2018 task
2018 REU task: Thinking about data
This page is part of the 2018 REU application; it will help us understand how you approach an open-ended problem. You can download this entire problem here as a pdf file: 2018_reu_task.pdf. Please enter your response at the application web site.
You have received 75 medicine capsules (sample picture shown) collected in Leogane by a collaborator. As a first step in evaluating these samples, you open up each capsule, tip out the powder, and weigh it; the sample numbers and weights are recorded in a list below.
Analyze the information about the pills any way you like. Explain what you did and what you learned.
Sample Mass (g)
15-001 0.2192
15-002 0.2526
15-003 0.2360
15-004 0.3925
15-005 0.2825
15-006 0.2407
15-007 0.2198
15-008 0.2725
15-009 0.2242
15-010 0.2295
15-011 0.3600
15-012 0.2495
15-013 0.2778
15-014 0.2454
15-015 0.2248
15-016 0.2228
15-017 0.2602
15-018 0.3875
15-019 0.2466
15-020 0.4452
15-021 0.3861
15-022 0.3325
15-023 0.2315
15-024 0.4132
15-025 0.2035
15-026 0.2472
15-027 0.2452
15-028 0.3675
15-029 0.2525
15-030 0.4183
15-031 0.2262
15-032 0.3362
15-033 0.2192
15-034 0.3725
15-035 0.2128
15-036 0.2654
15-037 0.2280
15-038 0.2487
15-039 0.4225
15-040 0.2337
15-041 0.4062
15-042 0.2875
15-043 0.2333
15-044 0.3825
15-045 0.2095
15-046 0.2559
15-047 0.2432
15-048 0.4110
15-049 0.2375
15-050 0.2625
15-051 0.3955
15-052 0.2118
15-053 0.2925
15-054 0.3759
15-055 0.3429
15-056 0.2021
15-057 0.2553
15-058 0.2435
15-059 0.4240
15-060 0.2875
15-061 0.3960
15-062 0.3523
15-063 0.2309
15-064 0.4369
15-065 0.2072
15-066 0.1972
15-067 0.3825
15-068 0.2825
15-069 0.2651
15-070 0.3553
15-071 0.2338
15-072 0.4253
15-073 0.4175
15-074 0.2400
15-075 0.2733