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MATLAB: An Introduction with Applications

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ISBN:9781119256830

Author:Amos Gilat

Publisher:Amos Gilat

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Researchers at Purdue University and Wichita State University found that airlines are doing a better job of getting passengers to their destinations on time. AirTran Airways and Southwest Airlines were among the leaders in on-time arrivals with both having 88% of their flights arriving on time. But for the 12% of flights that were delayed, how many minutes were these flights late? Sample data showing the number of minutes that delayed flights were late are provided in the Excel Online file below. Data are shown for both airlines. Construct a spreadsheet to answer the following questions.

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AirTran	Southwest
40	100
58	69
62	38
104	40
56	42
6	53
3	80
88	89
112	70
34	66
116	65
89	50
71	32
72	34
4	26
67	47
41	59
35	34
68	93
20	78
85
120
3
47
79

b. What is the sample mean number of minutes late for delayed flights for each of these two airlines?

AirTran	(to 2 decimals)
Southwest	(to 2 decimals)

b. What is the sample mean number of minutes late for delayed flights for each of these two airlines?

AirTran	(to 2 decimals)
Southwest	(to 2 decimals)

c. Using a .05 level of significance, what is the p-value, and what is your conclusion?

p-value is (to 4 decimals)

Definition Definition Measure of central tendency that is the average of a given data set. The mean value is evaluated as the quotient of the sum of all observations by the sample size. The mean, in contrast to a median, is affected by extreme values. Very large or very small values can distract the mean from the center of the data. Arithmetic mean: The most common type of mean is the arithmetic mean. It is evaluated using the formula: μ = 1 N ∑ i = 1 N x i Other types of means are the geometric mean, logarithmic mean, and harmonic mean. Geometric mean: The nth root of the product of n observations from a data set is defined as the geometric mean of the set: G = x 1 x 2 ... x n n Logarithmic mean: The difference of the natural logarithms of the two numbers, divided by the difference between the numbers is the logarithmic mean of the two numbers. The logarithmic mean is used particularly in heat transfer and mass transfer. ln x 2 − ln x 1 x 2 − x 1 Harmonic mean: The inverse of the arithmetic mean of the inverses of all the numbers in a data set is the harmonic mean of the data. 1 1 x 1 + 1 x 2 + ...

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