CASE STUDY

LAUNDRY STATISTICS
Prepared by : MAULIK PRANESH DEVANSHI POOJA ADITYA MOHIT

LAUNDRY STATISTICS
Here a study of laundry usage is done in United States by Procter & Gamble. According to them Americans Spends 7 to 9 hours a week on laundry.
The Average wash cycle of an American wash is about 35 minutes. In the United States, the average washing machine uses about 16 gallons of water. QA

Q.1 Study of laundry usage is done in 50 U.S. Households that contain washers and dryers. Summarize the data so that study findings can be reported. 15 16 16 15 17 17 16 17 13 16 16 17 14 16 17 15 16 15 17 14 16 15 12 17 16 17 15 15 15 13 18 17 16 16 16 15 14 14 16 15 14 15 14 16 16 15 16 16 14 15

DATA 50 U.S. HOUSE HOLDS

Comparative study of Central tendency, Variability and Skewness

MEAN MODE MEDIAN Standard Deviation Sample Variance Kurtosis Skewness Range Minimum Maximum Sum Count Q1 Q3 IQR LOWER LIMIT UPPER LIMIT C.V 15.48 16 16 1.233 1.52 0.264 -0.531 6 12 18 774 50 15 16 1 13.5 17.5 7.964

The Skewness measures show that the data are slightly skewed to the left. Applying Chebyshevs Theorem to the mean and the standard deviation shows that at least 88.9% of the measurements should fall between 11.78 gallons and 19.18 gallons. The data and the minimum and maximum reveals that 100% of the data actually fall within these limits.

Q.2 The average wash cycle for an American wash is 35 minutes. Suppose the
standard deviation of a wash cycle for an American wash is 5 minutes. Within what range of time do most American wash cycles fall ?

Now the mean wash cycle time is 35 minutes with a standard deviation of 5 minutes. According to the empirical rule, 68% of the times would fall within 30 and 40 minutes. 95% of the times would fall within 25 and 45 minutes. 99.7% of the times would fall within 20 and 50 minutes. This rule is applied only if the data are normally distributed.

68%

-1 +1
30 minutes
40 minutes

95%

-2
25 minutes

-2
45 minutes

If the data are not normally distributed, Chebyshevs Theorem reveals that at least 75% of the times should fall between 25 and 45 minutes and the 88.9% should fall between 20 and 50 minutes.

Q.3 From the following study data, determine whether a relationship exits between Households Income and the amount of Laundry done ( in weights ).
AMOUNT OF LAUNDRY (weight in lbs. ) = X 1210 875 1890 1450 2040 1330 660 1490 1950 HOUSEHOLD INCOME ( $1000s) = Y 42 31 60 68 110 45 56 72 93

CORRELATION AMOUNT OF LAUNDRY HOUSEHOLD INCOME (weight in lbs. ) = X ( $1000s) = Y 1210 875 1890 1450 2040 1330 660 1490 1950 TOTAL TOTAL OBS. MEAN 12895 9 1432.777778 42 31 60 68 110 45 56 72 93 577 9 64.11111111

X- -222.78 -557.78 457.22 17.22 607.22 -102.78 -772.78 57.22 517.22 -0.02

Y- -22.11 -33.11 -4.11 3.89 45.89 -19.11 -8.11 7.89 28.89 0.01

(X-)(Y-) 4925.6658

(X-)2

(Y-)2

49630.93 488.8521

18468.0958 311118.5 1096.272 -1879.1742 66.9858 209050.1 296.5284 16.8921 15.1321

27865.3258 368716.1 2105.892 1964.1258 6267.2458 451.4658 10563.73 365.1921 597188.9 3274.128 65.7721 62.2521

14942.4858 267516.5 834.6321 73072.2222 1817356 5050.889

Correlation coefficient

= 0.723

As r > 0 ,
So it indicates that some correlation is likely between the two sets of data.

However, it is not a perfect correlation nor is it a strong correlation.

Moderate Positive Correlation (r = 0.723)

So the tendency appears to be that households with higher incomes do larger amounts of laundry. However, in some cases households with lower incomes still do relatively large amounts of laundry and households with higher incomes sometimes do less laundry.

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