1. Determine whether each of the following are examples of parameters or statistics.

(a) The average age of women when they marry is 24.4 years.
(b) When 500 people were randomly selected, 32% said that they were currently interested in the
next presidential election.
(c) The average speed of 50 cars on Interstate 80 is 72 mph.
(d) 75% of a certain type of plant has red flowers.
2. Create a frequency histogram for the data set below consisting of heights of a sample of Douglas-fir
trees. Use five classes and the method described in class.

40 44 35 49 35 43 35 36 39
37 41 41 48 52 37 45 40 36
35 50 42 51 33 34 51 39

3. Create a stem and leaf display for this data set of daily saturated fat intakes (in grams) of a sample
people.

38 32 34 39 40 54 32 17 29 33
57 40 25 36 33 24 42 16 31 33

4. Using the frequency distribution of heights of women in a gym class below, find the midpoints for
each class, along with the relative frequencies for each class. Calculate the mean of this frequency
distribution.

Heights (in inches) Frequency

60 - under 63 3
63 - under 66 4
66 - under 69 7
69 - under 72 2

5. For the sample data set below find the following.

11 10 8 4 6 7 11 6 11 7

(a) mean
(b) median
(c) standard deviation
(d) IQR
(e) five-number summary
(f) boxplot