Problem 1

Scenario 1
Population = everyone residing in Seattle
Sample = 1000 randomly chosen individuals residing in Seattle
Variable = income
Parameter = population average income
Statistic = sample average income
Observational unit = individual person
Type of variable = quantitative
Subtype = continuous

Scenario 2
Population = Redwood trees in the state of California
Sample = 100 Redwood trees in California
Variable = height
Parameter = population proportion of trees that are taller than 500 feet.
Statistic = population proportion of trees that are taller than 500 feet
Observational unit = tree
Type of variable = categorical
Subtype = continuous

Scenario 3
Population = population of mice (Mus musculus) near Ann Arbor,
Sample = sample of 580 mice
Variable = have a white spotted on the belly or not
Parameter = population percentage of individuals that were found to have white
spotted bellies.
Statistic = sample percentage of individuals that were found to have white spotted
bellies
Observational unit = individual mouse

Type of variable = categorical

Subtype = nominal
Categories = have a white spotted belly , do not have a white spotted belly

Scenario 4
Population = The universities in North America.
Sample = 30 universities
Variable = student to faculty ratio
Parameter = population average income
Statistic = sample average income
Observational unit = individual person
Type of variable = quantitative
Subtype = continuous

Problem 2
a)
mean =

246 /7 = 35.143

xmean

34

1.142
86
11.14
29
25.14
29
19.14
29
16.85
714
40.85
714
-

24

10

16

52
76
34

(xmean)
2
1.306
122
124.1
633
632.1
633
366.4
49
284.1
633
1669.
306
1.306

1.142
86

sum

122

3078.
857

Standard deviation = (3078.857/6)0.5 = 22.653

b)
mode = 34
c)

9
8
7

Frequency

6
5
4
3
2
1
0

10

20

d)
data set is unimodal
Problem 3
a)
mean = 28.25
b)
min = 8.7

30

40

50

60

70

80

Q1 = 18.2
Median = 32.9
Q3 = 34.8
Max = 45.5
c)

50

40

30

20

10

d)
the data set is left skewed.
Because the mean is less than the median
e)
since the dataset is skewed, median is the best measure of center

Problem 4
a)

French Vanilla
Dark Chocolate
Apple orange
Strawberry peach
mango
Total

Frequen
cy
18
27
45
10

Relative
Frequency
(18/100)0.18
(27/100)0.27
(45/100)0.45
(10/100)0.1

100

b)

c)

French Vanilla
Dark Chocolate
Apple orange
Strawberry peach

femal
e
9
18
9
2

male
9
9
36
8

mango
Total

38

62

d)
P(female) = 38/100 = 0.38
e)
P(apple orange / Male) = 36/62 = 0.5806

Problem 5
a)
P(Sensing) = 338/1000 = 0.338
b)
242/1000 =0 .242
c)
p(institution ) = 662/1000 = 0.662
p(Extraversion) = 463/1000 = 0.463
p(institution and Extraversion ) = 221/1000 = 0.221

problem 6
a)
p( potions or classes) = 0.4 + 0.25-0.1 = 0.55
b)
p(fail neither) = 1-0.55 = 0.45
c)
p(potions) = 0.25-0.1 = 0.15
d)
P(not fail charms) =0.6
P( not fail charms and fail potions) = 0.15
P(fail potions/not fail charms) = p(not fail charms and fail potions) / p(not fail
charms)
= 0.15/0.6 = 0.025

Data analysis
b)

c)

d)

IQR = 6.4 5.1 = 1.3

e)

f)

g)