DATA

CURRENT NEW DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICAL SUMMARIES

264 277
261 269 VALUES CURRENT NEW
267 263

272 266 MEAN 270.275 267.5

258 262 STANDARD DEVIATION 8.753 9.897

283 251 VARIANCE 76.615 97.949

258 262 COUNT (n) 40 40

266 289
259 286
270 264
263 274
264 266
284 262
263 271
260 260
283 281
255 250
272 263
266 278
268 264
270 272
287 259
289 264
280 280
272 274
275 281
265 276
260 269
278 268
275 262
281 283
274 250
273 253
263 260
275 270
267 263
279 261
274 255
276 263
262 279
 95% CONFIDENCE LEVEL (α = 1-0.95 = 0.05)
VALUES CURRENT
STANDARD ERROR (σ/√n) 1.3840
Z SCORE (Zα/2) 1.960

MARGIN OF ERROR 2.713

THE CONFIDENCE INTERVAL FOR THE

POPULATION MEAN OF EACH MODEL OF 267.562
GOLF BALLS (LOWER LIMIT)

THE CONFIDENCE INTERVAL FOR THE

POPULATION MEAN OF EACH MODEL OF 272.988
GOLF BALLS (UPPER LIMIT)
DENCE LEVEL (α = 1-0.95 = 0.05) 98% CONFIDENCE LEVEL (α = 1-0.98 = 0.02)
NEW CURRENT NEW
1.5648 1.3840 1.5648
1.960 2.326

3.067 3.220 3.640

264.433 267.055 263.860

270.567 273.495 271.140

 DATA

Year Persons Screened (in Millions) Total weapons Handguns Long guns

1977 508.8 2034 1730 64

1978 579.7 2058 1827 67
1979 592.5 2161 1962 55
1980 585 2022 1878 36
1981 598.5 2255 2124 44
1982 630.2 2676 2559 57
1983 709.1 2784 2634 67
1984 775.6 2957 2766 100
1985 992.9 2987 2823 90

1986 1055.3 3241 2981 146

1987 1095.6 3252 3012 99

1988 1054.9 2773 2591 74
1989 1113.3 2879 2397 92
1990 1145.1 2853 2490 59

1991 1015.1 1919 1597 47

1992 1110.8 2608 2503 105

1993 1150 2798 2707 91

1994 1261.3 2994 2860 134

1995 1263 2390 2230 160

1996 1496.9 2155 1999 156

1997 1659.7 2067 1905 162
1998 1666.5 1515 1401 114
1999 1767 1552 1421 131
2000 1812 1937 1643 294
 persons arrested for
Firearm arrests Explosives
giving false info
810 5 44
896 3 64
1060 3 47
1031 8 32
1187 11 49
1314 1 27
1282 4 34
1285 6 27
1310 12 42

1415 11 89

1581 14 81
1493 11 222
1436 26 83
1336 15 18

893 94 28

1282 167 13

1354 251 31

1433 505 35

1194 631 68

999 4 131
924 66 72
660 118 86
633 482 58
600 148 61
 DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS

MEAN STANDARD DEVIATION

HANDNDGUNS 2251.667 504.965
LONG GUNS 101.833 56.176
EXPLOSIVES 108.178 180.187

3b
PERSONS ARRESTED FOR
COMPUTATION OF INTERVAL AT 87% INTERVAL GIVING WRONG
(α = 1-0.87 = 0.13)
INFORMATION
NUMBER OF SAMPLES 24
SAMPLE MEAN 60.08
STANDARD DEVIATION 44.22
STANDARD ERROR 9.03

DEGREE OF FREEDOM 23

T VALUE (Tα/2) 1.57

MARGIN OF ERROR 14.15

THE LOWER LIMITL OF 87% CONFIDENCE
INTERVAL FOR NUMBER OF PERSONS ARRESTED 45.93
FIR GIVING FALSE INFORMATION

THE UPPER LIMIT OF 87% CONFIDENCE INTERVAL

FOR NUMBER OF PERSONS ARRESTED FIR GIVING 74.24
FALSE INFORMATION
S

VARIANCE COUNT
254989.884 24
3155.710 24
32467.294 24

3C

COMPUTATION OF INTERVAL AT 97% HANDGUNS LONG GUNS

INTERVAL (α = 1-0.97 = 0.03)

STANDARD ERROR 103.076 11.467

DEGREE OF FREEDOM 23 23
T VALUE (Tα/2) 2.313
MARGIN OF ERROR 238.438 26.525
THE LOWER LIMITL OF 97% CONFIDENCE
INTERVAL FOR NUMBER OF PERSONS
2013.229 75.308
ARRESTED FIR GIVING FALSE
INFORMATION

THE UPPER LIMITL OF 97% CONFIDENCE

INTERVAL FOR NUMBER OF PERSONS
2490.104 128.359
ARRESTED FIR GIVING FALSE
INFORMATION
 DATA

AGE GENDER CHO2DRI PUBTRAN ACCIDENT

19 1 3 90 70

19 1 4 10 35

19 1 4 5 35

20 1 4 0 60

20 1 2 25 75

21 1 3 0 20
21 1 1 0 60

21 1 1 5 100

21 1 4 70 75

21 1 4 0 40
21 1 3 0 60
22 1 2 70 80
22 1 2 90 79
22 1 1 50 80
22 1 5 0 20
22 1 3 0 35
23 1 5 0 20
23 1 2 0 15
23 1 4 0 50
24 1 5 0 99
24 1 4 0 50
24 1 5 0 30
25 1 4 25 80
26 1 2 100 80
26 1 5 0 70
26 1 3 5 40
28 1 4 2 25
28 1 3 0 70
29 1 3 0 75
31 1 5 100 60
31 1 1 0 75
31 1 5 0 80
32 1 5 5 35
34 1 4 0 60
34 1 5 30 50
37 1 5 0 50
40 1 4 0 75
43 1 4 0 20
50 1 5 0 40
52 1 5 0 0
57 2 5 10 50
19 2 2 0 30
20 2 3 100 45
21 2 1 0 90
22 2 3 5 25
22 2 1 0 50
22 2 2 0 20
22 2 4 0 80
23 2 3 10 40
24 2 5 0 35
24 2 1 0 0
24 2 3 25 70
25 2 1 25 25
25 2 5 55 90
27 2 3 15 50
29 2 5 0 50
30 2 3 100 65
30 2 4 30 0
31 2 3 50 10
32 2 4 0 60
39 2 5 0 25
 PEOPLE WHO ALWAYS CHOOSE TO DRIVE IN INCLEMENT WEATHER

Probability of number of people who "always"

0.1311
choose to drive in inclement weather (Ps)

Probability of number of people who

"sometimes" or "never" choose to drive in 0.8689
inclement weather (Qs)
Number of samples (n) 61
Z Score at 97% confidence interval (α = 1-0.97 =
2.1701
0.03)
STANDARD ERROR 0.0432
MARGIN OF ERROR 0.0938

CONFIDENCE LEVEL FOR THE PROPORTION OF

PERCENTAGE =
PEOPLE WHO "ALWAYS" CHOOSE TO DRIVE IN 0.0374
0.0374*100 = 3.74%
INCLEMENT WEATHER (LOWER LIMIT)

CONFIDENCE LEVEL FOR THE PROPORTION OF PERCENTAGE =

PEOPLE WHO "ALWAYS" CHOOSE TO DRIVE IN 0.2249 0.2249*100 =
INCLEMENT WEATHER (UPPER LIMIT) 22.49%
 PEOPLE WHO NEVER CHOOSE TO DRIVE IN INCLEMENT WEATHER

Probability of number of people who "never"

0.2787
choose to drive in inclement weather (Ps)

Probability of number of people who "sometimes"

or "always" choose to drive in inclement weather 0.7213
(Qs)
Number of samples (n) 61
Z Score at 97% confidence interval (α = 1-0.97 =
2.1701
0.03)
STANDARD ERROR 0.0574
MARGIN OF ERROR 0.1246

CONFIDENCE LEVEL FOR THE PROPORTION OF PERCENTAGE =

PEOPLE WHO "NEVER" CHOOSE TO DRIVE IN 0.1541 0.1541*100 =
INCLEMENT WEATHER (LOWER LIMIT) 15.41%

CONFIDENCE LEVEL FOR THE PROPORTION OF PERCENTAGE =

PEOPLE WHO "NEVER" CHOOSE TO DRIVE IN 0.4033 0.4033*100 =
INCLEMENT WEATHER (UPPER LIMIT) 40.33%