Quiz 4.1-4.

3 Name ___________________________

Roman Mint:
1. The data in the table at right are from observations taken on Roman coins dating from Gold Content
the first three centuries AD. Historians believe that different mints might reveal (% by weight)
themselves in different trace element profiles in the coins; these coins are known to 0.22 0.38
have been minted in Rome. The technique of Atomic Absorption Spectrometry was 0.24 0.38
used to estimate the % by weight of various elements in these coins; the % by weight 0.20 0.43
that is gold is presented here. 0.24 0.36
0.21 0.32
(a) Calculate these numerical summaries: 0.23 0.42
0.18 0.47
The mean _______________ 0.15 0.50
0.17 0.28
The standard deviation _______________ 0.17
The median _______________
The interquartile range _______________

(b) Construct a modifed box plot for these data. Show the 5 number summary.
Find and show outliers.

(c) Judging from the data and your responses in parts (a) and (b), would you say this distribution is skewed or
approximately symmetric? Justify your response using appropriate statistical terminology.
2. The % by weight of the element Lead was also calculated for the coins minted Roman Mint:
in Rome. Some of the summary statistics are given in the table at right. Lead Content
(% by weight)

(a) Describe a procedure that uses these some or all of these summary statistics Statistic Value
to determine whether outliers are present in the data. N 21
Mean 0.61
Median 0.62
St. Dev. 0.25
Minimum 0.09
Maximum 1.29
1st Quartile 0.41
3rd Quartile 0.73
(b) Using your procedure from part (a), determine if there are outliers in these
data.

3. The % by weight of the element Antimony was also calculated for the coins from a mint in Rome.

Roman Mint: Lead Content

(% by weight)
0.04 0.07 0.07 0.01 0.01 0.04 0.01
0.01 0.17 0.03 0.01 0.01 0.03 0.01
0.02 0.05 0.01 0.02 0.01 0.02 0.01

(a) Under what circumstances should one consider using a trimmed mean as a description of the center of a
distribution?

(b) Does the Antimony data exhibit the characteristic(s) that suggest a trimmed mean is the appropriate statistic
to calculate? Explain.