MethodIn this experiment, we examined Edward Bloom's Big Fish in detail. Specifically, we sampled 10 pages of the book and, from each of them, examined the number of lines that begin with various types of words and even letters. To randomly select 10 pages of the book, we used the Vasser Stats randomizer to generate 10 random page numbers. We then looked at each of 10 randomly selected pages and recorded the number of lines that began with a noun, a verb, an adjective, a vowel, and a consonant. When we recorded the number of lines starting with nouns and verbs, we also made sure to divide the results into those starting with vowels and those starting with consonants. The data was entered into a spreadsheet in Excel and then transferred to JMP IN. In handling the data, we treated each of the ten pages as if it were an individual and therefore had 10 values ​​for the number of rows starting with each of our different types of words and letters. Once we entered the data into JMP IN, we constructed 5 histograms to show the frequency distribution for the number of rows starting with each of our word and letter types. Once we created our histograms, we took a look at the descriptive statistics for each of our histograms and roughly grouped the 5 data sets into one table. The descriptive statistics we chose to include were; mean, median, maximum, minimum, upper quartile, lower quartile, 95% confidence intervals, and sample size. Histograms and statistics were calculated and created in JMP, respectively. We then entered the number of nouns and verbs that began with vowels and consonants into JMP. From this spreadsheet we used JMP to produce a contingency table. This was done to determine whether or not there is a statistically significant relationship between the type of word and the type of letter it begins with. Once the contingency table was created, JMP ran a Pearson chi-squared test on the data. Results Figure 1. Histogram of lines starting with nouns, across 10 pages, in Big Fish by Edward Bloom Figure 2. Histogram of lines starting with verbs, across 10 pages, in Big Fish by Edward Bloom Figure 3. Histogram of lines starting with verbs with adjectives, on 10 pages, in Big Fish by Edward Bloom