Statistics for Engineers and Scientists
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Chapter 1, Problem 19SE
The article “The Ball-on-Three-Ball Test for Tensile Strength: Refined Methodology and Results for Three Hohokam Ceramic Types” (M. Beck, American Antiquity, 2002:558–569) discusses the strength of ancient ceramics. Several specimens of each of three types of ceramic were tested. The loads (in kg) required to crack the specimens are as follows:
| Ceramic Type | Loads (kg) |
| Sacaton | 15, 30, 51, 20, 17, 19, 20, 32, 17, 15, 23, 19, 15, 18, 16, 22, 29, 15, 13, 15 |
| Gila Plain | 27, 18, 28, 25, 55, 21, 18, 34, 23, 30, 20, 30, 31, 25, 28, 26, 17, 19, 16, 24, 19, 9, 31, 19, 27, 20, 43, 15 |
| Casa Grande | 20, 16, 20, 36, 27, 35, 66, 15, 18, 24, 21, 30, 20, 24, 23, 21, 13, 21 |
- a. Construct comparative boxplots for the three samples.
- b. How many outliers does each sample contain?
- c. Comment on the features of the three samples.
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(a) Find the class width.(b) Make a frequency table showing class limits, class boundaries, midpoints, frequencies, relative frequencies, and cumulative frequencies. (Give relative frequencies to 4 decimal places.)
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Loads (kg)
Type
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16, 22, 29, 15, 13, 15
27, 18, 28, 25, 55, 21, 18, 34, 23, 30, 20, 30, 31, 25,
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