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PART I
Introduction to Statistics
M&S 19-21
1.12 (6 points) College Application. Colleges and universities are requiring an
increasing amount of information about applicants before making acceptance and
financial aid decisions. Classify each of the following types of data required on a college
application as quantitative or qualitative.
Q a. High school GPA
A. High school GPA is a number usually between 0.0 and 4.0. Therefore, it is
quantitative.
Q b. High school class rank
A. High school class rank is a number: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc. Therefore, it is
quantitative
Q c. Applicants score on the SAT or ACT
A. The scores on the SATs are numbers between 200 and 800. Therefore, it is
quantitative.
Q d. Gender of applicant
A. Gender is either male or female. Therefore, it is qualitative
Q e. Parents income
A. Parents income is a number: $25,000, $45,000, etc. Therefore, it is quantatitive
Q f. Age of applicant
A. Age is a number: 17, 18, etc. Therefore it is quantitative,
1.25 (5 points) Massage vs. rest in boxing. Does a massage enable the muscles of tired
athletes to recover from exertion faster than usual? To answer this question, researchers
recruited eight amateur boxers to participate in an experiment (British Journal of Sports
Medicine, April 2000.) After a 10-minute workout in which each boxer threw 400
punches, half the boxers were given a 20-minute massage and half just rested for 20

minutes. Before returning to the ring for a second workout, the heart rate (beats per
minute) and blood lactate level (micromoles) were recorded for each boxer. The
researchers found no difference in the means of the two groups of boxers for either
variable.
Q a. Identify the data collection method used by the researchers.
A. Designed experiment.
Q b. Identify the experimental units of the study.
A. Amateur boxers
Q c. Identify the variables measured and their type (quantitative or qualitative).
A. Heart rate (quantitative); blood lactate level (quantitative)
Q d. What is the inference drawn from the analysis?
A. No difference between the two groups of boxers
Q e. Comment on whether this inference can be made about all athletes.
A. No
1.27 (3 points) Blood loss in burn patients. A group of University of South Florida
surgery researchers believe that the drug aprotinin is effective in reducing the blood loss
of burn patients who undergo skin replacement surgery (USF Office of Research Annual
Report, 1997-1998.) In a clinical trial of 14 burn patients, half were randomly assigned to
receive the drug and half a placebo (no drug). A preliminary analysis of the patients
blood loss revealed that the group with the drug had a significant reduction of bleeding.
Q a. Identify the data collection method used for this study.
A. Designed Experiment
Q b. Does the study involve descriptive or inferential statistics? Explain.
A. Inferential statistics
Q c. What is the population (or sample) of interest to the researchers?
A. All possible burn patients
Total Points:_________/14