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TUTORIAL

TOPIC 1: DATA AND STATISTICS

1. Define data and statistics

2. Classify each of the following as nominal, ordinal, interval, or ratio data.


a. The time required to produce each tire on an assembly line
b. The number of quarts of milk a family drinks in a month
c. The ranking of four machines in your plant after they have been designated as
excellent, good, satisfactory, and poor
d. The telephone area code of clients in the United States
e. The age of each of your employees
f. The dollar sales at the local pizza shop each month
g. An employee’s identification number
h. The response time of an emergency unit

3. An admin randomly selects a sample of 80 students from the students enrolled at a


particular college. She asks each student their age and calculates the mean age of the
80 students. It is 20 years. Based on this sample, she then estimates the mean age of all
students enrolled at the college to be 20 years. In what way are descriptive statistics
involved in this example? In what way are inferential statistics involved?

4. Aiman went to the supermarket and purchased three cans of 15 ounces of tomato puree,
15 ounces of green peas and 20 ounces of baked beans, two packages of nuts (walnuts
and almond), four different kinds of vegetables (broccoli, cauliflower, spinach, and
carrots), and two desserts (20 ounces of Chocolate Chip ice cream and two pounds (32
ounces chocolate chip cookies).
Name data sets that are quantitative discrete, quantitative continuous, and qualitative.

5. For each statement, decide whether descriptive or inferential statistics is used.


a. The average life expectancy in New Zealand is 78.49 years. Source: World Factbook
2004.
b. A diet high in fruits and vegetables will lower blood pressure. Source: Institute of
Medicine.
c. Researchers stated that the shape of a person’s ears is related to the person’s
aggression. Source: American Journal of Human Biology.
d. In 2013, the number of high school graduates will be 3.2 million students.

6. A recent issue of Fortune Magazine reported that the following companies had lowest
sales per employee among the 500 companies.

Company Sales per employee Sales rank


Seagate Tech $42.2 258
SSMC $42.19 414
Russell $41.99 480
Maxxam $40.88 485
Dibrell Brother $22.56 470

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a. How many elements are in the dataset? Write down these elements.
b. How many variables are in the dataset? Write down these variables
c. How many observations are in the dataset? Write down these observations.
d. Which of the above are qualitative and quantitative?

7. A study conducted at Mount College revealed that students who attended class 95 to
100% of the time usually received an A in the class. Students who attended class 80 to
90% of the time usually received a B or C in the class. Students who attended class less
than 80% of the time usually received a D or an F or eventually withdrew from the class.

Based on this information, attendance and grades are related. The more you attend
class, the more likely you will receive a higher grade. If you improve your attendance,
your grades will probably improve.

a. What are the variables under this study?


b. What are the data in the study?
c. Are descriptive, inferential or both types of statistics used?
d. What is the population under study?
e. Was a sample collected? If so, from where?
f. From the information given, comment on the relationship between the variables.

8. Classify the following random variable according to whether it is discrete or continuous


a. The number of cups of coffee sold in a cafeteria during lunch
b. The blood pressures of a group of students the day before their final exam
c. The number of goals scored in a soccer game
d. The number of phone calls to the attendance office of a high school on any given
school day
e. The number of pills in a container of vitamin

9. A meteorologist constructs a graph showing the total precipitation in Phoenix, Arizona in


each of the months of 1998. Does this involve descriptive statistics or inferential
statistics?

10. Identify each of the following data sets as either a population or a sample:

a. The grade point averages (GPAs) of all students at a college.


b. The GPAs of a randomly selected group of students on a college campus.
c. The gender of every second customer who enters a movie theater.
d. The lengths of Atlantic croakers caught on a fishing trip to the beach.

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