Introduction to the Practice of Statistics
Introduction to the Practice of Statistics
9th Edition
ISBN: 9781319013387
Author: David S. Moore, George P. McCabe, Bruce A. Craig
Publisher: W. H. Freeman
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Chapter 7.1, Problem 28E

(a)

To determine

To test: Whether the ‘friends on Facebook’ data is skewed or not by using appropriate graph.

(a)

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Answer to Problem 28E

Solution: The data is positively skewed.

Explanation of Solution

Graph: To find whether data is skewed or not, the histogram can be drawn. To draw the histogram, follow the below mentioned steps in Minitab;

Step 1: Enter the data in Minitab and enter variable name as ‘Number of Facebook friend’.

Step 2: Go to GraphHistogramsimple. Then click on ‘Ok’

Step 3: In dialog box that appears select ‘friends on Facebook’ under the field marked as ‘Graph variable’. Then click Ok.

The histogram is as follows;

Introduction to the Practice of Statistics, Chapter 7.1, Problem 28E

Conclusion: In above graph, it can be seen that most of the frequencies are distributed in right hand side of the highest frequency. Hence, the data is positively skewed.

To determine

To explain: The findings.

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Answer to Problem 28E

Solution: The modal value is somewhere between 100 to 200 and most of the frequencies are on the right side of the modal value so the provided data is positively skewed.

Explanation of Solution

The most frequent any value is between 100 and 200 and most of the frequencies are distributed on the right hand side of this so the distribution is positively skewed.

(b)

To determine

To explain: Whether t method should be used to calculate 95% confidence interval for mean.

(b)

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Answer to Problem 28E

Solution: No, t method should be used to calculate confidence interval.

Explanation of Solution

There is an assumption for using t test that the population distribution must be normally distributed. As shown in part (a) the population distribution is not normal. So t method should not be used.

(c)

Section 1:

To determine

To find: The mean number of Facebook friends for sample.

(c)

Section 1:

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Answer to Problem 28E

Solution: The sample mean is 305.8 (approximated to 306) friends.

Explanation of Solution

Calculation: To calculate the sample mean follow the below mentioned steps in Minitab;

Step 1: Enter the data in Minitab and enter variable name as ‘Number of Facebook friends’.

Step 2: Go to StatBasicstatisticsDisplay Discriptive statistics. Then click on ‘Ok’.

Step 3: In dialog box that appears select ‘Number of Facebook friend’ under the field marked as ‘Variables’. Then click on ‘Statistics’.

Step 4: In dialog box that appears select ‘None’ and then ‘Mean’. Finally click ‘Ok’ on both dialog boxes.

From Minitab result, the mean is 305.8 but number of friends is an integer value. So mean can never be a decimal value. Therefore, the nearest integer value will be 306. Hence the mean number of friend will be 306 friends.

Section 2:

To determine

To find: The standard deviation of Facebook friends for sample.

Section 2:

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Answer to Problem 28E

Solution: The standard deviation is 294.6 (approximated to 295) friends.

Explanation of Solution

Calculation: To calculate the standard deviation follow the below mentioned steps in Minitab;

Step 1: Follow the step 1 to 3 performed in section 1 of part (b).

Step 2: In dialog box that appears select ‘None’ and then ‘standard deviation’. Finally click ‘Ok’ on both dialog boxes.

From Minitab result, the standard deviation is 294.6 friends but number of friends is an integer value. So it can never be a decimal value and the nearest integer value will be 295. Hence the standard deviation of the number of friends will be 295 friends.

Section 3:

To determine

To find: The standard error of Facebook friends for sample.

Section 3:

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Answer to Problem 28E

Solution: The standard error is 53.8 (approximated to54) friends.

Explanation of Solution

Calculation: To calculate the standard error follow the below mentioned steps in Minitab;

Step 1: Follow the step 1 to 3 performed in section 1 of part (b).

Step 2: In dialog box that appears select ‘None’ and then ‘SE of mean’. Finally, click ‘Ok’ on both dialog boxes.

From Minitab result, the standard error is 53.8 friends but the number of friends is an integer value. So the standard error can never be a decimal value. Therefore, the nearest integer value will be 54. Hence the standard deviation of the number of friends will be 54 friends.

Section 4:

To determine

To find: The margin of error for Facebook friends.

Section 4:

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Solution: The margin of error is 110.005 (approximated to 110) friends.

Explanation of Solution

Calculation: The formula to calculate the margin of error is as follows,

marginoferrortα2×sn

Where α significance level, s is standard deviation of sample and n is sample size.

marginoferrort0.025×sn=2.04523×294.630=110.005

Hence the margin of error is 110.005 friends but the number of friends is an integer value. So the standard error can never be a decimal value. Therefore, the nearest integer value will be 110. Hence the margin of error will be 110 friends.

(d)

To determine

To find: 95% confidence interval for data of friends on Facebook.

(d)

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Solution: The required confidence interval is (195.8, 415.8)_ and it can be approximated as (196, 416)_.

Explanation of Solution

Calculation: The confidence interval is an interval for which there is 95% chances that it contains the population parameter (population mean).

To calculate confidence interval, follow the below mentioned steps in Minitab;

Step 1: Enter the provided data into Minitab and enter variable name as ‘Number of Facebook friend’.

Step 2: Go to StatBasicstatistics1-sample t.

Step 3: In the dialog box that appears select ‘Number of Facebook friends’ under the field marked as ‘Sample in columns’. Click on ‘option’.

Step 4: In the dialog box that appears, enter ‘95.0’ under the field marked as ‘Confidence level’ and select ‘not equal’ in ‘Alternative hypothesis’.

From Minitab results 95% confidence interval is (195.8, 415.8). but the number of friends is an integer value. So the limits of confidence interval can never be a decimal value. Hence the nearest integer value will be 196 and 416. Therefore, the confidence interval of the number of friends will be (196, 416)_.

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