Graphical Presentation
Distribution Participants across gender
Figure 1: Gender distribution of participants
It is vital to understand the gender distribution of participants to assess any differences that could affect the credibility of results. The pie chart shows the distribution of participants across male and female gender. It is clear from the graph that there were more male than female participants as represented by 54% or 108 female and 46% or 92 female in the study.
Mean Heart Beat rate at resting _ male and Female
Figure 2: Mean heartbeat of participants
The distribution of heartbeat counts between male and female participants was taken before exercise, and the result is indicated in figure 2 above. The gender distribution was essential in comparing the rate of heartbeat counts between male and female participants. Accordingly, the female had a high mean heartbeat rate than their male counterparts before engaging at resting. This is shown by the mean heartbeat of 79.9 for male against 80.2 for the female participants. Therefore, the female reported a higher heartbeat rate per minute than their male counterparts.
Mean Heart Beat Count after Exercise _ Male and Female
Figure 3: Heartbeat after exercise
The researcher also sought to assess the rate of the heart between male and female participants after engaging in physical exercise. This was essential in comparing the rate of heartbeat across male and female gender. The heartbeat rate taken after participating in exercise indicates that male and female participants barely reported the same mean. As shown in figure 3, male participants reported a slightly lower heartbeat at 90.0 per minute against 90.1 mean rates for the female participants. Therefore, female and male reported a similar rate of a heartbeat after engaging in physical exercise.
Distribution of Heartbeat count at resting
Figure 4: Total Heartbeat counts
The distribution of heart across for participants was taken for both male and female participants at resting. It was found that most participants reported a heartbeat count in the range of 80-89 with 89 participants. The next group with highest heartbeat count is in the range of 70-79 with 80 participants followed by 60-69 and 90-99 heartbeat range each with 15 participants
Heartbeat after exercise
Figure 5: Heartbeat count after exercise
After resting, the researcher also took the heartbeat count after engaging in the exercise was taken from the participants. The results were essential in comparing the rate of heartbeat rate before and after participating in physical exercise. The results show than most participants were in the range of 80-89 and 90-99 rate of heartbeat per minute. The results are contrary to the rate of the heartbeat at resting, where the highest number of participants were in the range of 80-89 and 70-79. Therefore, as expected, engaging in physical exercise increases the rate of a heartbeat for most people due to metabolic reactions of the body to generate the energy required to perform the physical exercise. On the contrary, people at rest need less energy hence the lower rate of heartbeats reported by the data.