Exam 3: Numerical Descriptive Measures

SCENARIO 3-5 The rate of return of a Fortune 500 company over the past 15 years are: 3.17%, 4.43%, 5.93%, 5.43%, 7.29%, 8.21%, 6.23%, 5.23%, 4.34%, 6.68%, 7.14%, -5.56%, -5.23%, -5.73%, -10.34% -Referring to Scenario 3-5, what is the shape of the distribution for the rate of return?

SCENARIO 3-7 In a recent academic year, many public universities in the United States raised tuition and fees due to a decrease in state subsidies. The change in the cost of tuition, a shared dormitory room, and the most popular meal plan from the previous academic year for a sample of 10 public universities were as follows: $1,589, $593, $1,223, $869, $423, $1,720, $708, $1425, $922 and $308. -Referring to Scenario 3-7, what are the (absolute values of) the Z scores of the change in cost?

The rate of return for a stock over a three year period is 0.527, 0.145, and 0.684. The geometric mean rate of return is _______.

SCENARIO 3-14-A You are the quality control manager of a water bottles company. One of the biggest complaints in the past years has been the breakage and, hence, the concern on the durability of the connector between the lid and the bottle which many users use as a handle for the bottles. To collect evidence before implementing any modification to the production process, your department has subjected 100 water bottles to a durability test and the following data on the number of times the handles have been used to lift the bottles before they break are contained in the file Scenario3-14-DataA.XLSX. 495 499 502 500 491 498 498 495 488 516 513 486 504 503 493 504 489 500 495 499 501 507 511 496 486 497 510 504 493 482 511 502 520 514 486 514 500 505 512 500 504 498 503 514 474 489 488 506 517 490 -Referring to Scenario 3-14-A, the difference between the most and the least number of times the handles have been used to lift the bottles before they break in this sample is ________.

SCENARIO 3-7 In a recent academic year, many public universities in the United States raised tuition and fees due to a decrease in state subsidies. The change in the cost of tuition, a shared dormitory room, and the most popular meal plan from the previous academic year for a sample of 10 public universities were as follows: $1,589, $593, $1,223, $869, $423, $1,720, $708, $1425, $922 and $308. -Referring to Scenario 3-7, what is the skewness statistic of the change in the cost?

SCENARIO 3-1 Health care issues are receiving much attention in both academic and political arenas. A sociologist recently conducted a survey of citizens over 60 years of age whose net worth is too high to qualify for Medicaid. The ages of 25 senior citizens were as follows: 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 68 68 69 70 73 73 74 75 76 76 81 81 82 86 87 89 90 92 -Referring to Scenario 3-1, what type of shape does the distribution of the sample appear to have?

SCENARIO 3-14-A You are the quality control manager of a water bottles company. One of the biggest complaints in the past years has been the breakage and, hence, the concern on the durability of the connector between the lid and the bottle which many users use as a handle for the bottles. To collect evidence before implementing any modification to the production process, your department has subjected 100 water bottles to a durability test and the following data on the number of times the handles have been used to lift the bottles before they break are contained in the file Scenario3-14-DataA.XLSX. 495 499 502 500 491 498 498 495 488 516 513 486 504 503 493 504 489 500 495 499 501 507 511 496 486 497 510 504 493 482 511 502 520 514 486 514 500 505 512 500 504 498 503 514 474 489 488 506 517 490 -Referring to Scenario 3-14-A, the kurtosis statistic of the number of times the handles have been used to lift the bottles before they break in this sample is ________.

SCENARIO 3-14-A You are the quality control manager of a water bottles company. One of the biggest complaints in the past years has been the breakage and, hence, the concern on the durability of the connector between the lid and the bottle which many users use as a handle for the bottles. To collect evidence before implementing any modification to the production process, your department has subjected 100 water bottles to a durability test and the following data on the number of times the handles have been used to lift the bottles before they break are contained in the file Scenario3-14-DataA.XLSX. 495 499 502 500 491 498 498 495 488 516 513 486 504 503 493 504 489 500 495 499 501 507 511 496 486 497 510 504 493 482 511 502 520 514 486 514 500 505 512 500 504 498 503 514 474 489 488 506 517 490 -Referring to Scenario 3-14-A, construct a boxplot for the data in this sample.

Which of the following statements about the median is not true?

The median of a data set with 20 items would be the average of the 10th and the 11th items in the ordered array.

SCENARIO 3-4 The ordered array below represents the number of cargo manifests approved by customs inspectors of the Port of New York in a sample of 35 days: 16, 17, 18, 18, 19, 20, 20, 21, 21, 21, 22, 22, 22, 22, 23, 23, 23, 23, 24, 24, 24, 25, 25, 26, 26, 26, 27, 28, 28, 29, 29, 31, 31, 32, 32 Note: For this sample, the sum of the values is 838, and the sum of the squared differences between each value and the mean is 619.89. -Referring to Scenario 3-4, the standard deviation of the customs data is ________.

SCENARIO 3-4 The ordered array below represents the number of cargo manifests approved by customs inspectors of the Port of New York in a sample of 35 days: 16, 17, 18, 18, 19, 20, 20, 21, 21, 21, 22, 22, 22, 22, 23, 23, 23, 23, 24, 24, 24, 25, 25, 26, 26, 26, 27, 28, 28, 29, 29, 31, 31, 32, 32 Note: For this sample, the sum of the values is 838, and the sum of the squared differences between each value and the mean is 619.89. -Referring to Scenario 3-4, the first quartile of the customs data is ________.

In a sample of size 40, the sample mean is 15. In this case, the sum of all observations in the sample is $\sum X _ { i } = 600$ .

SCENARIO 3-3 The ordered array below represents the number of vitamin supplements sold by a health food store in a sample of 16 days. 19, 19, 20, 20, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27, 30, 33, 34, 35, 36, 38, 41 Note: For this sample, the sum of the values is 448, and the sum of the squared differences between each value and the mean is 812. -Referring to Scenario 3-3, the first quartile of the number of vitamin supplements sold in this sample is ________.

In right-skewed distributions, the distance from Q3 to the largest value is greater than the distance from the smallest observation to Q1.

SCENARIO 3-6 The rate of return of an Internet Service Provider over a 10 year period are: 10.25%, 12.64%, 8.37%, 9.29%, 6.23%, 42.53%, 29.23%, 15.25%, 21.52%, -2.35%. -Referring to Scenario 3-6, construct a boxplot for the rate of return

SCENARIO 3-14-A You are the quality control manager of a water bottles company. One of the biggest complaints in the past years has been the breakage and, hence, the concern on the durability of the connector between the lid and the bottle which many users use as a handle for the bottles. To collect evidence before implementing any modification to the production process, your department has subjected 100 water bottles to a durability test and the following data on the number of times the handles have been used to lift the bottles before they break are contained in the file Scenario3-14-DataA.XLSX. 495 499 502 500 491 498 498 495 488 516 513 486 504 503 493 504 489 500 495 499 501 507 511 496 486 497 510 504 493 482 511 502 520 514 486 514 500 505 512 500 504 498 503 514 474 489 488 506 517 490 -Referring to Scenario 3-14-A, the five-number summary of the data in this sample consists of ________, ________, ________, ________, ________.

SCENARIO 3-3 The ordered array below represents the number of vitamin supplements sold by a health food store in a sample of 16 days. 19, 19, 20, 20, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27, 30, 33, 34, 35, 36, 38, 41 Note: For this sample, the sum of the values is 448, and the sum of the squared differences between each value and the mean is 812. -Referring to Scenario 3-3, the coefficient of variation of the number of vitamin supplements sold in this sample is ________ percent.

SCENARIO 3-2 The data below represent the amount of grams of carbohydrates in a serving of breakfast cereal in a sample of 11 different servings. 11 15 23 29 19 22 21 20 15 25 17 -Referring to Scenario 3-2, the variance of the carbohydrate amounts is ________ (grams squared).

SCENARIO 3-5 The rate of return of a Fortune 500 company over the past 15 years are: 3.17%, 4.43%, 5.93%, 5.43%, 7.29%, 8.21%, 6.23%, 5.23%, 4.34%, 6.68%, 7.14%, -5.56%, -5.23%, -5.73%, -10.34% -Referring to Scenario 3-5, compute the geometric mean rate of return per year for the first four years.