IE 3301-001 FALL 2017 PROJECT PART I Due Wednesday, November 15, 2017 There will be two parts of the project. Each part is worth 5% of your semester grade. The overall aim of the project is to allow students to apply some of the important concepts learned in IE 3301 to the analysis of real world data. The specific objectives are: To sample data sets from real world occurrences of events To summarize the data statistically To perform statistical tests of hypotheses on the data To describe the above in a report In this project, you will use real world data of events and analyze them according to the instructions below. You will submit your written work in two parts. The first part is essentially the summary of the data gathered. The second part is the statistical tests of hypotheses. You may consult with your GTA (or myself) to ensure the relevance, quality and accuracy of your data. 20% of the grade will be for the quality of your presentation (order, neatness, symbols, etc.) and 80 % for accuracy in your statistical analyses. Project - GOODNESS OF FIT TEST FOR A NORMAL DISTRIBUTION Part 1: Take a large number of observations (at least 100) for a continuous variable from a population that is suspected to be normally distributed. For example, the body weights of people, the circumferences of oranges, the high temperature of a city for 100 consecutive days, the extension length of rubber bands at the point at which they burst, etc. First submission of report: Cover page: course; name of the project; your name; date Page 1: (i) The definition of your variable (X) (ii) The source of your data (i.e., how you obtained the data) (iii) List the values of the variable, X, in about 10 columns (iv) Compute the mean and standard deviation of X and show your formulas. Page 2: Construct a frequency table for X - about 2/3 page in size. Page 3: Construct a frequency histogram - about 2/3 page in size. Page 4: Determine the quartiles of X and construct a Box plot - about 2/3 page in size. Note: Your reports must be printed. Handwritten reports will be penalized by 20% of the grade. Every sheet should have your name at the top. Do not give a landscape orientation on any page. Type your report using single-line spacing with 12 font size (Times Roman). Each section should have a heading stating what the information below it represents. Grades will be deducted for any violation of these instructions. You are allowed to collect data together with another student, but each of you must handle in an independent report. Otherwise both of you will receive NO grade for that report. Please list the name of person who shares the data with you in your report. Late submission will be penalized by 25% per day. 1