Assignment:
Glass and Food Refer to Data Set 22 in Appendix B. Construct a 95% confidence interval estimate of the mean of the differences between weights of discarded glass and weights of discarded food. Which seems to weigh more: discarded glass or discarded food? Which creates more of an environmental problem: discarded glass or discarded food? Why?
Data Set: Weights of Discarded Garbage for One Week
Weights are in pounds. HHSIZE is the household size. Data provided by Masakuza Tani, the Garbage Project,
University of Arizona.
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STATDISK:
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Data set name is Garbage.
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Minitab:
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Worksheet name is GARBAGE.MTW.
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Excel:
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Workbook name is GARBAGE.XLS.
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TI-83/84 Plus:
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App name is GARBAGE, and the file names are the same as for text files.
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Text file names:
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HHSIZ, METAL, PAPER, PLAS, GLASS, FOOD, YARD, TEXT, OTHER, TOTAL.
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