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Statistics Problem Set Overview

The document contains 6 problems related to statistics. Problem 1 involves identifying variables as qualitative or quantitative and their level of measurement. Problem 2 asks to find the mode of 3 data sets. Problem 3 provides growth data for 33 tomato plants and asks for several descriptive statistics. Problems 4-6 deal with normally distributed data involving parcel weights, vehicle speeds, and student weights, calculating percentages and numbers above and below certain values.

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Statistics Problem Set Overview

The document contains 6 problems related to statistics. Problem 1 involves identifying variables as qualitative or quantitative and their level of measurement. Problem 2 asks to find the mode of 3 data sets. Problem 3 provides growth data for 33 tomato plants and asks for several descriptive statistics. Problems 4-6 deal with normally distributed data involving parcel weights, vehicle speeds, and student weights, calculating percentages and numbers above and below certain values.

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Problem Set #6

Statistics

1. Identify the following as qualitative or quantitative variable. If quantitative, classify whether it is


discrete or continuous. Also, indicate the appropriate level of measurement required in each.
a. Car ownership (answers the question: Do you own a car?)(6 points)
b. Citizenship
c. Tuition fees
d. Color of the skin
e. Air temperature of the peak of Mt. Kalayo measured in degree Celsius.
f. Religion

2. Find the mode of each of the following data, provided, of course, that it exists:(6 points)
a. 6, 8, 5, 6, 5, 5, 7, 7, 9, 7, 6, 8, 4, and 7;
b. 57, 39, 54, 30, 46, 22, 48, 35, 27, 31, and 23;
c. 11, 15, 13, 14, 13, 12, 10, 11, 12, 13, 11, and 13.

3. The College of Agriculture obtained the following data representing the one-week growth (33)
in centimeters of 33 newly planted tomato plants:
2.3 3.9 3.9 0.8 4.1 1.1 3.1 2.2 2.4 2.4 1.8
2.8 2.4 3.9 1.8 3.9 3.9 4.1 3.9 2.4 4.0 4.2
3.7 1.6 2.3 3.2 2.6 2.6 1.9 2.2 1.7 3.5 1.9
Obtain the following: mean, median, mode, range, variance, standard deviation, P 50, Q2, D5, Inter-
quartile Range and coefficient of variation.

4. Shipping. During 1 week, an overnight delivery company found that the weights of its
parcels were normally distributed, with a mean of 24 oz and a standard deviation of 6 oz.(6)
a. What percent of the parcels weighed between 12 oz and 30 oz?
b. What percent of the parcels weighed more than 42 oz?

5. Traffic. A highway study of 8000 vehicles that passed by a checkpoint found that their
speeds were normally distributed, with a mean of 61 mph and a standard deviation of 7 mph.(6
points)
a. How many of the vehicles had a speed of more than 68 mph?
b. How many of the vehicles had a speed of less than 40 mph?

[Link]. If the weights of 600 students are normally distributed with a mean of 50 kilograms and a
variance of 16 kilograms, (6 points)
a. Determine the percentage of students with weights lower than 55 kilograms.
b. How many students have weights exceeding 52 kilograms?

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To find the number of vehicles traveling faster than 68 mph, calculate the z-score using the formula z = (X - μ) / σ, where X is 68, μ is 61, and σ is 7. The z-score is 1. This corresponds to the upper tail of the normal distribution, where approximately 15.87% of data lies above this point. Hence, about 1,270 vehicles (15.87% of 8000) are expected to travel faster than 68 mph .

Compute the z-score for 55 kg: (55 - 50) / 4 = 1.25. Using a standard normal distribution table, approximately 89.44% of students weigh below 55 kg .

To determine the mean growth, sum all growth measurements and divide by the number of plants. Sum is (2.3+3.9+3.9+...+1.9) = 89.8, divided by 33, the mean growth is approximately 2.72 cm .

The mode identifies the most frequently occurring value in a dataset. This measure is used in datasets a, b, and c from problem 2 to determine the most common number .

For parcels weighing between 12 oz and 30 oz, calculate the z-scores for 12 and 30 oz: z = (X - μ) / σ, where X is the measurement, μ is 24, and σ is 6. Z-scores for 12 oz is -2 and for 30 oz is 1. Using the standard normal distribution table, approximately 81.5% of parcels weigh between these values .

Calculate the z-score for 52 kg: z = (52 - 50) / 4. The z-score is 0.5. The standard normal distribution table shows about 69.15% have weights below 52 kg, thus 30.85% exceed this weight. Approximately 185 students (30.85% of 600) weigh above 52 kg .

Air temperature in degrees Celsius is a quantitative continuous variable. The appropriate level of measurement is interval, as temperature has meaningful differences between values but no true zero point .

Car ownership is a qualitative variable because it categorizes individuals based on whether they own a car. The appropriate level of measurement is nominal, as it involves classifying individuals without implying any order .

The mode of the data set is the value that appears most frequently. The number 13 appears four times, more than any other number, thus the mode is 13 .

The range is calculated by subtracting the smallest value from the largest in the dataset. In the given dataset, the range is 4.2 - 0.8 = 3.4 cm .

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