Appendix B Data Set: Systolic Blood Pressure
Refer to Data Set 1 in Appendix B and use the systolic blood pressure levels for males.
a.
Using the systolic blood pressure levels for males, find the mean and standard deviation, and verify that the data have a distribution that is roughly normal.
b.
Assuming that systolic blood pressure levels of males are normally distributed, find the 5th
percentile and the 95th percentile. (Treat the statistics from part (a) as if they were population parameters.) Such percentiles could be helpful when physicians try to determine whether blood pressure levels are too low or too high.
Data Set 1: Health Exam Results
AGE is in years, HT is height (inches), WT is weight (pounds), WAIST is circumference (cm), Pulse is pulse rate (beats per minute), SYS is systolic blood pressure (mm Hg), DIAS is diastolic blood pressure (mm Hg), CHOL is cholesterol (mg), BMI is body mass index, Leg is upper leg length (cm), Elbow is elbow breadth (cm), Wrist is wrist breadth (cm), and Arm is arm circumference (cm). Data are from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Center for Health Statistics, Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.
STATDISK:
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Data set name for males is M health.
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Minitab:
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Worksheet name for males is MHEALTH.MTW.
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Excel:
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Workbook name for males is MHEALTH.XLS.
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TI-83/84 Plus:
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App name for male data is MHEALTH and the file names are the same as for text files.
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Text file names
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MAGE, MHT, MWT,
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for males:
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MWAST, MPULS, MSYS,
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MDIAS, MCHOL, MBMI,
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MLEG, MELBW, MWRST,
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MARM.
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Data Set 1: Health Exam Results (continued)
Female
STATDISK:
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Data set name for females is F health.
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Minitab:
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Worksheet name for females is FHEALTH.MTW.
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Excel:
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Workbook name for females is FHEALTH.XLS.
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TI-83/84 Plus:
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App name for female data is FHEALTH and the file names are the same as for text files.
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Text file names for females:
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FAGE, FHT, FWT, FWAST, FPULS, FSYS, FDIAS, FCHOL, FBMI, FLEG, FELBW, FWRST, FARM.
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