Mythbusters
Audrey Mrozek, Timmy Waggoner, Sarah Dross
Myth #1: Width of shoulders are the equal distance of your elbow to the tip of your hand.
Busted
R= -.096819 y= -.03x+11.77
Domain (x-axis): 15, 17, 15, 16, 15, 12, 16, 18, 17.5, 16, 17.25, 18.5 inches.
Range (y-axis): 10.5, 12, 11.5, 12, 10, 11.5, 11, 10.5, 12, 11, 12, 11.4 inches.
Myth #2: The width of the nose is equal to the distance between the eyes.
The data shows us that the distance is very similar but not exact, some people's results are the same while most are different, however, they have a similar width.
Plausible
y=-8.132x+3.512 but it is later changed to y=.008+3.512
Domain (x-axis): 1.6, 3.0, 3.6, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.8, 4.2, 4.4, 4.4, 4.4, 4.8, 4.8, 5.0
Range (y-axis): 3.6, 3.4, 3.4, 3.6, 3.8, 3.4, 3.6, 3.6, 3.5, 3.6, 3.8, 3.6, 3.4
Myth #3:
For this myth I had to figure out if an animal’s height is double, the length of their legs, so I measured 10 different breeds of dogs. As we can see, most of the heights for the dogs, are smaller than the lengths for their legs.
I guess we can call this myth,
BustedDomain (x-axis): 8, 10, 7.5, 5, 8, 6, 10, 6, 8, 7
Range (y-axis): 12,11, 7, 7.5, 10, 9.5, 18, 5.5, 5, 5