Three Stooges Slap Count Analysis for Probability and Statistics Assignment - Prof. Robert, Study notes of Statistics

Download Three Stooges Slap Count Analysis for Probability and Statistics Assignment - Prof. Robert and more Study notes Statistics in PDF only on Docsity! Two-Way Tables from Slaps per Film in the Three Stooges’ Work Probability and Statistics (MATH 1530) Worksheet Gardner and Davidson, Spring 2009 Name: ___________________________________ The purpose of this worksheet is to review some of your Minitab knowledge. In the process, you will graphically explore two-way tables, marginal distributions, and conditional distributions using bar charts. From these topics, we segue into data collection, one of the most important aspects of statistical analysis. We give you a partial table of data and you will complete the table by viewing three specific Three Stooges films. These films are readily available online. A reliable source of uncut versions of these films is AOL-Video (http://video.aol.com/). You are to count the number of slaps per film. Start by defining which actions you will count as “slaps.” For example, will you count a poke in the eye as a slap? Will you count a fist to the head (or a “head conk”) as a slap? Will you only count things which are accompanied by a slapping sound? Explain what you will count and insert your answer here. Here is the partial table of data from The Three Stooges: An Illustrated History by Michael Fleming (NY: Broadway Books, 1999): Number of Slaps Curly Shemp Joe Total 0 to 5 slaps 20 9 5 34 6 to 10 slaps 29 25 5 59 11 to 15 slaps 19 16 2 37 16 to 20 slaps 16 5 2 23 21 to 25 slaps 3 6 1 10 26 to 30 slaps 4 7 0 11 31 to 35 slaps 1 2 0 3 36 to 40 slaps 2 0 0 2 More than 41 slaps 2 6 0 8 Total 96 76 15 187 We have omitted from the table the Stooges films “Men in Black,” “Cuckoo on a Choo Choo,” and “Flying Saucer Daffy.” You can find these films online on AOL Video at the following websites:  “Men in Black”: http://video.aol.com/video-detail/the-three-stooges-men-in-black/1989431554  “Cuckoo on a Choo Choo”: http://video.aol.com/video-detail/three-stooges-cukoo-on-a-choo-choodivx/2412237644  “Flying Saucer Daffy”: http://video.aol.com/video-detail/three-stooges-flying-saucer-daffydivx/1491165110