Matt Gardner Math 1040 06/23/2014

1. Im going to be using Data Set 7: Bears (measurements from anesthetized wild bears)
2. In order to gain the data needed, bears in the wild were captured and anesthetized. Data
collected includes age(in months), month of year data was collected, sex, head length and
width(inches), neck size(inches), length of body(inches), chest size(inches), and body
weight(pounds). All data are collected from Gary Alt and Minitab, Inc.
3.
Variable Name in the
Data Set
Describe what the
variable means/how it is
measured (include units)
is the variable
quantitative or
qualitative?
what is the level of
measurement for this
variable?
Age Age of animal, in months Quantitative Ordinal
Month Month data was
collected (1=January)
qualitative Ordinal
Sex Male or female Qualitative Nominal
Headlen Head length, in inches Quantitative Ratio
Headwth Head width, in inches Quantitative Ratio
Neck Distance around neck, in
inches
Quantitative Ratio
Length Body length, in inches Quantitative Ratio
Chest Distance around chest, in
inches
Quantitative Ratio
Weight Total weight of bear, in
pounds
quantitative Ratio


Summary statistics:
Column n Mean Std. dev. Median Min Max Q1 Q3
RS 1 35 180.74286 127.20256 154 20 514 65 262




Summary statistics:
Column n Mean Std. dev. Median Min Max Q1 Q3
RS 2 35 266.54286 558.96071 150 29 3418 94 220


The shape of the first random sample histogram matches the shape of the population histogram rather
well, so I would say it does a good job at representing the population data. But the shape of the second
random sample is completely different and therefore does not do a good job of representing the
population data.

1) Using complete sentences, report the interpretation of each of your three confidence intervals.

1. We calculated the confidence interval for the population proportion of bears caught in the
month of September. In doing so, we can say that we have 95% confidence that the amount of
bears captured in September is somewhere in the range of 18.5% to 50% of all the bears
captured.
2. We calculated the confidence interval for the population mean weight of bears. With our
calculations we can be 95% confident that the population mean weight of bears lies in the range
of 143.4lbs. to 228.6 lbs.
3. We calculated the confidence interval for the population standard deviation of the weight of
bears. Doing so gave us a 95% confidence that the population standard deviation of the weights
of bears lies somewhere in the range of 105.6 lbs. to 176.6 lbs.

2) Compare your confidence intervals to the values of the population parameters in your data sets. Did
the intervals capture the population parameters?
1. The population parameters showed us that 16 out of 54 bears were captured in September.
So, ~30% of the population of bears were captured in September. Our random sample
confidence interval said that 18.5% to 50% of bears were captured in September. The interval
did include the population parameter in this case.
2. The population parameters for the mean weight of bears shows that the bears have a mean
weight of 182.9 lbs. The confidence interval that was calculated shows that the mean weight of
bears should be in the range of 143.4 lbs. to 228.6 lbs. The interval did include the population
parameter in this case.
3. The population parameter for the standard deviation of the weights of bears is 121.8 lbs. The
confidence interval showed that standard deviation for the weights of bears was somewhere
between 105.6 lbs. to 176.6 lbs. The interval did include the population parameter in this case.