
Probability and Statistics for Engineering and the Sciences
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Author: Jay L. Devore
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 1.4, Problem 54E
Grip is applied to produce normal surface forces that compress the object being gripped. Examples include two people shaking hands, or a nurse squeezing a patient’s forearm to stop bleeding. The article “Investigation of Grip Force, Normal Force, Contact Area, Hand Size, and Handle Size for Cylindrical Handles” (Human Factors, 2008: 734-744) included the following data on grip strength (N) for a sample of 42 individuals:
- a. Construct a stem-and-leaf display based on repeating each stem value twice, and comment on interesting features.
- b. Determine the values of the fourths and the fourthspread.
- c. Construct a boxplot based on the five-number summary, and comment on its features.
- d. How large or small does an observation have to be to qualify as an outlier? An extreme outlier? Are there any outliers?
- e. By how much could the observation 403, currently the largest, be decreased without affecting fs?
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