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An R project that conducts a hypothesis test to analyze the validity of Robin Dunbar's claim that humans only have the capacity to keep track of a maximum of 150 people (Dunbar's Number) at a time. Through this project, Dunbar's hypothesis is investigated with the use of multiple t-tests conducted over a Facebook usage dataset.

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Investigating Dunbar's Number's validity using a t-test

An R project that conducts a hypothesis test to analyze the validity of Robin Dunbar's claim that humans only have the capacity to keep track of a maximum of 150 people at a time. This number is known as Dunbar's Number and through this project, Dunbar's hypothesis is investigated with the use of two-tailed one-sample and two-tailed two-sample t-test conducted over a dataset consisting of Facebook usage data among 383 college students at a large university.

Comparison of the Mean Responses to the Meet New People Question

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An R project that conducts a hypothesis test to analyze the validity of Robin Dunbar's claim that humans only have the capacity to keep track of a maximum of 150 people (Dunbar's Number) at a time. Through this project, Dunbar's hypothesis is investigated with the use of multiple t-tests conducted over a Facebook usage dataset.

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