TI-83 Plus Calculator Lists

The table below contains some of the TI-83 Plus calculator lists used in examples presented in the Graphing Calculator Manual to accompany Elementary Statistics, Eighth Edition, by Robert Johnson and Patricia Kuby. Calculator group names are indicated with an asterisk in front of the name.

Calculator Lists and Descriptions

List

Description

APT

Aptitude test scores for applicants for a certain civil service position.

BLOOD

Hemoglobin test results from diabetics.

BOXES

Weight of randomly selected cereal boxes.

*CELLPH: BATTA, BATTB

Number of hours two different cellular phone batteries worked before a recharge was necessary.

*CHICK: FREQS, GAIN

Data from an experiment to judge the value of a new diet for chickens. Frequency of occurrence of each observation and weight gain.

CLASS

Number of students registered for introductory statistics class sections.

*COLLS: GEND, MAJOR

College students classified according to gender and major.

*COLWM: TALL, WEIGH

Height and weight of eight college women.

DAYS

Days in a standard school year for several different countries.

DEFEC

Final daily inspection defect report for an assembly line at a local manufacturer

*FASTFOOD: CALOR, FAT

Calories and fat content in some popular fast food items.

*FIBERS: STREN, FINE

Strength and fineness of random cotton fibers.

*GOLF: EARN, POINT

Money earnings and world point rankings for 16 professional golfers.

*GRADSCHL: GPA, GRE

Grade point average and graduate record exam scores for 15 random students.

IGNIT

Ignition time data for certain fabrics.

*LONGDIST: COMPA, COMPB, COMPC

Long distance telephone charges for randomly selected phone numbers using one of three different carriers: A, B, C.

LUNCH

Daily amount spent for lunch by employees at a small business.

MILES

Miles per gallon for a specially designed high mileage, two--seat automobile.

MINS

Exercise capacity (measured in minutes) for police academy recruits.

NUMB

Distribution of automobiles in the faculty parking lot on a recent Monday morning.

*NUNS: AGE, COUNT

Roman Catholic nun survey results. Class marks for ages and frequency for each class interval.

OCTAN

Gasoline octane ratings from a supplier's pipeline.

OPERS

Number of cases of each type of operation performed at General Hospital last year.

PARTS

Length of parts produced by a certain machine after an adjustment.

PAY

University administrator salary increases.

*PECLASS: PUSH, SIT

Fitness scores from a physical education class: push--ups and sit--ups.

*PERFORM: EARNS, STOCK

Earnings and total market value of stock for 15 random companies.

*SALTFREE: BEFOR, AFTER

Before and after diastolic blood pressure for people following a salt--free diet for two weeks.

SCORE

A random sample of exam scores from a large introductory statistics class.

*SNACKS: L1 - L4

Calorie content for four different snack food categories.

*SYSTOLIC: SBPM, SBPW

Systolic blood pressure for men and women.

TIMES

Manual dexterity times required to complete a certain task.

*TISSUE: AGE, CHEM

Age of subject and chemical concentration in tissue samples.

*VACATION: STUDY, UNIT

Vacation home market study: percentage of people who preferred each unit size and survey results.