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# Search for your own name. Are there both boys and girls that have your name? Is it more popular for one group than for the other? | # Search for your own name. Are there both boys and girls that have your name? Is it more popular for one group than for the other? | ||
# Are there more boys names or girls names? What about | ## Hint: don't use a for loop for this one. | ||
# What is the most common name for each gender? | |||
# What is the least common? | |||
# How often does the least common occur? (Does that bother you?) | |||
# Are there more boys names or girls names? | |||
## What about that start with "a"? | |||
## For every letter, tell if there are more boys names or girls names. | |||
# What is the longest name in the dataset? | # What is the longest name in the dataset? | ||
# How many boys and girls are described in the dataset (i.e., how many boys and girls born in 2013 have names given to at least four others)? | # How many boys and girls are described in the dataset (i.e., how many boys and girls born in 2013 have names given to at least four others)? | ||
# How many boys names are also girls names? How many girls names are also boys names? | # How many boys names are also girls names? How many girls names are also boys names? | ||
# What is the most popular girls name that is also a boys name? | # What is the most popular girls name that is also a boys name? | ||
# Discover at least one fact about the names that is not listed above. | # Discover at least one fact about the names that is not listed above. | ||
# ''Challenge'' plot (in Excel) the number of people who share a name with n other people in the data set, where n is 4 to 19. | # ''Challenge'' plot (in Excel) the number of people who share a name with n other people in the data set, where n is 4 to 19. | ||
=== New === | |||
# Re-work anything above and make sure you are understand it | |||
# Get the ratio of names that start with each letter. | |||
## Do this for boys and girls. | |||
## '''Hint''' First line of output is a boys: 0.10120456305133887 girls: 0.18231978026407467 | |||
# Are girls or boys more likely to have a name that is used by both genders? |
Latest revision as of 06:43, 21 April 2016
Challenges[edit]
- Search for your own name. Are there both boys and girls that have your name? Is it more popular for one group than for the other?
- Hint: don't use a for loop for this one.
- What is the most common name for each gender?
- What is the least common?
- How often does the least common occur? (Does that bother you?)
- Are there more boys names or girls names?
- What about that start with "a"?
- For every letter, tell if there are more boys names or girls names.
- What is the longest name in the dataset?
- How many boys and girls are described in the dataset (i.e., how many boys and girls born in 2013 have names given to at least four others)?
- How many boys names are also girls names? How many girls names are also boys names?
- What is the most popular girls name that is also a boys name?
- Discover at least one fact about the names that is not listed above.
- Challenge plot (in Excel) the number of people who share a name with n other people in the data set, where n is 4 to 19.
New[edit]
- Re-work anything above and make sure you are understand it
- Get the ratio of names that start with each letter.
- Do this for boys and girls.
- Hint First line of output is a boys: 0.10120456305133887 girls: 0.18231978026407467
- Are girls or boys more likely to have a name that is used by both genders?