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Abstract:
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Aphids cause more worldwide economic damage than any other insect pest. This poster illustrates the use of some standard statistical tools for the analysis of an exceptional data set on the pecan aphid. The four parts of the AP syllabus, here called Regular AP Statistics (RAPS), namely exploring data, planning a study, producing models, and confirming models, are demonstrated. Five concepts from Beyond AP Statistics (BAPS), specifically randomized block design, multiple linear regression, nonlinear regression, differential equations models, and stochastic processes, are also illustrated. The aphid is parthenogenetic, which is a unique reproductive system in the insect world. We suggest that the data analysis of this fascinating and economically important insect could form a very interesting unifying problem for the whole AP statistics course.
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