QUAL 1040

A01

Assignment 01
For full marks, identify units, proper significant figures, and show all work as answers only do not
count. You may use EXCEL or a similar spreadsheet software or you may use handwritten solutions
with graphs created with a ruler.

1) Roll a die (6, 12, or 20 sided) 20 times and record the result.

a) Find the median, mean, and the mode

b) Find the standard deviation
c) What percentage of the data falls within a standard deviation from the average?

2) Find a Canadian Temperature Weather map (online or in a paper). Record the daily LOWS (in
°C) for 20 locations. (It must include a few negative temperatures in Celsius)

a) Find the median and the mean

b) Find the standard deviation
c) What percentage of the data falls within a standard deviation from the average?

3) Examine the following 20 measurements:

23.5 62.2 a) Find the median and the mean and compare.
99.5 33.2 b) Find the standard deviation
45.3 23.7 c) Throw out data OUTSIDE a standard
12.6 22.0 deviation from the average
44.2 11.9 d) Recalculate the median and the mean and compare
75.4 67.7 e) Is this a more accurate result? Why?
33.6 7.1
28.9 112.0
67.2 39.0
46.4 22.9

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4) An important property of oil is its coefficient of viscosity, which gives a measure of

how well it flows. A manufacturer claims a coefficient viscosity of 0.27 Pa.s for its oil. To
challenge the viscosity of their certain motor oil, a refinery took samples from 12 different
storage tanks and tested them at 50C. The results (in pascal-second or Pa.s) were 0.24, 0.28,
0.29, 0.26, 0.27, 0.26, 0.25, 0.27, 0.28, 0.26, 0.26, 0.25

Answer these questions “by hand” and compare them to EXCEL formula if you wish.

(a) State the null and alternative hypotheses

(b) Make an ascending ordered array of this data

(c) Determine the median, the mean, and the mode. Use MORE significant figures than
normal for the intermediate calculations. However, for final answers use the accuracy of
the data.

(d) Determine the range, variance, and standard deviation

(e) What is the standard uncertainty (error) of this data? Does the claim reside in this
uncertainty?

use 4 use 5
decimal decimal
x s s
ascendin
Data g d d2
1 0.24
2 0.28
3 0.29
4 0.26
5 0.27
6 0.26
7 0.25
8 0.27
9 0.28
1
0 0.26
1
1 0.26
1
2 0.25
Sum
Use 4 decimals for the
Ave average

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5) Refer to question (4)

(a) Construct a frequency distribution using the data as the bin mark (Complete the table).
(b) Draw a histogram for the data below. Must use a ruler if handwritten.
(c) Draw a Pareto diagram. Must use a ruler if handwritten.

Bin Mark x f
0.24
0.25
0.26
0.27
0.28
0.29

6) Repeat the following parts of question (4) using “grouped data”. Make use of the table
below
a. Determine the median, the mean, and the mode “by hand”. Use lots of significant figures
for the intermediate calculations. However, for final answers use the accuracy of the data.
b. Determine the range, variance, and standard deviation
c. Are these values different than what you found in question (4)?

Bin
Mark
x f fx fx2

0.24  
0.25  
0.26  
0.27  
0.28  
0.29  
Sum

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