Industrial Engineering

INE2002 Statistics for Engineers

Spring 2017

14 February 2017
Problem Set 1

1. The following data are the numbers of cycles to failure of aluminium test coupons subjected to
repeated alternating stress at 144.790 kN/m2 , 18 cycles per second.

Table 1: Cycles to failure data

1115 865 1015 885 1594 1000 1416 1501

1310 2130 845 1223 2023 1820 1560 1238
1540 1421 1674 375 1315 1940 1055 990
1502 1109 1016 2265 1269 1120 1764 1468
1258 1481 1102 1910 1260 910 1130 1512
1315 1567 1605 1018 1888 1730 1608 1750
1085 1883 706 1452 1782 1102 1535 1642
798 1203 2215 1890 1522 1578 1781
1020 1270 785 2100 1792 758 1750

Construct a stem-and-leaf diagram display for this data. Calculate the median and quartile of
these data. Does it appear likely that a coupon will survive beyond 1500 cycles?Justify your
answer.

2. Calculate the sample mean, mode and median of data in Exercise 6-23 (Question 1 of Problem
Set 1). Explain how these three measures of location describe different features in data.

3. Construct a frequency distribution and histogram using failure data from Exercise 6-23 (Question
1 of Problem Set 1).

4. Construct a normal probability plot of the cycles to failure data in Exercise 6-23 (Question 1 of
Problem Set 1). Does it seem reasonable to assume that cycles to failure is normally distributed?

Reference:
Applied Probability and Statistics for Engineers, Montgomery D. Runger G., Wiley Sons, 6th
edition. (Chapter 6: Q. 6.23, 6.27, 6.39, 6.83)