Statistics for Engineers and Scientists
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Chapter 1, Problem 8SE
The article “The Selection of Yeast Strains for the Production of Premium Quality South African Brandy Base Products” (C. Steger and M. Lambrechts, Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2000:431–440) presents detailed information on the volatile compound composition of base wines made from each of 16 selected yeast strains. Following are the concentrations of total esters (in mg/L) in each of the wines.
284.34 173.01 229.55 312.95 215.34 188.72
144.39 172.79 139.38 197.81 303.28 256.02
658.38 105.14 295.24 170.41
- a. Compute the
mean concentration. - b. Compute the median concentration.
- c. Compute the first quartile of the concentrations.
- d. Compute the third quartile of the concentrations.
- e. Construct a boxplot for the concentrations. What features does it reveal?
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The article "The Selection of Yeast Strains for the Production of Premium Quality South
African Brandy Base Products" (C. Steger and M. Lambrechts, Journal of Industrial
Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2000:431-440) presents detailed information on the
volatile compound composition of base wines made from each of 16 selected yeast strains.
Following are the concentrations of total esters (in mg/L) in each of the wines.
284.34
173.01
229.55
312.95
215.34
188.72
144.39
172.79
139.38
197.81
303.28
256.02
658.38
105.14
295.24
170.41
Compute the mean concentration.
a.
b.
Compute the median concentration.
Compute the first quartile of the concentrations.
C.
d.
Compute the third quartile of the concentrations.
Construct a boxplot for the concentrations. What features does it reveal?
e.
Suppose you have four classifications: freshmen (f), sophomore (so), junior (j), and senior (se). You construct a dummy variable, one for each classification that takes on the value of (1) should that classification be true for that observation and 0 otherwise.
Further assume that you estimate the following model:
E[GPA]= .5*ACT+.1*So+.2*J+.1*Se
What is the omitted category?
Enter 1 for Freshmen, 2 for Sophomores, 3 for Juniors, 4 for Seniors.
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