Review Questions – Ch 4 to 5

Ch 5

1)

i) Both graphs show the distribution is skewed to the right, so mean > median.

ii) the median is the line within the box, and it can be easily seen on the boxplot..

Answer: A

2)

33 49 49 65 66 69 71 73
74 77 80 82 87 90 99
There are n = 15 students, so median is the single middle value

M = 73

Median is excluded in both the lower and upper set to determine the quartiles

Q1 = median of (33 49 49 65 66 69 71) = 65

Q3 = median of (74 77 80 82 87 90 99) = 82
IQR = Q3 – Q1 = 82 – 65 = 17
Lower fence = Q1 – 1.5*IQR = 65 – 1.5*17 = 39.5
Upper fence = Q3 + 1.5*IQR = 82 + 1.5*17 = 107.5
Any number below the lower fence or above the upper fence is an outlier, so 33 is an outlier.
Answer: A

3)

We have the following data:

400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 900 1300
We have n = 10, so median is the average of the middle 2 values
M = (400+500)/2 = 450
Q1 = median of the lower set (400 400 400 400 400) = 400
Q3 = median of the upper set (500 500 500 900 1300) = 500
Min = 400
Max = 1300
Thus, the 5 number summary is: 400 400 450 500 1300
Answer: B

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 Review Questions – Ch 4 to 5

Ch 5

4)
When every employee is given a $10,000 raise, it is equivalent to shifting the data. It will increase
the position and center of the data, but no change in spread.

Min = 60,000 + 10,000 = 70,000

Mean = 140,000 + 10,000 = 150,000
Median = 100,000 + 10,000 = 110,000
Range = 240,000 (no change in spread)
IQR = 120,000 (no change in spread)
Q1 = 70,000 + 10,000 = 80,000
SD = 80,000 (no change in spread)
Answer: D

5)

Z = (64 – 40)/12 = 2

Z = 2 means it is 2 standard deviations above the mean

Answer: B

6)

Using the empirical rule, 68% of the observations are captured within 1 standard deviation away
from the mean

Answer: D

7)

Let y = volumes of soda

P(y < 0.94) = P((y-µ)/σ) < (0.94-0.95)/0.04) = P(z < -0.25) = 0.4013

Answer: A

8)

P(z< z*) = 0.3  z* = -0.52

Unstandardize to find y*

Y* = µ + z*σ = 73 + (-.52)(9.2) = 68.2

Answer: D