INSTRUCTORS SOLUTIONS MANUAL

Mark Dummeldinger
University of South Florida

STATISTICS

For Engineering and the Sciences

FIFTH EDITION
William Mendenhall
University of Florida

Terry Sincich
University of South Florida

Upper Saddle River, New Jersey Columbus, Ohio

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Contents ..
Preface Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Appendix A Introduction Descriptive Statistics Probability Discrete Random Variables Continuous Random Variables Bivariate Probability Distributions and Sampling Distributions Estimation Using Confidence Intervals Tests of Hypotheses Categorical Data Analysis Simple Linear Regression Multiple Regression Analysis Model Building Principles of Experimental Design The Analysis of Variance for Designed Experiments Nonparametric Statistics Statistical Process and Quality Control Product and System Reliability Matrix Algebra v 1 4 33 50 75 104 133 161 190 215 243 284 312 317 348 371 403 414

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Preface ..
This solutions manual is designed to accompany the text Statistics for Engineering and the Sciences, Fifth Edition, by William Mendenhall and Terry Sincich (2006). It provides answers to most even-numbered exercises for each chapter in the text. Other methods of solution may also be appropriate; however, the author has presented one that he believes to be most instructive to the beginning statistics student. The student should first attempt to solve the assigned exercises without help from this manual. Then, if unsuccessful, the solution in the manual will clarify points necessary to the solution. The student who successfully solves an exercise should still refer to the manuals solution. Many points are clarified and expanded upon to provide maximum insight into and benefit from each exercise. Instructors will benefit from the use of this manual. It will save time in preparing presentations of the solutions and possibly provide another point of view regarding their meaning. Some of the exercises are subjective in nature and thus omitted from the Answer Key at the end of Statistics for Engineering and the Sciences, Fifth Edition. The subjective decisions regarding these exercises have been made and are explained by the author. Solutions based on these decisions are presented; the solution to this type of exercise is often most instructive. When an alternative interpretation of an exercise may occur, the author has often addressed it and given justification for the approach taken. I would like to thank Kelly Evans for creating much of the art work contained in this manual and Brenda Dobson for her assistance in typing this work and making it look presentable. Its good to have her back in the game. Mark Dummeldinger University of South Florida Tampa, Florida

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