ENGINEERING DATA ANALYSIS

ACTIVITY 1

NAME: ________________________________________ Date: _______________

Course & Year: __________________________________ Score: _______________

PART 1: In each of the statements, identify whether a variable given is discrete or continuous
1. Number of books in the classroom
2. Time it takes for students to finish their lunch
3. Age
4. Numeric date of birth
5. Shoe size
6. Number of students that bring their lunch to school
7. The number of arrivals at an emergency room between midnight and 6:00a.m .
8. The weight of a box of cereal labeled “ 18 ounces.”
9. The duration of the next outgoing telephone call from a business office.
10. The number of kernels of popcorn in a 1 -pound container.

11. The number of applicants for a job.

12. The number of male in a randomly selected three-child family
13. The temperature of a cup of coffee served at a restaurant.
14. The number of no-shows for every 100 reservations made with a commercial
airline.
15. The number of vehicles owned by a randomly selected household.
16. Lifetime (in hours) of 12 flashlight batteries
17. Water temperature of six swimming pools in Pittsburg on a given day
18. Capacity (in gallons) of six reservoirs in Jefferson County. C
19. Weights of cats in a pet shelter.
20. Number of cheeseburgers sold each day by a hamburger stand on a college
campus

PART 2: In each of the statements, tell whether descriptive or inferential statistics have been
used.

21. In the year 2010, 148 million Americans will be enrolled in HMO.
22. Nine out of ten on-the-job fatalities are men.
23. The median Household income for people aged 24-35 is $35,888
24. Allergy treatment makes bees left.
25. Drinking caffeinated coffee can increase cholesterol levels by 3%.

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PASRT 3: Essay and Analysis:

1. Why are samples used in statistics? Suggest some ways that statistics can be used in
everyday life.

2. Based on a study of 2021 children between the ages of one and four, researchers at the
Medical College of Wisconsin concluded that there was an association between iron
deficiency and the length of time that a child is bottle-fed (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,
November 26, 2005). Describe the sample and the population of interest for this study.

3. The supervisors of a rural county are interested in the proportion of property owners who
support the construction of a sewer system. Because it is too costly to contact all 7000
property owners, a survey of 500 owners (selected at random) is undertaken. Describe
the population and sample for this problem.

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