The following is some of the data collected in a study of students fitness.

It is the
resting heart rate (in beats per minute) of 32 students.
62 75 71 54
75 77 66 66
75 75 59 74
60 60 69 64
50 78 86 48
83 59 51 91
89 78 71 65
75 60 65 91
(a) Draw a histogram of the data . (b) Describe the distribution of the data. (c)
Further from the raw data, provide appropriate estimates of location and
spread.
(a) A sample of 400 students turn in statistics projects. The average sample size they used
in these projects was 110.3 with a standard deviation of 12.2. find the 99% confidence
interval for the average sample size used in student projects.

Sqrt n = 20
SE= 0.61

Lower limit= 110.3 – 1.57 = 108.72

Upper limit = 110.3+ 1.57 = 111.87

{108.72; 111.87}

(b) The headmistress of a school is planning the annual picnic. She knows from past years
that the average number of sausage rolls consumed is 6.5 per person, with a 95%
confidence interval from 6.1 to 6.9 sausage rolls. She expects all 507 students to show up
for the picnic.

(i) Using the average, 6.5, how many sausage rolls should she order?

ii) If she wants to be sure that she does not run out of sausage rolls as she did last year, how
many should she order?

(iii) If she orders, as in part (ii), using the high end of the interval, and it turns out that the
mean number of sausage rolls this year is near the low end of the interval, how many
sausage rolls will be left over?

Mean= 6.5

95% 6.1 and 6.9

N= 507

i) 3295.5
ii) 3498.3
iii) Number of sausages for the lower end of interval: 3092.7
left over with 405.6

(c) A tyre company claims that the mean life of its tyres is 18000 miles. A random sample of
28 tyres had a mean life of 17821 miles with a standard deviation of 1206 miles. Construct
the null and alternative hypotheses and use the 95% confidence interval to determine
whether the company’s claim is true.