Survey for my Stats Class: Rope length

oldschool 03-17-2004, 10:44 AM

Thanks for opening this discussion.

I have a project due in my Statistics class and I need to gather some data. I am hoping to get at least 40 responses to this survey. I am trying to predict what the rope length will be for someone in relation to the years of experience they have. Here's the survey:

1. What is the length of rope (from the boat to the handle) you use when wakeboarding under normal conditions?
2. How many years have you been wakeboarding?
3. Are you male or female?

Normal conditions are considered your average riding spot, boat setup, and weather. I know this survey is short and there could be many other variables to examine, but I have set this up to meet the professor's criteria for gathering data.

Thanks everyone! I'll post the results once I get over 40 responses and plug the data into the formulas.

(Message edited by oldschool on March 17, 2004)

(jarrod) · (jarrod) **Join Date: May 2003** 03-17-2004, 10:46 AM

75'

3 years

Male

norcal_99 03-17-2004, 10:50 AM

75'

2 1/2 years

Male

wakedad 03-17-2004, 10:57 AM

75'

4 years

Male

(electricsnow) · (electricsnow) **Join Date: May 2002** 03-17-2004, 10:58 AM

75'

8 years including 2003, or 7 through 2002 because I became injured at the beginning of last season. So use that as you wish.

F

(Message edited by electricsnow on March 17, 2004)

(aaronlee13) · (aaronlee13) **Join Date: Jul 2001** 03-17-2004, 11:01 AM

75'

8 years

Male

(aaronlee13) · (aaronlee13) **Join Date: Jul 2001** 03-17-2004, 11:02 AM

also if this helps...
My girlfriend...

70'

1 year

female

(mx21) · (mx21) **Join Date: Dec 2003** 03-17-2004, 11:02 AM

65' - 75' - (usually 75') depending on boat

5 - minus one year in Lubbock,TX (Where is the water?)

M

(Message edited by mx21 on March 17, 2004)

jetgofish 03-17-2004, 11:12 AM

70'

3 years

Female

(laptom) · (laptom) **Join Date: Apr 2002** 03-17-2004, 11:12 AM

70'

3 years

Male

(jarrod) · (jarrod) **Join Date: May 2003** 03-17-2004, 11:15 AM

My wife

65'

2 years

Female

(bradzass) · (bradzass) **Join Date: Mar 2004** 03-17-2004, 11:16 AM

75'

2 years

male

evo900 03-17-2004, 11:18 AM

80'..
1 year..
male..

bobbymucic 03-17-2004, 11:23 AM

70

3 years

male

cws_kahuna 03-17-2004, 11:43 AM

my self
75'
3 years

my wife
65'
3 years

martini 03-17-2004, 11:45 AM

85'

8 years

male

cam_warner 03-17-2004, 11:48 AM

75'

7 years

male

(wake_up_11) · (wake_up_11) **Join Date: Feb 2004** 03-17-2004, 11:49 AM

my self
80'
6 years

my girlfriend
70'
2 years

(thor) · (thor) **Join Date: Oct 2001** 03-17-2004, 11:50 AM

75'

4 years

male

hyperlite142 03-17-2004, 12:03 PM

83'

8 years

male

(ty540) · (ty540) **Join Date: Nov 2001** 03-17-2004, 12:04 PM

It depends on the boat...

80-85'

6 years

male

(sw1) · (sw1) **Join Date: Nov 2003** 03-17-2004, 12:11 PM

75

1 year

male

(ridn9high) · (ridn9high) **Join Date: Feb 2004** 03-17-2004, 12:18 PM

Depending on boat/wake
75-85

2 years

male

(jonb) · (jonb) **Join Date: Oct 2003** 03-17-2004, 12:22 PM

70
3 years
male

blindsiderider 03-17-2004, 12:23 PM

75'
1 year
male

(bigjessup) · (bigjessup) **Join Date: May 2002** 03-17-2004, 12:26 PM

80'

6 years

Male

centraltxrider 03-17-2004, 12:45 PM

70'

3 years

male

(tdeneka) · (tdeneka) **Join Date: Aug 2002** 03-17-2004, 12:53 PM

75'

3 years

Male

(puckinshat) · (puckinshat) **Join Date: Sep 2003** 03-17-2004, 1:06 PM

I got 3 of them for ya

65'

1 year

Female

60'

1 year

Male

80'

2 years

male

(ryin) · (ryin) **Join Date: May 2002** 03-17-2004, 1:17 PM

60'
4 years, 5 this year but its snowing right now so its gonna be a while
male

xtremrider 03-17-2004, 2:18 PM

75'

4 years

male

(snowboardcorey)

70'
5 years
male

(mike_schwenne) · (mike_schwenne) **Join Date: Nov 2002** 03-17-2004, 2:47 PM

95'
12years
Male

Mike schwenne
www.westcoastcamps.com

(jarrod) · (jarrod) **Join Date: May 2003** 03-17-2004, 2:53 PM

95'??????? Holy ••••

(twakess) · (twakess) **Join Date: Mar 2002** 03-17-2004, 3:09 PM

Mike, how fast do you ride at with that much rope?

70-75
10 years
Male

martini 03-17-2004, 3:29 PM

85'

8years

male

(westsidarider) · (westsidarider) **Join Date: Feb 2003** 03-17-2004, 3:30 PM

90'
9 years
male

martini 03-17-2004, 3:35 PM

hey mike,

you might want to update your profile...

i don't think you ride for solbound or origin anymore do ya???

(wakehype) · (wakehype) **Join Date: Dec 2002** 03-17-2004, 3:57 PM

75' - 85'

3 years

male

21.5-26mph

(blabel) · (blabel) **Join Date: Jul 2001** 03-17-2004, 4:01 PM

80FT

10+ years

Male

(troyl) · (troyl) **Join Date: Feb 2002** 03-17-2004, 4:01 PM

75 ft

8 years

Male

(lakeday) · (lakeday) **Join Date: Jan 2003** 03-17-2004, 4:40 PM

75 ft

4 years

Male

75 ft

3 years

Female

(mcook77) · (mcook77) **Join Date: Feb 2004** 03-17-2004, 4:43 PM

75 ft

1 year

Male

samcdog 03-17-2004, 4:55 PM

80'

4 years (live in mid-west - didn't count winter months)

male

upupnaway 03-17-2004, 4:58 PM

70
1.5
male

and
65
1.5
female

(paulsmith) · (paulsmith) **Join Date: Mar 2002** 03-17-2004, 4:58 PM

80' behind SAN, 75' behind others

2 years

male

grampawakerider 03-17-2004, 5:10 PM

60' Behind an I/O

9 months

Male

Count four for that in the male catagory and one female. My crew and I are all learning together.

(bill) · (bill) **Join Date: Feb 2001** 03-17-2004, 5:43 PM

70-75ft depending on the boat

5 years riding

Male

(wakeeater2003) · (wakeeater2003) **Join Date: Mar 2004** 03-17-2004, 7:52 PM

80 behind mastercraft 85 behind super air
7 years
male

(leinad) · (leinad) **Join Date: Apr 2002** 03-17-2004, 9:25 PM

85'
6 years
male

walt 03-18-2004, 4:42 AM

It depends on the boat, But behind My boat I ride @
75 ft
1 year
Male

(wetrooster) · (wetrooster) **Join Date: Sep 2002** 03-18-2004, 4:58 AM

80
12 years
Male

(timmy) · (timmy) **Join Date: Jul 2001** 03-18-2004, 5:11 AM

my boat:
75' @ 23mph
85' @ 25mph

super air:
85' @ 23mph

10 years
male

(aquaholic) · (aquaholic) **Join Date: Feb 2001** 03-18-2004, 5:14 AM

70'
5 years
male

oldschool 03-18-2004, 6:04 AM

Awesome! I'll cap it off with the legendary Mike Novak. I have a great mix of data here to work with so I am going to use what has been posted so far.

Thank you everyone for helping me out and answering the survey so fast. I'll post a follow-up discussion to let you all know the statistics on this. Hopefully I can dazzle you with some fancy mathematical lingo.

(boarditup) · (boarditup) **Join Date: Jan 2004** 03-18-2004, 6:05 AM

70'
21 years
male

(wakeboardrn) · (wakeboardrn) **Join Date: May 2002** 03-18-2004, 12:08 PM

70'
5 years
female

(thane_dogg) · (thane_dogg) **Join Date: Jun 2002** 03-18-2004, 12:10 PM

80'
2 years
male

(kristian) · (kristian) **Join Date: Nov 2002** 03-18-2004, 1:03 PM

Depends on boat, currently 60' (not very happy about it), behind a comp boat, 75-80'
8.5 years
Male

oldschool 03-18-2004, 1:37 PM

I do appreciate the great response, but anymore answers to the survey at this point will not be going into the sample. I have already begun to analyze it.

Thanks again!