EXERCISE

Question 1

The following are the scores obtain by 11 students in a test.

8 12 14 15 14 1

19 26 17 33 17

a) Find first quartile, median and third quartile.

ANSWER: First quartile = n+1

= 11 + 1

=3

Median = 1, 8, 12, 14, 14, 15, 17, 17, 19, 26, 33

= 15

Third quartile = 3 (n + 1)

= 3 (11 + 1)

= 3 (12)

= 36

=9

b) Find range and interquartile range.

Range = largest value – smallest value

= 33 – 1

= 32

Interquartile range = Q3 – Q1

=9–3

=3
Question 2

The speeds to the nearest miles per hour, of 120 vehicles passing a check point were recorded
and are grouped in the table below:

Speed (mph) 21 - 25 26 - 30 31 - 35 36 - 40 41 - 45

Number of vehicles 22 48 25 16 9

Class CB f x fx

21 - 25 20.5 – 25.5 22 23 506

26 – 30 25.5 – 30.5 48 28 1344

31 – 35 30.5 – 35.5 25 33 825

36 – 40 35.5 – 40.5 16 38 608

41 - 45 40.5 – 45.5 9 43 387

TOTAL 120 165 3670

ANSWER:

a) Estimate the mean and variance of this distribution.

× = ∑ f×

= 3670

120

= 30.58

Variance = s2 = ∑ײ - (∑×) ²

= 165² - (165) ²

120

= 27225 – 226.88

120

= 224.98

b) What is the modal class and class median?

Modal class = 26.30

Median class = 31 – 35

c) Find the range.

Range = 45.5 - 20.5

= 25

Question 3

The mean for the number of pages of a sample of women’s fitness magazines is 132, with a
variance of 23; the mean for the number of advertisements of a sample of women’s fitness
magazines is 182, with a variance of 62. Compare the variations of these two samples.

ANSWER:

Details Mean Variance Standard Cv

deviation

Pages 132 23 4.796 3.63

Pages 182 62 7.874 4.33

X
CV =

CV1= 4.796 X
132 100%
3.63333
=
3

CV2 = 7.874 X
182
SD1 = √23 100%
4.32637
= = 4.796
4

SD2 = √62
SD1 = √23
= 4.796
 SD1 = √23
= 4.796

SD2 = √62
= 7.894

Question 4

Consider the following two sample data sets:

Set 1 Set 2

12 14 13 20 22 21

13 12 17 21 21 20

15 14 15 20 20 22

a) Compute the mean of each data sets

ANSWER:

SET 1

Class Cb f x fx

12 – 14 11.5 – 14.5 6 13 78

15 – 17 14.5 – 17.5 3 16 48

TOTAL 9 29 126

× = ∑ f×

= 126

9
 = 14

SET 2

Class Cb f x fx

20 – 21 19.5 – 21.5 7 20.5 143.5

22 - 23 21.5 – 23.5 2 22.5 45

total 9 43 188.5

× = ∑ f×

= 188.5

= 20.94

b) Calculate the standard deviation of each data sets

SET 1

S2 = ∑ײ - (∑×) ²

= 29² - (29) ²

= 841 – (841)

= 841 – 93.44

= 83.06

= 9.11

SET 2
S2 = ∑ײ - (∑×) ²

= 43² - (43) ²

= 1849 – (1849)

= 1849 – 205.44

= 182.62

= 13.51

c) Find the coefficient of variation of each data sets and determine which data is more dispersed.

Question 5

a) Find the range, mode and median.

ANSWER:

Range = 9 – 0

=9

Mode = 7

Median = 0, 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 3, 3, 6, 6, 6, 7, 7, 7, 7,9, 9
 =6

b) Find the interquartile range.

Q1 = n + 1

= 17 + 1

= 4.5

Q2 = 3(n + 1)

= 3(17 +1)

= 13,5

IQR = Q3 – Q1

= 13.5 – 4.5

=9

Question 6

For gymnastic sports in Olympics, the sample scores given by a judge are dropped. The following
scores given by four judges for two gymnasts listed below:

Gymnast from Germany Gymnast from Australia

8.6 8.8 9.2 9.0 10.0 9.6
8.3 9.1

sample total total ײ mean variance SD CV

GFG 8,6,8,8,83,9,1 34.8 303.1 8.7 0.113 0.337 3.87%

GFA 9,2,9,010,0,9,6 37.8 357.8 9.45 0.197 0.443 4.70%

Compute
ANSWER:
a) the mean of each gymnasts.

Mean = × = ∑×
N
GFG = 34.8
4
= 8.7
GFA = 37.8
4
= 9.45

b) the standard deviations of each gymnasts.

Variance
GFG = s2 = ∑ײ - (∑×)²
N
N-1
= 303.1 – (34.8) ²
4
4–1
= 303.1 – 302.76
3
= 0.113
= 0.337
GFA = 357.8 – (37.8) ²
4
4–1
= 357.8 – 357.71
3
= 0.197
= 0.444
 c) coefficient of variation of each gymnast and determine which data is more dispersed.

CV = (s

×) ×100%

GFG = 0.337

8.7 × 100%

= 3.873563

GFA = 0.444

9.45 × 100%

= 4.698413

Question 7

a) Find the range for the data.

ANSWER:

Range = Largest value – smallest value

=9–1

=8

b) Find median.

Median = 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 9

= 4 +5

= 4.5
Question 8

The data represent the annual chocolate sales (in billions of dollars) for a sample of seven
countries in the world.

2.1 4.9 6.5 2.1 5.1 3.2 16.6

a) Find mode, median and range.

b) Compute the variance and standard deviation for the annual chocolate sales.

Question 9

a) Find the sample size and the range.

 ANSWER:

Waiting time Number of Class width Lower Upper

users boundary boundary

1 – 30 5 30 0.5 30.5

31 – 60 4 30 30.5 60.5

67 - 90 9 30 60.5 90.5

91 – 120 2 30 90.5 120.5

121 – 150 4 30 120.5 150.5

TOTAL 24

Sample size = 5 + 4 + 9+ 2 + 4

= 24

Range = last class upper bound – first class lower bound

= 150.5 – 0.5

= 150

b) Determine the modal class and compute the mode.

Modal class = Lmo + (Δ1

Δ1 + Δ2) i

= 60.5 + ( 5

5 + 7) 5

= 60.5 + 2.083333

= 62.58333

= 62.58