Name: Nieto, Cari N.

Section: WFQRU

E1 - APPLICATION OF STATISTICAL CONCEPTS IN THE DETERMINATION OF WEIGHT VARIATION IN

SAMPLES

DATA SHEET

Weight of Coins: Calculated Data:

Trial Weight (g) Data Set 1 (Trials 1-6) Data Set 2 (Trials 1-10)
1 5.2287 Mean 5.3396 5.3156
2 5.3653 SD 0.04183 0.03756
3 5.3476 Range 0.1002 0.1108
4 5.3598 Outliers (By Gmax= 1.164 Gmax=1.261
5 5.3883 Grubbs’ Test) Gmin= 1.232 Gmin=1.689
6 5.2881 Gtab=1.822 (no outlier) Gtab=2.176 (no outlier)
7 5.3412 Relative Range 18.77 ppt 20.70 ppt
8 5.3989 Relative SD 7.833 ppt 7.018 ppt
9 5.3775 Confidence 5.3396 ± 0.043884 5.3516 ± 0.026841
10 5.3601 Limits (95 %)

Sample Calculations (from data set 1):

Mean
Range

5.2287+5.3653+5.3476+5.3598+5.3883+5.2881
= = 5.3883 - 5.2881
6

= 5.3396 = 0.1002

Grubbs’ Test Confidence Limits

|5.2881−5.3396| (2.57))(0.041826)
= = 5.3396 ±
0.04183 √6

= 1.232 = 5.3396 ± 0.043884

Relative Standard Deviation

0.04183
= |5.3396| x 1000 ppt

= 7.833 ppt
Relative Range

0.1002
= 5.3396 x 1000 ppt = 18.77 ppt