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Chapter 5 Examples

The document summarizes examples that use normal distributions to model real-world phenomena like rivet strength, tire treadlife, exam scores, and more. It provides 29 questions and explanations about analyzing these scenarios using properties of the normal distribution like mean, standard deviation, z-scores, and percentile ranks.

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Chapter 5 Examples

The document summarizes examples that use normal distributions to model real-world phenomena like rivet strength, tire treadlife, exam scores, and more. It provides 29 questions and explanations about analyzing these scenarios using properties of the normal distribution like mean, standard deviation, z-scores, and percentile ranks.

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Chapter 5 Examples

Normal distributions can be used by manufacturers to examine the development of their products.
Suppose a company manufactures rivets. Their machines were calibrated to produce rivets with a mean
shear strength (in pounds) of 800 and standard deviation of 50 pounds. It is assumed that the shear
strength of the rivets follows a normal distribution. This example is based on Exercise 36 in Chapter 5 of
your book.
1. 95% of all rivets should fall between which two values?

2. What is the probability of selecting a rivet at random that has a shear strength more than 850
pounds?

3. What proportion of all rivets have a shear strength more than 850 pounds?

4. What proportion of all rivets have a shear strength less than 740 pounds?

5. What is the probability of selecting a rivet at random that has a shear strength more than 870
pounds?

6. What shear strength represents the 30th percentile?

7. 30% of all rivets have a shear strength less than what value?

8. 60% of all rivets have a shear strength less than what value?

9. 68% of all rivets have a shear strength more than what value?

10. Suppose you randomly select a rivet and it has a shear strength of 630. What is the probability
of selecting a rivet at random that has a shear strength less than 630 pounds?

11. Is it considered unusual to select a rivet at random that has a shear strength less than 630
pounds?

12. Consider a situation when a particular machine is consistently producing rivets with a shear
strength less than 630. Would this give you evidence that there is something wrong with the
machine? Explain.

A tire manufacturer advertises that the treadlife of its snow tires can be described by a normal model
with a mean of 32,000 miles and standard deviation of 2,500 miles. This example is based on Exercise 48
in Chapter 5 of your book.
13. If you buy one of these tires, would it be reasonable for you to hope it will last at least 40,000
miles? Explain.

14. Consider a situation when a local tire dealer receives multiple tires that have a treadlife less
than 26,000. Would this give you evidence that there manufacturing company is
misrepresenting their snow tires? Explain.

15. Consider a situation when a local tire dealer receives multiple tires that have a treadlife less
than 24,000. Would this give you evidence that there manufacturing company is
misrepresenting their snow tires? Explain.

Lets say you are trying to decide whether to take statistics from one of two professorsDr. Smith and
Dr. Jones. Both professors assign As to students scoring 90 points and above and Fs to students scoring
60 points and below on the final exam.
Suppose the distribution of scores on Dr. Smiths final exam follows a normal distribution with a mean of
74 points and a standard deviation of 7 points. Further, suppose the distribution of scores on Dr. Jones
final exam follows a normal distribution with a mean of 78 points and a standard deviation of 18 points.
These questions are based on an activity created by Dr. Michelle Everson which was modified by Laura
Le and Dr. Laura Ziegler at the University of Minnesota.
16. Determine the proportion of As given in Dr. Smiths class. What is it?

17. Determine the proportion of Fs given in Dr. Smiths class. What is it?

18. Determine the proportion of As given in Dr. Jones class. What is it?

19. Determine the proportion of Fs given in Dr. Jones class. What is it?

20. Which professor gives the highest proportion of As?

21. Which professor gives the highest proportion of Fs?

22. Which professor would you prefer to take statistics from?

Dr. Smiths final exam is worth a total of 100 points and Dr. Jones final exam is worth a total of 120
points. Suppose you are in Dr. Smiths class and your friend is in Dr. Jones class. You received an 80
points on your final exam (out of 100 points) and your friend received a 100 points on his final exam (out
of 120 points). You are interested in knowing who scored higher within their class.
23. Are you able to compare the two scores as they are right now? Why or why not?

24. What is the z-score for your final exam score? How do you interpret your z-score value?

25. What is the z-score associated with your friends final exam score? How do you interpret your
friends z-score value?

26. Are you able to compare these two transformed scores? Why or why not?

27. Who had the higher score within their class?

28. What proportion of scores lie below your score?

29. What proportion of scores lie below your friends score?

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