Question

) A certain polymer is used for evacuation systems for aircraft. It is important that the polymer be resistant to the aging process. Twenty specimens of the polymer were used in an experiment. Ten were assigned randomly to be exposed to an accelerated batch aging process that involved exposure to high temperatures for 10 days. Measurements of tensile strength of the specimens were made, and the following data were recorded on tensile strength in psi:
No aging: 227, 222, 218, 217, 225, 218, 216, 229, 228, 221
Aging: 219, 214, 215, 211, 209, 218, 203, 204, 201, 205

(a) Do a dot plot of the data.
(b) From your plot, does it appear as if the aging process has had an effect on the tensile strength of this polymer? Explain.
(c) Calculate the sample mean tensile strength of the two samples.
(d) Calculate the median for both. Discuss the similarity or lack of similarity between the mean and median of each group.
(e) Calculate the sample variance as well as standard deviation in tensile strength for both samples.
(f) Does there appear to be any evidence that aging affects the variability in tensile strength?

Answer 1

Answer:

it will be a scattered plot

Explanation: