Learning Activity 2.

1
Consider the following information (Mendenhall and Sincich,1984): Bacteria are the most
important component of microbial ecosystems in sewage treatment plants. Water management
engineers must know the percentage of active bacteria at each stage of the sewage treatment.
The following data represent the percentages of respiring bacteria in twenty-five raw sewage
samples collected from a sewage plant (lowest and highest values highlighted). (Measurements
were obtained by passing the samples through a membrane filter and staining with a
chlorination solution.)

42.3 50.6 41.8 36.5 28.6

40.7 48.1 48 45.7 39.9
31.3 30.7 40.5 40.9 51.2
38.6 35.6 22.9 33.4 46.5
41.5 43.5 41.1 38.5 44.4

ANSWER:
Data:
22.9 35.6 40.5 41.8 46.5
28.6 36.5 40.7 42.3 48
30.7 38.5 40.9 43.5 48.1
31.3 38.6 41.1 44.4 50.6
33.4 39.9 41.5 45.7 51.2

2L 29
2H 86
3L 7 13 34
3H 56 65 85 86 99
4L 5 7 9 11 15 18 23 35 44
4H 57 65 80 81
5L 6 12

SALD:
2L 29
2H 86
3L 7 13 34
3H 56 65 85 86 99
4L 5 7 9 11 15 18 23 35 44
4H 57 65 80 81
5L 6 12 Considered as symmetric
Histogram:
R=51.2-22.9
R= 28.3
K=1+3.322log(25)
K=5.64≈6
C’=28.3/6
C’=4.8

Class Frequency Relative Frequency Class Boundary

22.8 – 27.5 1 0.04 22.75 – 28.55
27.6 – 32.3 3 0.12 28.1 – 32.35
32.4 – 37.1 3 0.12 32.35 – 37.15
37.2 – 41.9 9 0.36 37.15 – 41.95
42.0 – 46.7 5 0.20 41.95 – 46.75
46.8 – 51.5 4 0.16 46.75 – 51.55
Total 25 1.00

Histogram: