Statistics for Engineers and Scientists
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Author: William Navidi Prof.
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Chapter 1.3, Problem 4E
Following are measurements of soil concentrations (in mg/kg) of chromium (Cr) and nickel (Ni) at 20 sites in the area of Cleveland, Ohio. These data are taken from the article “Variation in North American Regulatory Guidance for Heavy Metal Surface Soil Contamination at Commercial and Industrial Sites” (A. Jennings and J. Ma, J Environment Eng, 2007:587–609).
Cr: 34 1 511 2 574 496 322 424
269 140 244 252 76 108 24 38
18 34 30 191
Ni: 23 22 55 39 283 34 159 37
61 34 163 140 32 23 54 837
64 354 376 471
- a. Construct a histogram for each set of concentrations.
- b. Construct comparative boxplots for the two sets of concentrations.
- c. Using the boxplots, what differences can be seen between the two sets of concentrations?
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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).
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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
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