ORGANIC OR NAH
By: Emily DiCarlo and Laura Abdelahad
We wanted to test the difference between various organic and inorganic foods. We researched the nutritional value for three types of foods
We compared these based on their content of
- Fruits/Vegetables
- Snacks
- Dairy
We compared these based on their content of
- Carbohydrates
- Calories
- Sugars
- Vitamin C
- Calcium
Data Source: http://nutritiondata.self.com/
Questions:
1) Find the IQR for calories in fruits and vegetables (tomato, apple, strawberry).
Answer:36
2) What is the standard deviation of calcium in inorganic dairy (milk, cheese, yogurt)?
Answer: 10.92
Answer: 10.92
3) Based on the boxplot calories, is the data skewed right or left?
Answer: Skewed Right
Answer: Skewed Right
4) Based on the boxplot of sugar, is the data skewed right or left?
Answer: Skewed Right
Answer: Skewed Right
5) Based on the histogram of vitamin c, is the data skewed left, skewed right, or symmetrical?
Answer: Skewed Right
Answer: Skewed Right
6) Based on the histogram of carbs, is the data skewed left, skewed right, or symmetrical?
Answer: Skewed Right
Answer: Skewed Right
7) Find the standard deviation of vitamin c for organic foods
Answer: 146.7
Answer: 146.7
8) Find the standard deviation of vitamin c for inorganic foods.
Answer: 134.43
Answer: 134.43
9) Based on all of the boxplots, are there any outliers?
Answer: No
Answer: No
10) Comparing all of the data above, what can you infer about the nutritional value of organic versus inorganic foods? Consider the standard deviation and variance of organic and inorganic foods in your answer.
Answer: The nutritional value of an organic food does not differ much from that of an inorganic food. Certain foods have more calories, sugars, carbs, etc whether or not they are organic. The variance shows that they are practically almost the same.