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Argument Project Argument Project
Nelson Mason - Date: 10/29/2025 Nelson Mason - Date: 11/3/2025
## Overarching Question ## Overarching Question
### What central question are you interested in exploring? Why are you interested in exploring this question? ### What central question are you interested in exploring? Why are you interested in exploring this question?
*This should be the big picture question that you ask; use at least 5
sentences to describe why you are interested in it.*
I want to know about what relationship exists, if any, between an adult (18 +) I want to know about what relationship exists, if any, between an adult (18 +)
person's age and their weight (I'll use metric). person's age and their weight (I'll use metric).
I'm trying to find out at what age, on average, do people experience a dramatic I'm trying to find out at what age, on average, do people experience a dramatic
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### What specific research questions will you investigate? ### What specific research questions will you investigate?
*List 2-4 specific research questions. Each should be answerable 1) What number or percentage can be used to accurately indicate a
using your data set.*
What number or percentage can be used to accurately indicate a
dramatic change in weight by age? How do I determine what "dramatic" is? dramatic change in weight by age? How do I determine what "dramatic" is?
2) What is the count of people by age? Is this distribution of any significance?
3) I want to see the main distribution of weight by age. I want to see where
the probable outliers are (Box Plot).
4) I want to see the main distribution of weight by age. I want to see the
probability density (Violin Plot).
## Data source ## Data source
https://www.cdc.gov/brfss/annual_data/annual_2020.htm https://www.cdc.gov/brfss/annual_data/annual_2020.htm
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### How will you use your data set to answer your quantitative questions? ### How will you use your data set to answer your quantitative questions?
*For each research question, explain what you will do with the data set I will create 5 charts.
to answer the question, and how you will present your answer (e.g. a chart or a table).*
I will create several charts.