Do Children’s Shoe Sizes Increase with Age

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Do Children’s shoe sizes increase with age Introduction This investigation is about finding out if children’s shoe sizes increase with age and if there are other factors that determine what shoe size a certain child will be at a certain age. The objectives are to collect shoe sizes for 40 children who are within the range of 1 to 10 years old and analyse the data to prove or disapprove the fact that children’s shoe sizes increase with age. Aim To prove that children’s shoe sizes increase with age Hypothesis and Null Hypothesis As children get older their shoe sizes get bigger. As children get older their shoe sizes do not get bigger Design A questionnaire was sent asking parents were asked to kindly provide data regarding their children on the following: - shoe size - Age - Gender - Any other factors that influence the shoe size Permission to use the data for the investigation was requested and emphasis was made that no names will be required or used in the report. Participants There were sixteen participants see table below: Participant number Female Male Total number of children 1 2 2 4 2 3 1 4 3 0 4 4 4 2 0 2 5 1 1 2 6 1 1 2 7 1 1 2 8 1 1 2 9 1 1 2 10 1 1 2 11 1 1 2 12 2 1 3 13 1 2 3 14 1 1 2 15 1 1 2 16 0 2 2 The gender of the children did not make any difference Materials Online articles were checked to find out how to measure children’s feet for shoes in order to double check how parents know their children’s shoe size (How to measure children’s feet for shoes.Livestrong 2012 Available at www.livestrong.com.accessed 22nd September) Procedure The following email was sent to the participants who were family and friends with children between the age of 1 and 10 years old; Subject: Request for data Hi I am currently studying Access to Higher Education Diploma for Health Professions. One

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