STA 2022 TUTORIAL 1

TUTORIAL 1

1. Tablet PC Comparison provides a wide variety of information about tablet computers. The
company’s website enables consumers to easily compare different tablets using factors such as
cost, type of operating system, display size, battery life, and CPU manufacturer. A sample of 10
tablet computers is shown in Table 1.6 (Tablet PC Comparison website).
a. How many elements are in this data set? 10 elements: tablet (Acer Iconia w510, Amazon Kindle Fire HD,...)
b. How many variables are in this data set? 5 variables: cost, operating sys, display size, battery life, CPU
manufacturer
c. Which variables are categorical and which variables are quantitative?
d. What type of measurement scale is used for each of the variables?
(ratio)
(ratio)
(nominal) nominal

2. J.D. Power and Associates surveys new automobile owners to learn about the quality of recently
purchased vehicles. The following questions were asked in a J.D. Power Initial Quality Survey.
a. Did you purchase or lease the vehicle?
b. What price did you pay? quantitative

c. What is the overall attractiveness of your vehicle’s exterior? (Unacceptable,

Average, Outstanding, or Truly Exceptional)
d. What is your average miles per gallon? quanti
e. What is your overall rating of your new vehicle? (1- to 10-point scale with 1 Unacceptable and
10 Truly Exceptional)
Comment on whether each question provides categorical or quantitative data and its measurement
scale.

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3. The figure below provides a bar chart showing the annual advertising revenue for Facebook
from 2010 to 2017 (Facebook Annual Reports).

a. What is the variable of interest?

b. Are the data categorical or quantitative?
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c. Are the data time series or cross-sectional?
d. Comment on the trend in Facebook’s annual advertising revenue over time.

4. The Tennessean, an online newspaper located in Nashville, Tennessee, conducts a daily poll to
obtain reader opinions on a variety of current issues. In a recent poll, 762 readers responded to the
following question: “If a constitutional amendment to ban a state income tax is placed on the ballot
in Tennessee, would you want it to pass?” Possible responses were Yes, No, or Not Sure (The
Tennessean website).
a. What was the sample size for this poll? 762 readers.
b. Are the data categorical or quantitative? (cuz: yes, no and variable only is name)
c. Would it make more sense to use averages or percentages as a summary of the data
for this question? quantitative categorical

d. Of the respondents, 67% said Yes, they would want it to pass. How many individuals
provided this response? 67% x 762 = 510 (people)

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5. Nielsen Media Research tracks the top-rated television shows. The following data show the
television network that produced each of the 25 top-rated shows in the history of television.

a. Construct a frequency distribution, percent frequency distribution, and bar chart for the data.
b. Which networks have done the best in terms of presenting top-rated television shows? Compare
the performance of ABC, CBS, and NBC. ABC: 6 6/25 X 100 = 24%
CBS: 9 ...
NBC: 9 ...

6. CBSSports.com developed the Total Player Ratings system to rate players in the National
Basketball Association (NBA) based upon various offensive and defensive statistics. The
following data show the average number of points scored per game (PPG) for 50 players with the
highest ratings for a portion of an NBA season (CBSSports.com website).

Use classes starting at 10 and ending at 30 in increments of 2 for PPG in the following.
frequency relative freg cummulative freg
a. Show the frequency distribution. 10-12 1 1/50 1/50
12-14 3 3/50 4/50
b. Show the relative frequency distribution. 14-16 7 7/50 11/50
16-18 20 20/50 31/50
c. Show the cumulative percent frequency distribution. 8 ... ...
4 ... ...
d. Develop a histogram for the average number of points scored2 per game...
e. Do the data appear to be skewed? Explain. 0
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2 game?
f. What percentage of the players averaged at least 20 points per
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7. The data below result from a 150-question aptitude test 50 given to 50 individuals recently
interviewed for a position at Haskens Manufacturing. The data indicate the number of questions
answered correctly. Develop the stem and leaf display.

histogram

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range: 80 -> 108

8. The London School of Economics and the Harvard Business School have conducted studies of
how chief executive officers (CEOs) spend their time. These studies have found that CEOs spend
many hours per week in meetings that include conference calls, business meals, and public events.
Suppose that the data below show the time spent per week in meetings (hours) for a sample of 25
CEOs.

a. What is the least amount of time spent per week on meetings? The highest?
b. Use a class width of two hours to prepare a frequency distribution and a percent frequency
distribution for the data.
c. Prepare a histogram and comment on the shape of the distribution.