Spring 2010

The mean purchase price at the Gator Grill is over $5.

60% of GRCC students own an iPhone.

Basketball teams win more than 70% of their home games.

40% or more of GRCC students wear white shoes.

The percentage of women who find UGG boots attractive is greater thanthe percentage of men.

20% of GRCC students have one or more tatoos.

Winter 2009

A larger percentage of students under 20 use Facebook than the percentage of students over 20.

46% of GRCC students have brown hair.

The mean height for an eruption of Diet Coke from a two liter bottle after dropping three mint mentos is 8 inches.

30% of dairy products are "fat free."

40% of Green River students are planning on majoring in Business.

60% of GRCC students have Japanese cars.

The proportion of International students who volunteer for community service is larger than the proportion of domestic students that volunteer.

The proportion of GRCC students who smoke is greater than 1/3.

Winter 2006:

The average number of cigarettes GRCC student smokers consume in a day is 11.(Found to be true)

More than 40% of international students come to GRCC because of agencies' recommendations. (Found to be true)

25% of M&M's are red.  (False)

For 55% of GRCC students, English is their second language.

20% of grocery store shopping carts have at least one wacky wheel.

Females leave larger tips then males.

More than 50% of students buy hot lunches in the cafeteria.

30% of GRCC International students are 21 or over.

Female students use the school computers for more academic uses than male students.

The proportion of smokers who drink is greater than the proportion of non-somkers who drink.

More students buy their books online rather than at the bookstore.

Flights purchased through Orbitz.com are cheaper than flights purchased directly from the airline.

50% of GRCC students get less than 7 hours of sleep.

Rats that are deprived of social interaction will take longer to complete a maze than those with social interaction.

More students wear black shoes than any other color.

More than 70% of cars owned by GRCC students were second hand rather than new cars.

Students who work a high number of hours will have a lower GPA compared to students who have less working hours or don't work at all.

The mean price of college text books in the Paper Tree is over $100.

Fall 2006

75% of GRCC math students own their calculator.  (Found to be true)

The proportion of students who are aware of current events is 25%. (Found to be false)

There are more green Skittles than any other color.  (Found to be false)

70% of the student body wears backpacks.  80% of those wearing backpacks are male.  (Found to be false)

75% of GRCC students that send 10 or more text messages per day also spend one or more hours chatting online or surfing networking sites like MySpace. (Found to be false)

More American GRCC students do not use an umbrella than International students on a rainy day.  (Found to be true)

Students who live at home brush their teeth more than students who live on their own.  (Found to be false)

Fall 2005

The proprotion of GRCC students who prefer wheat bread instead of white bread is not 68%.

65% of GRCC students use two-strap backpacks.

The average number of students using the study tables in the Library is greater than the average number of students using the computers.

A greater proportion of GRCC students prefer Coke than Pepsi.

Between 14.78% and 27.89% of GRCC students are without health insurance.

50% of the beverages being consumed on campus are soda.  (Found to be false)

The proportion of Art majors with pierced ears is larger that the proportion of Business majors with pierced ears.  (Found to be true)

The majority of GRCC students that utilize MySpace are females between that ages of 18 and 23.  (Found to be false)

The average amount of time it takes to park on campus and walk to the LSC is longer than the average amount of time it takes to park at Pacific Raceways, take the shuttle to campus and walk to the LSC.  (Found to be false.)

Summer 2004:

A significantly larger proportion of households recycle when they have the "All In One Bin" option as compared to households where disposal companies require sorting materials into separate bins.  This difference is 20% +/- 5%

Fall 2004:

82.47% +/- 2.59% of all drivers fail to stop at the stop sign in the GRCC parking lot by the RLC building.

The proportion of students under the age of 22 whose parents pay the majority of their tuition is larger than the proportion of students over the age of 22.  The proportion is 25.1% to 52.4% greater in the under 22 students.

Orville Reddenbacher Lite Butter Popcorn pops to a greater volume than Safeway Light Butter Popcorn.  The difference is between 0.0177 cups and 0.8823 cups.

We are 95% confident that the percentage of students from GRCC that eat fast food more than once a week is between 23.3% and 42.8%

The average time it takes a student to find a parking spot in the GRCC parking lot is 222 seconds +/- 33.5 seconds.

The proportion of students using umbrellas is the same on the GRCC campus as the Highline Community College Campus.

Students study on average 64.33 to 76.87 minutes for their Math Final.

The percentage of drivers who do not use their turn signals while driving is 20% +/- 2.3%.