MS 150 Statistics spring 2009 test one: Some like 'em hot • Name:
Name of pepper
Heat
African bird's eye
225
Cayenne
40
Chipotle
8
Habanero
225
Jalapeño
5
Madame Jeanette
225
Piri piri pepper
113
Red savina
355
Rocoto
150
Serrano
17
Tabasco
40
Thai pepper
75
The Scoville scale measures the hotness or piquancy of a chili pepper, as defined by the amount of capsaicin it contains. Capsaicin is a chemical compound which stimulates chemoreceptor nerve endings in the skin, especially the mucous membranes. The number of Scoville heat units (SHU) indicates the amount of capsaicin present.
Source: Wikipedia. The higher the Scoville heat units, the hotter the pepper. The table reports the Scoville values for a variety of chili peppers in thousands of Scovilles. For reference, Original TABASCO® brand Pepper Sauce, from McIlhenny Company, has a rating of about 2.5 to 5 thousand on the Scoville scale. The small red peppers on Pohnpei have not to my knowledge been tested, but they likely rate somewhere between 50 and 225 thousand.
__________ What is the level of measurement for the data?
__________ Find the sample size n.
__________ Find the minimum.
__________ Find the maximum.
__________ Find the range.
__________ Find the midrange.
__________ Find the mode.
__________ Find the median.
__________ Find the sample mean x.
__________ Find the sample standard deviation sx.
__________ Find the sample coefficient of variation CV.
__________ If this data is to be divided into five classes, what is the width of a single class?
Determine the frequency and calculate the relative frequency using five classes. Record your results in the table provided.
Bin upper limits
Frequency F
Relative Frequency
Sums:
Sketch a relative frequency histogram of the data, labeling your horizontal axis and vertical axis as appropriate.
__________ What is the shape of the histogram?
z = __________ The Naga Jolokia pepper of the Assam region of northeastern India has a Scoville rating of 1041. Calculate the z-score for the Naga Jolokia pepper based on the mean and standard deviation you calculated above. Source: Wikipedia
_________________ Is Scoville value of 1041 an ordinary value OR an extraordinary value based on the sample data above?
