Chapter 2 - Solutions
Chapter 2 - Solutions
Chapter 2 - Solutions
1) Answer: (c)
2) Answer: (b)
3) Answer: (d)
4) Answer: (a)
5) Answer: (b)
6) Solution: Sorted data: 18, 19, 30, 31, 31, 32, 33, 34, 36, 37, 41, 43
b) Variance:
Standard deviations
√
s= 56.26 = 7.501
8) Solution: By Empirical rule (refer to the Figure 1) that 16% students have lower
scores than you (score: 71.5). So the number of students=0.16 ∗ 120 ≈ 19
9) Solution: The ordered data 4.7, 4.8, 5.3, 5.4, 5.6, 5.8, 5.8, 6.4, 6.6
a)
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71.5 78.5 85.5
76.5
b)
Lower cutoff value for outliers: Q1 − 1.5 ∗ IQR = 5.05 − 1.5 ∗ (6.1 − 5.05) = 3.475
Upper cutoff value for outliers: Q3 + 1.5 ∗ IQR = 6.1 + 1.5 ∗ (6.1 − 5.05) = 7.675
No outliers are present, as there are no observations outside the interval [3.475, 7.675]
10) Solution: Using empirical rule, the interval is [x̄ − 2 ∗ s, x̄ + 2 ∗ s]. Here x̄ = 55
and s = 6. The interval is: 55 ± 2 ∗ 6 = [43, 67]
11) Solution: Find the answers of (a), (b), (c) and (d) from Figure 2. From figure, it
shows that
a) 50%
b) 95%
c) 13.5 + 2.4 + 0.1 = 16%
d) 2.4 + 0.1 = 2.5%.
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61.5 64 66.5 69 71.5
76.5 74
NOTE: I used Excel to address this question, and Figure 2 indicates that the
upper limit is 20; however, this is not accurate. If you manually calculate
the upper limit by hand, it should be 14 + 1.5 * 5.5 = 22.25. It’s important
to note that the results obtained from Excel and manual calculations using
a calculator may not match. Please don’t be confused by this discrepancy.
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13) Solution:
a) Since the 50th percentile =116 and the 90th percentile = 127, we can say that the
proportion of men having systolic blood pressure between 116 and 127 is 0.90 − 0.50 =
0.40. The required number of men = 3179(0.40) ≈ 1272.
b) Outlier boundaries are values below Q1 − 1.5(Q3 − Q1 ) = 108 − 1.5 ∗ (120 − 108)
= 90 or above Q3 + 1.5(Q3 − Q1 ) = 120 + 1.5 ∗ (120 − 108) = 138. Since a blood
pressure of 140 is greater than 138, so it will be considered as an outlier.