STAT 5013 HW # 1 Due: 09/08/2015 at the class

Note: This is a group work of maximum TWO. Feel free to use any Statistical Software for
Q3 and Q4 (copy only the important parts from the output).
1. A sample of pounds lost in a given week by individual members of a weight reducing clinic
produced the following statistics:
mean = 5 pounds
first quartile = 2 pounds
median = 7 pounds third quartile = 8.5 pounds
mode = 4 pounds
standard deviation = 2 pounds
Identify the correct statement:
a. One-fourth of the members lost less than 2 pounds.
b. The middle 50% of the members lost between 2 and 8.5 pounds.
c. The most common weight loss was 4 pounds.
d. All of the above are correct.
e. None of the above is correct.
2. A sample of 100 IQ scores produced the following statistics:
mean = 100 lower quartile = 70
median = 95 upper quartile = 120
mode = 75 standard deviation = 30
Which statement(s) is (are) correct and explain why?
a. Half of the scores are less than 100.
b. The middle 50% of scores are between 70 and 120.
c. One-quarter of the scores are greater than 100.
d. The most common score is 95.
3. An article discusses the strength of ancient ceramics. Several specimens of each of three
types of ceramic were tested. The loads (in kg) required to crack the specimens are as
follows:

a. Use a statistical software to construct comparative boxplots for the three samples.
b. How many outliers does each sample contain?
c. Comment on the features of the three samples.

4. Q-6, page 58 (Use any statistical software and attached the EDITED output)