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    This document discusses the application of statistical concepts in determining weight variation in samples. It explains the significance of Grubbs' test, mean, standard deviation, and confidence interval. Grubbs' test is used to identify outliers, while mean and standard deviation describe the central tendency and precision of data. Confidence interval provides the range where the true mean is likely to be found. The statistics calculated from two sample data sets are compared, with data set 2 having more reliable measures of central tendency due to its larger sample size, but data set 1 being more precise with a smaller standard deviation and range.

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    J. A. Ines/Chemistry 26.

    1 (2018) P a g e |1

    Application of Statistical Concepts in the Determination of Weight Variation


    in Samples
    J. A. Ines1
    1National
    Institute of Geological Sciences, College of Science, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City 1101
    Performed: January 24, 2018 Submitted: June 31, 2018

    ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS

    1. Give the significance of Grubbs’ Test. lie around the experimentally computed mean.
    Confidence interval gives the precision and
    Grubbs’ Test is utilized to determine a single uncertainty of the estimated location of the true
    outlier in a set of data. The test is applied to the mean.
    maximum and minimum values of a data set and
    only one or none of them will be rejected 4. How do the statistics calculated from data
    depending on their Gexperimental value and the set 1 differ from those obtained from data
    confidence level set. [if Gexperimental > Gtabulated, then set 2?
    rejected otherwise, accepted]. It is significant
    especially for the statistical measures that are The statistics of the two data sets differs since
    sensitive to outliers such as the mean and they have different number of samples.
    standard deviation. Presence of outliers may Data Set 2 has 10 samples thus, representing the
    result to false statistics and Grubbs’ Test tries to population more accurately than Data Set 1
    eliminate erroneous data in order to obtain which has 6 samples. The measures of central
    accurate measurements. tendency of Data Set 2 is more reliable than of
    Data Set 1 since the accuracy of central tendency
    2. Give the significance of the mean and increases as the number of trials or samples
    standard deviation. increases. On the other hand, Data Set 1 is more
    precise than Data Set 2 as Data Set 1 has a much
    The mean is a single number that represents lower standard deviation and range than Data
    and accounts all of the elements in a data set Set 2.
    and is obtained by taking the average of
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