Ybarola, Mesha Lynn T.

2010-09865

IE3
January 30, 2014

IE 3 Homework
1. From the population below, get a sample of size 30. Encircle the chosen numbers. Assume
experiment without replacement. The choice of 30 is arbitrary, cannot
45.2
35.9
33.6
39.7
31.4
37.4
38.7
45.5
41.7
39.0

47.1
39.1
42.5
37.9
39.1
35.1
40.2
45.3
38.3
37.9

40.0
41.9
42.2
39.9
39.8
51.9
39.3
40.2
45.3
37.0

2. List down the chosen numbers.

45.2
37.4
35.9
38.7
33.6
45.5
39.7
31.7
31.4
39

34.5
39.7
44.9
40.8
44.0
41.6
41.3
39.5
46.6
33.8

47.1
39.1
42.5
37.9
39.1

40.0
44.9
36.4
43.9
43.2
43.5
40.9
37.5
45.6
47.0

45.7
42.6
42.0
31.9
39.1
35.2
34.6
38.6
41.2
40.4

35.1
40.2
45.3
38.3
37.9

39.4
40.9
32.9
41.5
41.9
46.0
34.8
34.6
33.8
37.1

40
41.9
42.2
39.9
39.8

37.4
44.5
39.0
41.6
41.8
32.3
40.1
35.5
43.4
38.1

36.9
49.8
38.8
44.1
39.4
37.7
47.1
41.7
47.3
42.6

51.9
39.3
40.2
45.3
37

3. Construct the time-series plot (y-axis is the value, x is the observation number). Do you see any
pattern? No.

32.8
43.8
43.8
36.3
46.9
43.0
41.8
44.8
36.2
40.6

Ybarola, Mesha Lynn T.

2010-09865

IE3
January 30, 2014

4. Construct the frequency table, and the corresponding histogram. What is the distribution that it
approximates?
39.6

Histogram
12

Frequency

10
8
6
4

Frequency

2
0
31.4

35.5

39.6

43.7

47.8

More

Bin

Range
31.1 34.0 (3L)
34.1 37.0 (3M)
37.1 40.0 (3U)
40.1 43.0 (4L)
43.1 46.0 (4M)
46.1 49.0 (4U)
49.1- 52.0 (5L)

Leaf*
3
3
3
4
4
4
5

Frequency
1
3
0
0
9
5
1

*For Steam-and-Leaf in Item 5.

5. Construct the relevant stem-and-leaf plot.

3

1
3
5
7
8
9
0
1
2
5
7
1

0.4 0.7
0.6
0.1 0.9
0.0 0.4 0.9 0.9
0.7
0.0 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.7 0.8 0.9
0.2 0.2
0.9
0.2 0.5
0.2 0.3 0.3 0.5
0.1
0.9

Bin
Frequency
31.4
1
35.5
3
39.6
11
43.7
9
47.8
5
More
1

Ybarola, Mesha Lynn T.

2010-09865

IE3
January 30, 2014

6. Compute the following statistics. Use calculator for the first three items.
a. Sample Mean:
39.93666667
b. Sample Variance
19.90309195
c. Sample Standard Deviation
4.46128815
d. Range
20.5
e. Mode (if any)
39.1
f. Median
39.5
g. First Quartile
37.9
h. Third Quartile
42.125
i. Inter-quartile range
4.225
j. SDU of the first observation
1.179778834
k. Z-score of the smallest observation 1.179778834
7. Draw the box plot of the sample. Is it symmetric? Yes

Box Plot
60

50
45
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0

50
40
30
20
10
0
1

2
Series1

3
Series2

4
Series3

5
Series4

Series5

8. Choose 3 more numbers randomly (this is for next meeting): 45.5 , 33.6 ; 39.1