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HW 1 (Homework) 1701_ENGR_2600_01, section 01, Spring 2017
Instructor: Bimal K Malaviya
Current Score : 17.2 / 20 Due : Monday, January 30 2017 03:07 AM EST

1. 2.17/2.5 points | Previous AnswersDevoreStat9 1.E.014.

The accompanying data set consists of observations on shower-flow rate (L/min) for a sample of n = 129 houses:

4.6 12.5 7.1 7.0 4.0 9.2 6.7 6.9 11.5 5.1

11.2 10.5 14.3 8.0 8.8 6.4 5.1 5.6 9.6 7.5

7.5 6.2 5.8 2.4 3.4 10.4 9.8 6.6 3.7 6.4

8.3 6.5 7.6 9.3 9.2 7.3 5.0 6.3 13.7 6.2

5.4 4.8 7.5 6.0 6.9 10.8 7.5 6.6 5.0 3.3

7.6 3.9 11.9 2.1 15.0 7.2 6.1 15.3 18.4 7.2

5.4 5.5 4.3 9.0 12.7 11.3 7.4 5.0 3.5 8.2

8.4 7.3 10.3 11.9 6.0 5.6 9.5 9.3 10.4 9.7

5.1 6.7 10.2 6.2 8.4 7.0 4.8 5.6 10.5 14.9

10.8 15.5 7.5 6.4 3.4 5.5 6.6 5.9 15.0 9.6

7.8 7.0 6.9 4.1 3.6 11.9 3.7 5.7 6.8 11.3

9.3 9.6 10.4 9.3 6.9 9.8 9.1 10.6 4.5 6.2

8.3 3.2 4.9 5.0 6.0 8.2 6.3 3.8 6.0

(a) Construct a stem-and-leaf display of the data. (Enter numbers from smallest to largest separated by spaces. Enter NONE for
stems with no values.)
Stems Leaves

2 14

3 2344567789

4 01356889

5 0000111 4455666789

6 0000122223344456667789999

7 00012233455555668

8 02233448

9 012233335666788

10 2344455688

11 2335999

12 57

13 7

14 39

15 0035

16

17

18 4

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(b) What is a typical, or representative, flow rate?

72 L/min

(c) Does the display appear to be highly concentrated or spread out?

highly concentrated, except for a few values on the negative side

highly concentrated in the middle

highly concentrated, except for a few values on the positive side

spread out

(d) Does the distribution of values appear to be reasonably symmetric? If not, how would you describe the departure from
symmetry?

Yes, the distribution appears to be reasonably symmetric.

No, the data are skewed to the right, or positively skewed.

No, the data are skewed to the left, or negatively skewed.

No, the distribution of the values appears to be bimodal.

(e) Would you describe any observation as being far from the rest of the data (an outlier)?

Yes, the value 2.1 appears to be an outlier.

Yes, the value 15.5 appears to be an outlier.

Yes, the value 18.4 appears to be an outlier.

No, none of the observations appear to be an outlier.

2. 2.2/2.5 points | Previous AnswersDevoreStat9 1.E.020.

An article gave data on various characteristics of subdivisions that could be used in deciding whether to provide electrical power using
overhead lines or underground lines. Here are the values of the variable x = total length of streets within a subdivision:

1280 5320 4390 2100 1240 3060 4970

1050 360 3330 3380 340 1000 960

1320 530 3350 540 3870 1250 2400

960 1120 2120 450 2250 2320 2400

3150 5700 5220 500 1850 2460 5950

2700 2730 1670 100 5770 3150 1990

510 240 396 1419 2109

(a) Construct a stem-and-leaf display using the thousands digit as the stem and the hundreds digit as the leaf. (Enter numbers

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from smallest to largest separated by spaces. Enter NONE for stems with no values.)
Stems Leaves

0 123334555599

1 00122234689

2 1112344477

3 0113338

4 39

5 23779

Comment on the various features of the display. (Select all that apply.)

A typical data value is somewhere in the low 2000's.

The display is symmetric.

The display has a negative skew.

The display has a positive skew.

A typical data value is somewhere in the high 3000's.

(b) Construct a histogram using class boundaries 0, 1000, 2000, 3000, 4000, 5000, and 6000.

What proportion of subdivisions have total length less than 2000? Between 2000 and 4000? (Round your answers to three decimal
places.)
less than 2000 0.4894

between 2000 and 4000 0.3617

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How would you describe the shape of the histogram? (Select all that apply.)

A typical data value is somewhere in the low 2000's.

The display has a negative skew.

The display has a positive skew.

The display is symmetric.

A typical data value is somewhere in the high 3000's.

3. 2/2.5 points | Previous AnswersDevoreStat9 1.E.026.

Automated electron backscattered diffraction is now being used in the study of fracture phenomena. The following information is on
misorientation angle (degrees).

Class: 0<5 5<10 10<15 15<20 20<30 30<40 40<60 60<90

Rel freq: 0.172 0.168 0.174 0.134 0.193 0.080 0.053 0.026

(a) Is it true that more than 50% of the sampled angles are smaller than 15, as asserted by researchers?

Yes, the proportion of sampled angles smaller than 15 is greater than 0.50.

Yes, the proportion of sampled angles smaller than 15 is not greater than 0.50.

No, the proportion of sampled angles smaller than 15 is greater than 0.50.

No, the proportion of sampled angles smaller than 15 is not greater than 0.50.

(b) What proportion of the sampled angles are at least 30? (Round your answer to three decimal places.)
.159

(c) Roughly what proportion of angles are between 10 and 25? (Round your answer to three decimal places.)
.405

(d) Construct a histogram.

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Comment on any interesting features. (Select all that apply.)

Without more precise information, we cannot tell if the data contain outliers.

The distribution of misorientation angles is heavily negatively skewed.

The distribution of misorientation angles is heavily positively skewed.

The distribution of misorientation angles is bimodal.

The distribution of misorientation angles is approximately symmetric.

There are two obvious outliers.

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4. 0.83/2.5 points | Previous AnswersDevoreStat9 1.E.022.

How does the speed of a runner vary over the course of a marathon (a distance of 42.195 km)? Consider determining both the time to run
the first 5 km and the time to run between the 35-km and 40-km points, and then subtracting the former time from the latter time. A
positive value of this difference corresponds to a runner slowing down toward the end of the race. The accompanying histogram is based
on times of runners who participated in several different Japanese marathons.

What are some interesting features of this histogram? (Select all that apply.)

normally distributed

positively skewed

negatively skewed

mostly positive values

small spread

small sample size

What is a typical difference value? (Enter an approximate value.)

200 sec

Roughly what proportion of the runners ran the late distance more quickly than the early distance? (Round your answer to two decimal
places.)
.75

5. 2.5/2.5 points | Previous AnswersDevoreStat9 1.E.034.

Exposure to microbial products, especially endotoxin, may have an impact on vulnerability to allergic diseases. The following are data on
concentration (EU/mg) in settled dust for one sample of urban homes and another of farm homes.

U: 6.0 5.0 11.0 33.0 4.0 5.0 80.0 18.0 35.0 17.0 23.0

F: 3.0 15.0 13.0 8.0 8.0 6.0 5.0 19.0 3.0 8.6 24.0 9.5 2.0 1.0 0.3

(a) Determine the sample mean for each sample. (Round your answers to two decimal places.)

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urban homes 21.55 EU/mg

farm homes 8.36 EU/mg

How do they compare?

The average endotoxin concentration in farm homes is more than double the average concentration in urban homes.

The average endotoxin concentration in urban homes is more than double the average concentration in farm homes.

The average endotoxin concentration is about the same in both urban and farm homes.

(b) Determine the sample median for each sample.

urban homes 17 EU/mg
farm homes 8 EU/mg

How do they compare?

The median endotoxin concentration in urban homes is roughly double the median concentration in farm homes.

The median endotoxin concentration is about the same in both urban and farm homes.

The median endotoxin concentration in farm homes is roughly double the median concentration in urban homes.

Why is the median for the urban sample so different from the mean for that sample?

The mean and median for urban homes are so different because there are fewer observations.

The mean and median for urban homes are so different because the measure different aspects of the distribution.

The mean and median for urban homes are so different because the few large values raise the mean but not the median.

(c) Calculate the trimmed mean for each sample by deleting the smallest and largest observation. (Round your answers to two
decimal places.)
urban homes 17 EU/mg
farm homes 7.78 EU/mg

What are the corresponding trimming percentages? (Round your answers to two decimal places.)
urban homes 9.09 %
farm homes 6.67 %

How do the values of these trimmed means compare to the corresponding means and medians?
Urban homes:

The trimmed mean is less than the mean of the entire sample. The trimmed mean is equal to the
median of the entire sample.

Farm homes:

The trimmed mean is less than the mean of the entire sample. The trimmed mean is less than the
median of the entire sample.

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6. 2.5/2.5 points | Previous AnswersDevoreStat9 1.E.050.

A woman sued a computer keyboard manufacturer, charging that her repetitive stress injuries were caused by the keyboard. The injury
awarded about $3.5 million for pain and suffering, but the court then set aside that award as being unreasonable compensation. In
making this determination, the court identified a "normative" group of 27 similar cases and specified a reasonable award as one within
two standard deviations of the mean of the awards in the 27 cases. The 27 awards were (in $1000s) 38, 63, 74, 112, 137, 140, 148, 151,
238, 290, 340, 410, 600, 750, 750, 753, 1050, 1100, 1135, 1150, 1200, 1200, 1250, 1578, 1700, 1825, and 2000, from which
xi = 20,182, xi2 = 24,659,394. What is the maximum possible amount that could be awarded under the two-standard-deviation rule?
(Round your answer to the nearest whole number.)
1961.1 thousand dollars

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7. 2.5/2.5 points | Previous AnswersDevoreStat9 1.E.058.

A company utilizes two different machines to manufacture parts of a certain type. During a single shift, a sample of n = 20 parts produced
by each machine is obtained, and the value of a particular critical dimension for each part is determined. The comparative boxplot below is
constructed from the resulting data.

Compare and contrast the two samples. (Select all that apply.)

Machine 1 and machine 2's sample values have about the same amount of variation.

The only outlier that exists is from machine 1.

There are no outliers present.

Machine 1's sample values have considerably more variation than does machine 2's sample values.

A typical value is much larger for machine 1 than for machine 2.

Machine 2's sample values have considerably more variation than machine 1's sample values.

A typical value seems to be about the same for the two machines.

The only outlier that exists is from machine 2.

A typical value is much larger for machine 2 than for machine 1.

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8. 2.5/2.5 points | Previous AnswersDevoreStat9 1.E.060.

Observations on burst strength (lb/in2) were obtained both for test nozzle closure welds and for production canister nozzle welds.

Test 7200 6100 7300 7300 8000 7400

7300 7300 8000 6700 8300

Cannister 5250 5625 5900 5900 5700 6050

5800 6000 5875 6100 5850 6600

A comparative boxplot is given below.

Comment on interesting features (the cited article did not include such a picture, but the authors commented that they had looked at
one). (Select all that apply.)

The test nozzle welds have much more variable burst strengths.

The production canister welds data contain 2 outliers.

The production canister welds have much more variable burst strengths.

The production canister welds have much higher burst strengths.

The production canister welds have consistently lower burst strengths than the test nozzle welds.

The test nozzle welds data contain 2 outliers.

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