Week 2 Homework

1. Lane et al,pg 118 #7.

For the data from the 1977 Stat. and Biom 200 class for eye color, construct the following FOUR
graphs:
A) Pie Chart
B) Horizontal Bar Chart
C) Vertical Bar Graph
D) A Frequency Table with the relative frequency of each eye color
2. Lane et al,pg 119 #9.
Which of the box plots on the graph has a large positive skew?
Which has a large negative skew?
3. Lane et al,pg 160 #6.
Which of these measures of central tendency will change when you correct the recording error?
4. Lane et al,pg 161 #8.
Which of the following measures of central tendency or variability can you determine (mean,
median, mode, trimean, geometric mean, range, interquartile range, variance, standard
deviation)?
5. Lane et al,pg 164 #30.
For the ADHD Treatment (AT) case study, what is the mean number of correct responses of the
participants after taking the placebo (0 mg/kg)?
6. Lane et al,pg 164 #31.
For the ADHD Treatment (AT) case study, what are the standard deviation and the interquartile
range of the d0 condition?
7. Illowsky et al,pg 137; #78.
a. Construct a histogram:

b. Complete the frequency table:

# of Movies Frequency Relative Frequency Cumulative Relative Frequency

0 5
1 9

2 6

3 4

4 1

8. Illowsky et al,pg 138; #80.

If the data were collected by asking the first 111 people who entered the store, then the type of
sampling is:
a. cluster
b. simple random
c. stratified
d. convenience
9. Illowsky et al,pg 139; #84.
a. which quarter has the smallest spread of data? What is that spread?

b. which quarter has the largest spread of data? What is that spread?

c. find the interquartile range (IQR).

d. are there more data in the interval 510 or in the interval 1013? How do you know this?

e. which interval has the fewest data in it? How do you know this?
i. 02
ii. 24
iii. 1012
iv. 1213
v. need more information

10. Illowsky et al,pg 141; #88

a. In complete sentences, explain why each statement is FALSE.
 i. Data 1 has more data values above two than Data 2 has above two.
ii. The data sets cannot have the same mode.
iii. For Data 1, there are more data values below four than there are above four.
b. For which group, Data 1 or Data 2, is the value of 7 more likely to be an outlier? Explain why in
complete sentences.