Chapter 11: Q4E (page 649)
Refer to Exercise 11.3. Find the equations of the lines that pass through the points listed in Exercise 11.1.
Short Answer
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- y = 3 – x
Chapter 11: Q4E (page 649)
Refer to Exercise 11.3. Find the equations of the lines that pass through the points listed in Exercise 11.1.
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Get started for freePermeability of sandstone during weathering.Natural stone, such as sandstone, is a popular building construction material. An experiment was carried out to better understand the decay properties of sandstone when exposed to the weather (Geographical Analysis,Vol. 42, 2010). Blocks of sandstone were cut into 300 equal-sized slices and the slices randomly divided into three groups of 100 slices each. Slices in Group A were not exposed to any type of weathering; slices in Group B were repeatedly sprayed with a 10% salt solution (to simulate wetting by driven rain) under temperate conditions; and slices in Group C were soaked in a 10% salt solution and then dried (to simulate blocks of sandstone exposed during a wet winter and dried during a hot summer). All sandstone slices were then tested for permeability, measured in milliDarcies (mD). These permeability values measure pressure decay as a function of time. The data for the study (simulated) are saved in the STONEfile. Measures of central tendency for the permeability measurements of each sandstone group are displayed in the accompanying Minitab printout.
Descriptive Statistics: PermA, PermB, PermC | |||||
Variable | N | Mean | Median | Mode | N for Mode |
PermA | 100 | 73.62 | 70.45 | 59.9, 60, 60.1, 60.4 | 2 |
PermB | 100 | 128.54 | 139.30 | 146.4, 146.6, 147.9, 148.3 | 3 |
PermC | 100 | 83.07 | 78.65 | 70.9 | 3 |
The data contain atleast 5 mode value. Only the smallest 4 are shown |
a.Interpret the mean and median of the permeability measurements for Group A sandstone slices.
b.Interpret the mean and median of the permeability measurements for Group B sandstone slices.
c.Interpret the mean and median of the permeability measurements for Group C sandstone slices.
d.Interpret the mode of the permeability measurements for Group C sandstone slices.
e.The lower the permeability value, the slower the pressure decay in the sandstone over time. Which type of weathering (type B or type C) appears to result in faster decay?
Refer to Exercise 2.18 and calculate the number of the 600 items falling into each of the classes. Then graph a frequency histogram for these data.
A company is analysing the prices at which its items are sold. Graph the relative frequency histogram for the 600 items summarized in the accompanying relative frequency table.
Refer to Exercise 11.14 (p. 653). Calculate SSE and s for the least-squares line. Use the value of s to determine where most of the errors of prediction lie.
Is honey a cough remedy? Does a teaspoon of honey before bed really calm a child’s cough? To test the folk remedy, pediatric researchers carried out a designed study conducted over two nights (Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, December 2007). A sample of 105 children who were ill with an upper respiratory tract infection and their parents participated in the study. On the first night, the parents rated their children’s cough symptoms on a scale from 0 (no problems at all) to 6 (extremely severe) in five different areas. The total symptoms score (ranging from 0 to 30 points) was the variable of interest for the 105 patients. On the second night, the parents were instructed to give their sick child a dosage of liquid “medicine” prior to bedtime. Unknown to the parents, some were given a dosage of dextromethorphan (DM)—an over-the-counter cough medicine—while others were given a similar dose of honey. Also, a third group of parents (the control group) gave their sick children no dosage at all. Again, the parents rated their children’s cough symptoms, and the improvement in total cough symptoms score was determined for each child. The data (improvement scores) for the study are shown in the table below, followed (in the next column) by a Minitab dot plot of the data. Notice that the green dots represent the children who received a dose of honey, the red dots represent those who got the DM dosage, and the black dots represent the children in the control group. What conclusions can pediatric researchers draw from the graph? Do you agree with the statement (extracted from the article), “Honey may be a preferable treatment for the cough and sleep difficulty associated with childhood upper respiratory tract infection”?
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