California State University, Long Beach

Dept. of Civil Engineering & Construction Engineering Management

CE 508 Probabilistic and Statistical Methods in Engineering Applications
Instructor: Dr. Joseph Kim, P.E., LEED AP BD+C

Individual Homework Assignment #1

Assigned date: August 31, 2023
Due date: September 7, 2023

Solve No. 60 on pages 90-91 and submit your solutions using a MS Excel or Minitab
program. Your answer should be similar to the example solution below.

Example: Solutions for the waste profile in %, for LA, CA in a recent year (No. 59 on page 90)

(a) Bar chart (c) Pie chart

(b) Pareto diagram

(d) A Pareto diagram is more preferable because the variable of interest contains many
categories.
(e) Yard waste has the largest percent (about a quarter of all the waste profiled) whereas leather
and nonferrous are the least.

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California State University, Long Beach
Dept. of Civil Engineering & Construction Engineering Management
CE 508 Probabilistic and Statistical Methods in Engineering Applications
Instructor: Dr. Joseph Kim, P.E., LEED AP BD+C

Solve No. 60 on pages 90-91.

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California State University, Long Beach
Dept. of Civil Engineering & Construction Engineering Management
CE 508 Probabilistic and Statistical Methods in Engineering Applications
Instructor: Dr. Joseph Kim, P.E., LEED AP BD+C