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Shaneesa Applegate, Michelle Giron, Devyn Iglehart & Xiao Xiao

Beavers vs. Ducks Analysis Project

In this project the performance statistics of the University of Oregon football team and the Oregon State football team the last two season were analyzed. Along with pulling factual statistics information, a survey was conducted and passed it out to students/athletes and professors at Northwest Christian University along with a few non students. The questions asked through the survey were geared to figure out why they preferred one to another based off demographics. The data gathered through the survey was that people tend to like the team based off location rather than performance because it’s a sense of home pride. 

MATH 315

Tim Bergquist

Banquet Room

1 – 3 PM

Tim Bergquist

The Role of Mission Landing in the White Settlement of the Willamette Valley of Oregon 

Mission Landing, also known as St. Paul 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 provides background on the landing and traces its role in the white settlement of the Willamette Valley. The religious, economic, social, cultural, and political impacts will be investigated along with family ties to the area. The Landing has been in the author’s family since 1870. 

HIST 499, Senior Capstone

Steven Goetz

L203

9 – 9:30 AM

Deborah Clark & Mindy McLeod

What Keeps People From Attending Church

We decided to do a survey to see if what Christians believe were the same reasons why non-Christians and people who identify as being Christian, but don’t attend church. The survey listed 10 reasons why people don’t attend church, with one of them being an open-ended. It also asked what can be done to get people to attend church. The project showed that there were some differences in what Christians believe about non-church attenders. 

MATH 315

Tim Bergquist

Banquet Room

1 – 3 PM

Trevyn DuBois, Emily Scotton & Skyler Waterman

Exploring Response Time of Various Domesticated Dogs

The goal of this study is to find the correlational relationships between different breeds, ages, and heights of various members of the Canis Familiaris (Domesticated dog) family in relation to the speed of learning a previously unknown behavior. It was hypothesized that at least the top 10 breeds would match the AKC standard. It was also hypothesized that the age of individual dogs would have a strong influence on this correlation. 

MATH 315

Tim Bergquist

Banquet Room

1 – 3 PM

Gio Guzman, Ciara Wainwright & Remi White

The Effect of Weather on Wave Height in Hawaii

In our project we are studying the effect of the weather in Hawai’i & whether or not it affects the wave height in the ocean. Our hypothesis is that weather plays a huge part in this society. With the seasonal changes that Hawai’i sees it becomes a huge problem & people are really able to see the difference of the waves based upon the four seasons. We also decided to look at the four main islands of Hawai’i, such as Kaua’i, O’ahu, Mau’i, & the Big Island. Once we narrowed it down on how each of the islands can have their own difference in wave heights based upon the weather that that islands see. We also want to know how the two main seasons, summer & winter, effects the wave heights because of the different climate each island has. 

MATH 430

Tim Bergquist

Banquet Room

1 – 3 PM

Candis Hatfield & Joseph Piper

How Performance Affects Different Clubs’ Fan Attendance in the English Premier League

Using attendance and performance data from multiple years regarding numerous clubs in the English Premier League, we will analyze the data in an attempt to support our hypothesis. A lower attendance is expected from a team that is performing poorly, while a higher attendance is expected from teams on top of the table.

MATH 430

Tim Bergquist

Banquet Room

1 – 3 PM

Breanne Johnson, Karen Reynolds & Darcy Snyder

Feast or Famine? How Does a Person Prepare?

For our project we are conducting a survey looking at the relationship between Stress levels and eating habits of students one week prior to a major test. Specifically, we are considering whether the students consume additional food or a smaller amount, and of those who eat more food are they making healthier choices? Or preferring to go the junk food route. Our pool of subjects will come from NCU students who are enrolled in two different Psychology classes here at NCU. Both the Personality and Cognition classes that we chose have a random selection of students from all grade levels.

MATH 315

Tim Bergquist

Banquet Room

1 – 3 PM

Vickie Long

How Humans View Their Animals

For thousands of years animals have been part of human households. In the past they have held work roles, been used in religious ceremonies, and for security. Animals kept for the single purpose of companionship is a newer concept. This paper is meant to look at how humans of the 21st Century view their animals. Are the roles strict as in the past, or are these animals incorporated as a member of the household who also has jobs. The Survey of Animals will gather the data that will allow a small sample comparison. 

MATH 315

Tim Bergquist

Banquet Room

1 – 3 PM

Sergio Maldonado, Adrian Palacios & Nicholas Sullivan

Shots All Around

There are two aspects to perfect when playing the game of basketball; these two aspects are offense and defense. In our project we will be focusing on offense and more specifically the shooting percentage from the three-point line, the free throw line and overall shooting percentage from the field. Statistics have long been a part of the game of basketball and more specifically the NBA. The current study took 5 of the top teams from each the Western Conference and the Eastern Conference to compare shooting percentage and to see if there is a direct correlation to winning games. Comparing the shooting percentages of teams will allow us to see if a high shooting percentage is vital to winning games or are other aspects of the game such as defense.

MATH 315

Tim Bergquist

Banquet Room

1 – 3 PM

Nicholas Sammut

A Second Look at the Bible Reading Habits of the NCU Community: Motivations for Faith

For ACE Day this study will be a second look at the Bible Reading habits of the NCU community. The previous study used a survey to gather data of the same nature. However, the 2014 data analysis was conducted under the business Statistics Course (MTH 315) that limited the scope of the study. The present study looks deeper at several critical dynamics of the NCU community and Bible reading such as the motivations for faith and subsequent Bible reading.

MATH 430

Tim Bergquist

Banquet Room

1 – 3 PM

Alek Angeli

Using Olympic athlete ages to assess when peak performance is most attainable

The purpose of this data analysis was to determine whether there is a relationship between age and peak performance for summer male Olympic athletes within the sport of track and field. Much of the analysis focuses on a relation between Olympic athlete age and medals obtained. An analysis of individual Olympic athlete birthdates, Olympic record book keeping, and research articles involving peak performance and human development of emerging adulthood were observed in an attempt to associate age with peak performance. From the research it appears that individual peak performance is most attainable during mid- to later twenties.

MATH 315

Tim Bergquist

Vladyslav Boloban

Arsenal FC: The Years under Arsène Wenger

The purpose of this project is to analyze the performance of the English soccer team Arsenal FC under the management of Arsène Wenger over the last 20 years. The analysis of the performance is based on goals scored/allowed, games won/lost/tied, and trophies won. Based on the analysis it can be said that the team was successful, but in the last few years its performance has declined.

MATH 315

Tim Bergquist

Haley Cochell & Chelsea Taylor

Student Priorities: Physical, Educational, Social and the Factors that Influence Them

As of 11/10/2014 we have planned how we will be conducting the survey, where we will be conducting the survey, and to whom we will conduct the survey. We have figured out the factors that we will consider when processing the data. We will process our data by comparison between our factors and then demographics. Finally, we will begin surveying students on the 19th of November and completing this stage by November 26th.

MATH 315

Tim Bergquist

Kristin Fulbright

Lady Beacs – Northwest Christian University Women’s Soccer

She will be comparing and contrasting statistics from the past three seasons of the NCU women’s soccer team to determine whether the team is making a positive progression throughout the seasons or if they are backtracking. Some top categories she will be looking at are goals scored, shots and shots on goal, goals against, wins, ties and loses per season and games (minutes) played. She will also be looking at each season’s percentages, such as goals against and shots and shots on goal percentages. These will be key elements to determining whether the seasons have progressed positively or negatively.

MATH 315

Tim Bergquist

Gio Guzman, Ian Hawkford & Remi White

super bowl

Before the research began we brainstormed a few different research topics. The ideas consisted of how much revenue the University of Oregon football team brings to the state of Oregon, whether home-field advantage is actually a factor or not, and finally the topic we settled on, whether or not the NFL team with the best regular season record wins the Super Bowl or not. We all decided on this particular topic because the data, for the most part is easy to get ahold of via nfl.com. Whereas gathering numbers for the profit gained by the state from the U of O football team would be difficult and way below the surface.

MATH 315

Tim Bergquist

John Kennedy, Dave Lovan & Nicholas Sammut

Bible Reading Habits of Faculty, Staff, and Students at NCU

Reading the bible is an essential part of the Christian life, weather one pastors a church, or pastors a home, regardless if one is an undergraduate, a graduate, a faculty or a staff member: the bible delivers the guidance a Christian needs. In a 2014 study conducted by the American Bible Institute, a sample of 2,036 showed 53% read their bible 3-4 times per year. Of that 53% the twenty nine percent who reported to read at least 45 minutes per sitting were non-Christian adults. We look at the demographic at NCU to determine how often those affiliated with a Christian liberal arts University are reading the Bible.

MATH 315

Tim Bergquist

Peter Lentz, Travos Pacos & Harley Turner

The Reality of Fantasy Football

We decided to write out our procedure on how we were going to conduct our experiment on comparing the scores from the random National Football League teams to the Fantasy Football score from the four impact players of each of the ten random NFL teams. The next step was to proceed with collecting our data from finding the information from www.NFL.com. Lastly, we gathered up the necessary information to send to our professor and begin to paste our data and information to our poster board to present it on ACE Day to see if our scores correlated or not.

MATH 315

Tim Bergquist

Kaitlyn Moore & Ciara Wainwright

The Effect of Exercise on Student Stress

Much research has shown that exercise relieves stress. Although this is true, this study adds an element that could be explored further. This study addresses some of the other studies that have been done on this topic before exploring the surveys performed in this study. In order to find out if exercise is beneficial in relieving the stress of college students, students were asked to fill out a stress survey as well as information regarding how often they exercise. Once the data is collected, the results should reveal that exercise does in fact help with stress in college students.

MATH 315

Tim Bergquist

Torie O’Keeffe & Jillyn Suratt

The Happiest Place on Earth, Statistically

As it has been advertised, Disneyland is the Happiest Place on Earth but is it the Happiest Place on Earth, Statistically? Discussed will be the attendance rate of the Disneyland Parks and Resorts. It’ll be shown that the prices of the parks have fluctuated and with that the attendance alters as well. Due to Disney being a world-wide brand name it’s able to attract more and more customers on little effort a year. Talked about will be the effect that different ways of price alterations has on the attendance of each of the Disney Parks.

MATH 315

Tim Bergquist

Cassidy Winters

Diet Quality and Academic Performance

This Data Analysis takes a look at the eating habits of kids and their academic performance. Through many studies, it has been found that good nutrition correlates with better grades, test scores, attention, and attendance. Nutrient intakes and different eating habits are compared to academic performance in order to see the relationship between them.

MATH 315

Tim Bergquist

Chasity Castañeda-Estrada

Oregon Runaways

I want to find the correlation between teens & children in the state of Oregon for running away. The way I will find this out is by taking previous surveys & government information about the home life of abused or neglected children.

MATH 315

Tim Bergquist

Banquet Room

1 – 3 PM

Bethany Craig & Nicole Tessin-Mason

Papa Murphy’s Take ‘N’ Bake Pizza

Papa Murphy`s is a one of a kind chain restaurant that offers made to order take ‘n’ bake pizzas. They have been around for about 30 years & have become the fifth largest pizza company in the United States. They have a unique operating process different from any other restaurant. They order inventory from local vendors only about a week or so in advance based on the prior week demand & the seasonal demand. They use Just in Time (JIT) production which helps cut back on waste, meet demand & avoid high inventory.

BUS 410

Tim Bergquist

Banquet Room

9 – 11 AM

Tyler Falk & Shelby Lundquist-Adams

Selling On eBay

Have you ever been short on spending money & would like to make a few bucks? Try selling some of your old items on eBay! Since 1995 eBay has provided services for the general population & has created a international marketplace for consumers. 

BUS 410

Tim Bergquist

Banquet Room

9 – 11 AM

Garth Gant, Samantha Pitts & Melyssa Weber

Heat vs. Clippers Statistical Breakdown

While looking at two of the top NBA teams, Miami Heat & the LA Clippers, we will compare & contrast their numbers are heading into the post season. Some of the top categories are field goal percentage, free throw percentage, & three-point percentage. When the playoffs start they have a series, which includes seven games, another thing to look at would be if the three percentages that are listed above, differ whether they are playing at home or on the road. Also something to look at would be where they are getting most of their shots whether they are getting the ball inside, or successfully shooting the ball from behind the arc. This is key to compare to the field goal percentage to where the majority of their shots are coming from. 

MATH 315

Tim Bergquist

Banquet Room

1 – 3 PM

Danielle Gehrke, Sharie Krouse & Taylor West

Ninkasi Brewing Company Operations Analysis

Students will demonstrate a thorough analysis of the Ninkasi Brewing Company brewing process. Beginning with raw materials in the malt silos, students will demonstrate knowledge of the brewing process from milling to packaging. The brewing process will then be applied to various operations management techniques including, but not limited to program evaluation & review techniques, critical paths, assembly line design, & statistical quality control in the production process. Ultimately, a suggestion will be provided for optimizing company operations 

processes.

BUS 410

Tim Bergquist

Banquet Room

9 – 11 AM

Susan George & Jazzmyne Villarruel

Body Art in the Workforce

The purpose of our survey is to see how college students both with & without visible tattoos or facial piercings perceive people with visible tattoos or facial piercings. Body art is more mainstream, & we would like to see what this new generation of people entering the workforce makes of this. We will survey a total of 52 people. From NCU: 13 with visible tattoos or facial piercings, 13 without. From UO: 13 with visible tattoos or facial piercings, 13 without.

MATH 315

Tim Bergquist

Banquet Room

1 – 3 PM

William Jones

Statistical Analysis of Skateboarding

United States Census data concerning the demographics of skateboarders will be statistically analyzed in order to draw conclusions about the skateboarding community. This data will be compared to data obtained from surveying local skateboarders. The goal of this analysis is to determine if there is a difference between local & national data concerning skateboarding.

MATH 315

Tim Bergquist

Banquet Room

1 – 3 PM

Allie Kelsey & Hayley Leno

Social Media Use by College Students

Social media has become very popular around the world. Social network sites such as Facebook, Twitter, & Instagram are used very often & have become a big part of people’s lives, especially college student’s lives. This project examines the social networking among college students. The data will be collected through a survey & then analyzed using statistical methods in excel. The results will be compared to other results found online regarding the same topic. This survey will be conducted during spring semester & participants for the survey will be traditional undergrad students from Northwest Christian University.

MATH 430

Tim Bergquist

Banquet Room

1 – 3 PM

Nick Lopez & Andrew Stuart

NCAA Collegiate Student Athlete Statistical Research Project: Miles Traveled, Win Percentages, Graduation Rates & the Relationships      Between Them.

This presentation is to present our research finding from the data we have acquired about NCAA Division 1 conference winners, distances they travel, & relationships between the sizes of schools, those distances, winning percentages, & how that all relates to the schools graduation rates.

MATH 315

Tim Bergquist

Banquet Room

1 – 3 PM

Shelby Lundquist-Adams & Madison Reed

The College Students’ Car Buying Experience

The majority of the population remembered the degrading feeling of purchasing their first automobile & probably spent hours online looking for a reasonably priced cars that weren’t completely outdated, or test drove a lot of poor quality cars that before finding the one.

Through a brief survey to NCU students who have been through the experience of buying their first car, the results will reveal what brand, color, & year of car are most popular. The ideal results will highlight the aspects that students think are the most important when deciding what car to buy.

MATH 315

Tim Bergquist

Banquet Room

1 – 3 PM

Dave McNeil

The Use of Minor Versus Major Caliber Pistols During United States Practical shooting Association Competition

In United States Practical Shooting Association (USPSA) competitions, each competitor has to choose whether to engage a minor or major caliber firearm in the contest. While a minor caliber gun will give the shooter the advantage of superior handling, the USPSA imposes more stringent point penalties for someone using a minor caliber than for someone using major caliber pistol. This paper analyses whether the minor or major caliber user will have the competitive edge by comparing the data collected from four competitors completing multiple standardized USPSA classifiers.

MATH 430

Tim Bergquist

Banquet Room

1 – 3 PM

Stephanie Turner

Dance, Faith, & Grade Point Average

Dancers are pushed to experience multiple disciplines.  At Hosanna Dance Studio a great deal of the higher dancers (age 12-18) are taking every possible class in their level.  Curious about how this affects their academic performance, this study began as an attempt to show the positive correlation between the number of dance classes an individual takes and their GPA.  Because Hosanna is a Christian dance studio there is a level of church participation that needed to be included in the study.  A survey was conducted to assess the overall time spent with schoolwork, dance, and church related activities.

MATH 315

Tim Bergquist

Banquet Room

1 – 3 PM

Grace Bowling, Brittany Cardwell & Tyler Falk

The History of Computer Hardware

With technology playing a pivotal role in our day to day activities we will uncover the history behind the computers that we use on a daily basis. The first computer to be discussed is Apple l. It was originally previewed in May of 1976 and was later replaced by a more user friendly, Apple ll. Next, The Commodore VIC-20 and Commodore 64 were produced in 1981 & 1982. Their rival, The IBM PC, introduce in 1981, was a fierce competitor to both Apple & the Commodores. Each of these computers contributed to technology as we know it today.

BUS 360

Tim Bergquist

Banquet Room

9 – 11 AM

Joshua Bramlett, Adam Crossingham & Linsey Johnson

EPL Player Age Analysis

This paper looks at the average age and salary of players with 500 minuets of playing time or more in the 2012-2013 EPL season. We will then compare the average ages and salary of the players to the overall success of the team.

MATH 315

Tim Bergquist

Banquet Room

1 – 3 PM

Tianna Bushman & Bethany Craig

Graduates vs. Job Openings

Understanding the relationship between the job market trends and the majors offered at a school is one way to assess how well a college is meeting the needs of the students. It also provides an opportunity for the college to better design the majors offered around student needs. This study will show if there is a trend between job availability and the number of students graduating with a degree in that field.

MATH 315

Tim Bergquist

Banquet Room

1 – 3 PM