Listening to Podcast Episode 4 on \u201cThe Numbers Game\u201d had an impact on my interactions with statistics. Currently, I\u2019m enrolled in a Business Statistics course here at UR, where over the course of this semester, my peers and I have to work in groups to present three written and oral presentations on a research topic of our choice. My group decided to research the following question: During the COVID-19 pandemic, have some age groups in the United States been experiencing depression more frequently than other age groups in the U.S.? To effectively answer our research question, we retrieved reported data from the U.S. Census Bureau\u2019s Household Pulse Survey conducted over thirteen days. Participants in this survey were part of the United States population. They self-reported various demographic information and their frequency of feeling down, depressed, or hopeless over the thirteen days that the study was conducted.<\/p>\n
My group used relative frequency to test if 18 to 29 year-olds are more likely to experience depression more frequently than 40 to 49 year-olds and 60 to 69. We learned that if a person is between the ages of 18 to 29, there is a 71% chance that they experience depression more frequently than 40 to 49 year-olds and 60 to 69 year-olds. Knowing what I now know about statistics, I am highly skeptical of the people who self-reported not experiencing depression at all, specifically if these persons were older in age. From my viewpoint, older people generally do not admit that they are experiencing health issues even if their concession could save their lives. Whether this is because of their pride, upbringing in history, or other relevant factors, I wonder if, in reality, 40 to 49 year-olds or 60 to 69 year-olds experience depression more frequently than 18 to 29 year-olds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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