges

This project is a study on the daily Bible reading levels of students in Christian colleges. I have data from New Hope Christian College and NCU. I hope to compare and contrast the two colleges and look at the data as whole.

MATH 315

Tim Bergquist

Banquet Room

1 – 3 PM

Benjamin Smucker

Oregon and OSU Football Performance Comparison

The collected data will be presented to compare Oregon and Oregon State’s offensive performance over the last five years. The data is supposed to have some sort of correlation between each team’s wins on that particular season..

MATH 315

Tim Bergquist

Banquet Room

1 – 3 PM

Nicole Tessin-Mason

The Relationship Between Eating Habits and the Effects on the Body

I will be conducting a research project on my personal eating habits and the effects it has on my body. I will be the only person in the particular research project. The data will be collected over one week and will look into: (1) did I eat breakfast, lunch, and/or dinner; (2) how many times a day I ate; (3) how much in ounces did I drink; (4)what did I drink; (5) if I skipped a meal, what was the reason for not eating; and (6) what affects all of this has on my body and my brain.

MATH 315

Tim Bergquist

Banquet Room

1 – 3 PM

Scott Perkins

Study Habits: Time is Money

This project will be based on a survey of students in several lower-level general education courses. Students will consist mostly of college freshmen and sophomores. The study will include questions concerning age, gender, high school GPA, current GPA (if known), average homework time per week and per class, and a self-evaluation of efficiency as a student overall (scale 1-9). It will seek to confirm (with 95% confidence) the hypothesis that there is a direct correlation between the amount of time a student spends studying outside of class and both their self-efficacy and current (or high school) GPA.

MATH 315

Tim Bergquist

Banquet Room

9 – 11 AM

Chase Cleaver

Uncovering the Truth Behind ‘Drive for Show, Putt for Dough’: A Statistical Study of the Game of Golf.

For my project, I plan to research the Professional Golf Association (PGA). I plan to try to uncover the answer to the question: what statistics really matter and are the most important to focus on, or is there truth behind the famous statement “Drive for show, Putt for Dough?” In trying to uncover which set of statistics really help in a player’s performance, I will be able to offer points in every golfer’s game, where if they practiced more in these areas, they will have a statistically better chance at success in the game.

MATH 315

Tim Bergquist

Banquet Room

1 – 3 PM

Katie Collins

Shooting Percentages for the Anaheim Ducks Hockey Team

I will examine the Ducks’ shooting percentages of previous years and compare them to the shooting percentages of this 2011 NHL season. Also, I will use descriptive statistics to discover if the team has a better shooting percentages when playing their games at an opponent’s ice rink or at their home ice rink. From this research, I will have a greater change of accurately predicting whether or not the hockey team will win on the road or at their home ice rink. 

MATH 315

Tim Bergquist

Banquet Room

1 – 3 PM

Tim Bergquist

Commemorating the American Revolution with U.S. Stamps

Over 100 stamps have been issued by the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to commemorate the revolutionary period in American history. What stories are they telling us about the birth of our nation? What events and people do these stamps portray? What is the significance of these events and people for our current time? Why should we care, as a people and a nation? This paper will explore these issues using illustrations of selected stamps from my personal collection.

HIST 334

Ron Palmer

A201

9:40 – 9:50 AM

Teresa Harvey

Sales Analysis for Obscene Offroad and Fabrication

This is an analysis of financial information generated from the business Obscene Offroad and Fabrication. The services offered by this business included automotive, boat, and utility vehicle repair and fabrication. The company was in operation from 2006 through 2008 and had just become successful when the economy began to decline. One aspect to be analyzed is the parts versus labor sales and their effect on each other. Another analysis will include the cost and methods of advertising and its relationship to the sales figures.

MATH 315

Tim Bergquist

Banquet Room

9 – 11 AM

Tim Bergquist

Growing up on the Family Farm during the 1920s and 1930s

This presentation is based on an oral interview with my mother, Margaret (Peggy) Bergquist, who was born in 1922 and is 87 years old. Her maiden name was Connor. She grew up on the family farm just outside St. Paul, Oregon along with two siblings, an older brother and a younger brother. At that time, the family had about 200 acres that included land along the Willamette River and Mission Landing. The interview covered what it was like growing up on the farm during the 1920s (Roaring 20s) and the 1930s (Great Depression).

HIST 240

Kevin Hatfield

A201

2 – 2:20 PM

Jeneca Hoidal

NCU women’s Soccer – Are Shooting Specific Drills Resulting in more Goals Scored in a Given Week?

Each Friday, our coach holds a “shooting” practice at Hayward on the U of O campus. I would like to measure our improvement as individuals each week. I am also going to track whether or not our shooting during normal practices is improving to see if there’s a connection between the two.

MATH 315

Tim Bergquist

Banquet Room

9 – 11 AM

Crystal Rutherford

The American Genocide

It’s a survey of whether students from the U of O, NCU or people from the community have heard of the Armenian Genocide, if they think it should be called that, and if they think that the American government should be getting involved.

MATH 315

Tim Bergquist

Banquet Room

9 – 11 AM

Charolene Somatis

Applying Statistics: The Relationship Between Hours Spent Studying and Test Scores

The examination of the results of a survey taken from a class here at NCU. Survey includes questions on hours spent studying for a test and their test scores, plus demographics. The presentation includes statistical information that shows the relationship of hours studying and test scores and their interdependence if any. The results of the survey are compared with the results of similar surveys done elsewhere.

MATH 315

Tim Bergquist

Banquet Room

9 – 11 AM