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Question 1. The following data are the joint temperatures of the O-rings (oF) for each test firing or actual
launch of the space shuttle rocket motor (from Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger
Accident, Vol. 1, pp. 129-131) 85, 47, 61, 40, 83, 67, 45, 66, 70, 69, 80, 58, 68, 60, 67, 72, 73, 70, 57, 63,
70, 78, 52, 67, 53, 67, 75, 61, 70, 81, 76, 79, 75, 76, 58, 31. Round your answers to 2 decimal places.

65.83
(a) Calculate the sample mean
12.29
(b) Calculate the sample standard deviation

Question 2. Eight measurements were made on the inside diameter of forged piston rings used in an
automobile engine. The data (in millimeters) are 74.001, 74.003, 74.015, 74.000, 74.005, 74.002,
74.008, and 74.001. Calculate the sample mean and sample standard deviation. (Round the answers to
3 decimal places.)

74.004
(a) sample mean
0.005
(b) sample standard deviation

Question 3. The April 22, 1991 issue of Aviation Week and Space Technology reports that during
Operation Desert Storm, U.S. Air Force F117A pilots flew 1270 combat sorties for a total of 6905 hours.
What is the mean duration of an F117A mission during this operation? Round your answer to 3 decimal
places.
5.437
m=
population mean
The statistic you calculated is a .

Question 4. An article in the Journal of Aircraft (1988) describes the computation of drag coefficients for
the NASA 0012 airfoil. Different computational algorithms were used at with the following results (drag
coefficients are in units of drag counts; that is, one count is equivalent to a drag coefficient of 0.0001): 79,
99, 72, 83, 81, 85, 82, 80, and 84. Compute the sample mean, sample variance, and sample standard
deviation. Round your answers to 2 decimal places.

82.77
The sample mean is drag counts.
51.4
The sample variance is (drag counts)2.
7.17
The sample standard deviation is drag counts.
Question 5. The percentage of cotton in material used to manufacture men's shirts follows. Construct a
stem-and-leaf display for the data. Calculate the median and quartiles of these data. Choose the correct
answer.