Project 8 Statistical Analysis Emily Lim Educational Measurement Dr. Judy Moody Summer 2021 The purpose of this study is to determine whether male or female hurricanes are deadlier. The data was gathered on hurricane deaths from 1950 to 2012. There were 92 hurricanes in the 62 years of this data set. There were 30 male named storms and 62 female named storms. There were 1900 deaths from hurricanes in the 62 years. In the female named hurricanes there were 1473 deaths. In the male named hurricanes there were 427 deaths. Hurricane Deaths by Gender of Named Storm Male Female 0 Year 1950 1950 1952 1953 1953 1954 1954 1954 1955 1955 1955 1956 1958 1959 1959 1960 1960 200 Name Easy King Able Barbara Florence Carol Edna Hazel Connie Diane Ione Flossy Helene Debra Gracie Donna Ethel 400 600 800 Gender_MF 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1000 alldeaths 2 4 3 1 0 60 20 20 0 200 7 15 1 0 22 50 0 1200 1400 1600 1961 1963 1964 1964 1964 1964 1965 1966 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1971 1971 1972 1974 1975 1976 1977 1979 1979 1979 1980 1983 1984 1985 1985 1985 1985 1985 1985 1986 1986 1987 1988 1989 1989 1989 1991 1992 1993 1995 Carla Cindy Cleo Dora Hilda Isbell Betsy Alma Inez Beulah Gladys Camille Celia Edith Fern Ginger Agnes Carmen Eloise Belle Babe Bob David Frederic Allen Alicia Diana Bob Danny Elena Gloria Juan Kate Bonnie Charley Floyd Florence Chantal Hugo Jerry Bob Andrew Emily Erin 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 46 3 3 5 37 3 75 6 3 15 3 256 22 0 2 0 117 1 21 5 0 1 15 5 2 21 3 0 1 4 8 12 5 3 5 0 1 13 21 3 15 62 3 6 1995 1996 1996 1997 1998 1998 1998 1999 1999 1999 2002 2003 2003 2004 2004 2004 2004 2004 2004 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 2007 2008 2008 2008 2011 2012 2012 Opal Bertha Fran Danny Bonnie Earl Georges Bret Floyd Irene Lili Claudette Isabel Alex Charley Frances Gaston Ivan Jeanne Cindy Dennis Ophelia Rita Wilma Humberto Dolly Gustav Ike Irene Isaac Sandy 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 9 8 26 10 3 3 1 0 56 8 2 3 51 1 10 7 8 25 5 1 15 1 62 5 1 1 52 84 41 5 159 Deaths by Male named hurricanes vs Female named hurricanes Female Male Statistical analysis: The data suggests that female hurricanes are more deadly than male hurricanes. However, it should be noted that there were twice as many female named hurricanes as male named hurricanes. But given the ratio of male to female named hurricanes, you would expect the deaths to be twice as many. And yet there are three times as many. This is statistically significant.
