Ball Bounces Results

The main question focused on while doing this experiment was, “How many times does the ball bounce before coming to a rest? “ There were four groups and each one had a different ball in size to get a variety in the data. Each group did their own data analysis depending on the number of the bounces their ball did. Every group was expected to release the ball from their hands and count the number of bounces before coming to a stop which was then repeated 10 times. Once every group completed their task, the groups collaborated by sharing their results and combining all 40 numbers. By doing this, it would compare the results of one ball to the combination of all the balls.

II. Introduction

When bouncing the ball, have you ever wondered how many bounces does it take before coming to a …show more content…
Since the ball contains mass, the ball does not sit still once it is released from our hands and touches the ground. Instead the ball would fall to the ground but then would bounce back up due to the speed and its circular shape. The amount of bounces with our basketball range from eight to ten. Each group had a different ball so there was variety of numbers on how many times the ball bounces before it stops. Within our team, the highest number was 11 and when compared to the class data, it was 16. As for the box plots, the class data had a wider range whereas my team was more compacted within the number of eight through eleven. For this histogram, ten had the most occurrence and the class data had a tie between eight and ten. After gathering all the data, it is still quite difficult to answer the questions since the data consisted of different sizes of ball. Also the last couple bounces cannot be calculated exactly and can only be an estimation. It would be much simpler to answer, “what is the mean number of the ball bounces before coming to rest?” since it is a number that can actually be calculated within our