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The document discusses several exercises involving data analysis and statistics concepts. Exercise 1 asks about questions from a survey and whether they provide categorical or quantitative data. Exercise 2 discusses a data set on vehicle fuel efficiency and asks about its elements, variables, and measurement scales. Exercise 3 asks to calculate some averages and percentages from the same data set. Exercise 4 discusses another survey and asks about sample size, data type, and using averages or percentages to summarize the results.

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Exercises - c1 SFM

The document discusses several exercises involving data analysis and statistics concepts. Exercise 1 asks about questions from a survey and whether they provide categorical or quantitative data. Exercise 2 discusses a data set on vehicle fuel efficiency and asks about its elements, variables, and measurement scales. Exercise 3 asks to calculate some averages and percentages from the same data set. Exercise 4 discusses another survey and asks about sample size, data type, and using averages or percentages to summarize the results.

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CHAPTER 1: Data and Statistics

Exercise 1.1:
Foreign Affairs magazine conducted a survey to develop a profile of its subscribers (Foreign
Affairs website, February 23, 2008). The following questions were asked.
a. How many nights have you stayed in a hotel in the past 12 months?
Quanti - discrete
b. Where do you purchase books? Three options were listed: Bookstore, Internet, and
Book Club.
quali
c. Do you own or lease a luxury vehicle? (Yes or No)
d. What is your age?
e. For foreign trips taken in the past three years, what was your destination? Seven
international destinations were listed.
Comment on whether each question provides categorical or quantitative data.

Exercise 1.2:
The U.S. Department of Energy provides fuel economy information for a variety of motor
vehicles. A sample of 10 automobiles is shown in Table 1.6 (Fuel Economy website, February
22, 2008). Data show the size of the automobile (compact, midsize, or large), the number of
cylinders in the engine, the city driving miles per gallon, the highway driving miles per gallon,
and the recommended fuel (diesel, premium, or regular).
a. How many elements are in this data set?
b. How many variables are in this data set?
c. Which variables are categorical and which variables are quantitative?
d. What type of measurement scale is used for each of the variables?
Exercise 1.3:
Refer to Table 1.6.
a. What is the average miles per gallon for city driving?
b. On average, how much higher is the miles per gallon for highway driving as compared
to city driving?
c. What percentage of the cars have four-cylinder engines?
d. What percentage of the cars use regular fuel?

Exercise 1.4:
1.8. The FinancialTimes/Harris Poll is a monthly online poll of adults from six countries in
Europe and the United States. A January poll included 1015 adults in the United States. One of
the questions asked was, “How would you rate the Federal Bank in handling the credit
problems in the financial markets?” Possible responses were Excellent, Good,
Fair, Bad, and Terrible (Harris Interactive website, January 2008).
a. What was the sample size for this survey?
b. Are the data categorical or quantitative?
c. Would it make more sense to use averages or percentages as a summary of the data for
this question?
d. Of the respondents in the United States, 10% said the Federal Bank is doing a good
job. How many individuals provided this response?

Exercise 1.5:
The Commerce Department reported receiving the following applications for the Malcolm
Baldrige National Quality Award: 23 from large manufacturing firms, 18 from large service
firms, and 30 from small businesses.
a. Is type of business a categorical or quantitative variable? type of business (large
manufacturing firms, large service firms, small businesses) categorical
b. What percentage of the applications came from small businesses?
Type of Business large manufacturing large service small Total
firms firms businesses
Number of firms 23 18 30 71

Exercise 1.6:
1. Those methods involving the collection, presentation, and characterization of a set of
data in order to properly describe the various features of that set of data are called
a) statistical inference.
b) the scientific method.
c) sampling.
d) descriptive statistics.
2. Which of the following is most likely a parameter - describe for the population as
opposed to a statistic - describe for sample?
a) The average score of the first five students completing an assignment.
b) The proportion of females registered to vote in a county.
c) The average height of people randomly selected from a database.
d) The proportion of trucks stopped yesterday that were cited for bad brakes.
3. Which of the following is a discrete quantitative variable?
a) The Dow Jones Industrial average
b) The volume of water released from a dam
c) The distance you drove yesterday.
d) The number of employees of an insurance company
4. Which of the following is a continuous quantitative variable?
a) The color of a student’s eyes
b) The number of employees of an insurance company
c) The amount of milk produced by a cow in one 24-hour period
d) The number of gallons of milk sold at the local grocery store yesterday
5. Researchers are concerned that the weight of the average American school child is
increasing implying, among other things, that children’s clothing should be
manufactured and marketed in larger sizes. If X is the weight of school children sampled
in a nationwide study, then X is an example of
a) a categorical random variable.
b) a discrete random variable.
c) a continuous random variable.
d) a parameter.

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