An article contained the following observations on degree of polymerization for paper specimens for which viscosity times concentration fell in a certain middle range: 416 420 421 422 425 428 432 435 437 439 445 446 449 451 458 462 464 (a) Construct a boxplot of the data. 420 430 440 450 460 420 430 440 450 460 420 430 440 450 460 420 430 440 450 Comment on any interesting features. (Select all that apply.) O There is little or no skew. V There are no outliers. O The data is strongly skewed. O The data appears to be centered near 438. O The data appears to be centered near 428. O There is one outlier. (b) Is it plausible that the given sample observations were selected from a normal distribution? O Yes O No (c) Calculate a two-sided 95% confidence interval for true average degree of polymerization. (Round your answers to two decimal places.)

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Following are measurements of soil concentrations (in mg /kg) of chromium (Cr) and nickel (Ni) at20 sites in the area of Cleveland, Ohio. These data are taken from the article "Variation in NorthAmerican Regulatory Guidance for Heavy Metal Surface Soil Contamination at Commercial andIndustrial Sites" (A. Jennings and J. Ma, J. Environment Eng, 2007:587-609). Cr: 260 19 36 247 263 319 317 277 319 264 23 29 61 119 33 281 21 35 64 30Ni: 435 377 359 53 38 38 54 188 397 33 92 490 28 35 799 347 321 32 74 508 (a) Construct a histogram for each set of concentrations. (b) Find the 1st, 2nd and 3rd quartiles for the Cr concentrations (c) Find the 1st, 2nd and 3rd quartiles for the Ni concentrations.

An article contained the following observations on degree of polymerization for paper specimens for which viscosity times concentration fell in a certain middle range: 418 420 422 422 425 428 431 434 437 438 445 446 449 451 458 462 465 (a) Construct a boxplot of the data.         Comment on any interesting features. (Select all that apply.) The data appears to be centered near 438.There are no outliers.The data is strongly skewed.There is little or no skew.The data appears to be centered near 428.There is one outlier. (b) Is it plausible that the given sample observations were selected from a normal distribution? YesNo     (c) Calculate a two-sided 95% confidence interval for true average degree of polymerization. (Round your answers to two decimal places.)     ,     Does the interval suggest that 445 is a plausible value for true average degree of polymerization? YesNo     Does the interval suggest that 456 is a plausible value? YesNo     You…

An article contained the following observations on degree of polymerization for paper specimens for which viscosity times concentration fell in a certain middle range: 415 420 421 422 426 427 432 434 437 438 446 447 450 452 457 463 464 (a) Construct a boxplot of the data. 420 430 440 450 460 420 430 440 450 420 430 440 450 460 420 430 440 450 460 Comment on any interesting features. (Select all that apply.) There is one outlier. n The data is strongly skewed. n The data appears to be centered near 428. n There are no outliers. n The data appears to be centered near 438. n There is little or no skew. (b) Is it plausible that the given sample observations were selected from a normal distribution? Yes o No (c) Calculate a two-sided 95% confidence interval for true average degree of polymerization. (Round your answers to two decimal places.) Does the interval suggest that 440 is a plausible value for true average degree of polymerization? o Yes o No Does the interval suggest that 456 is a…

The shelf life of a high-speed photographic film is being investigated by the manufac- turer. The following data are available (in days). 126 129 134 141 131 132 136 145 116 128 130 162 125 126 134 129 134 127 120 127 120 122 129 133 125 111 147 129 150 148 126 140 130 120 117 131 149 117 143 133 (a) Construct a histogram and comment on the properties of the data. (b) Consider the quantity ₁ (xi - a)². For what value of a is this minimized? (c) Now consider the quantity 1 x - al. What value of a that minimizes this?