STATISTICS TD

Frequency Distribution Table and Central Tendency

Question 1: The table below shows hypothetical information about the main killing sicknesses in
the less developed countries.
Countries Cancer HIV Malaria
Cameroon 20 20 40
Nigeria 15 30 15
Ghana 25 40 55

1) Draw a simple bar chart and pie chart showing countries sicknesses
2) Draw a compound bar chart and a grouped bar chart of the information

Question 2: Construct a pie chart in degree and percentage degree showing the distribution of
population using the statistics of towns and their population in the table below.

Countries Yaoundé Buea Bamenda Douala Kumba

Production 34 20 25 40 15

Question 3: The frequency distribution table of an observation is given below.

Class interval [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [
Frequency 12 5 10 15 10 20

Draw the following

1) Histogram
2) Frequency polygon
3) Frequency Curve
4) Ogives

Question 4: The frequency distribution table of an exam is given below.

Marks [ ] 10 11 12 13 14 15
Frequency [ ] 80 10 12 30 50 20

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Compute the following;

1) Mean
2) Median
3) Mode

Question 5: Calculate the mean, median and mode of the frequency distribution table below.

Marks
Frequency 4 6 10 7 3

Question 6: The frequency distribution table is given below.

Scores [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [
No of students 10 30 15 35

Determine the following;

1) Mean
2) Median graphically
3) Mode graphically

Question 7: Use the distribution below and answer the following questions

8 9 0 23 4 8 12 2 15 3
4 20 1 18 0 5 9 14 8 3
16 24 2 17 8 2 0 6 21 7

1) Formulate a frequency distribution table using the class interval,

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2) From the derived frequency distribution table, calculate the following;
a) Mean
b) Median
c) Mode

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 Measurement of Dispersion

Question 1: Compute the range and coefficient of range of the following data and frequency
distribution table.

Data: 40, 24, 80, 15 and 10

Table

Scores [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [
Frequency 4 6 2 10 23

Question 2: Calculate the variance, standard deviation and coefficient of variation of the
following frequency distribution tables below;

Table 1

Marks 3 6 9 12 15 17
Frequency 5 2 10 4 1 3
Table 2

Students marks [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [
No of students 0 2 7 20 8

Question 3: Determine the quartile deviation, inter-quartile range and coefficient of quartile
deviation of the following frequency distribution table.

Table 1

Scores 5 10 15 20 25
Frequency 20 15 5 13 7
Table 2

Marks [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [
No of students 4 12 9 2 13

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 Linear Correlation

Question 1: The price and quantity demanded of bread is presented in the table below. Determine
the relationship between price and quantity demanded using the scattered diagram.

Price 80 60 50 40 30 20
Quantity 40 70 60 100 80 140

Question 2: The data of the quantity of yam and bags of fertilizer are given in the table below.

Quantity of Yam (Y) 152 190 11 222 134 131

Bags of fertilizer (X) 52 56 43 65 45 39

Determine and interpret the correlation between the variables using the following techniques;

1) Pearson moment correlation coefficient

2) Spearman rank correlation coefficient
3) Covariance
4) Ordinary least square

Question 4: The table below summarizes the evolution of Bananas production in Cameroon
measured in millions of tons.

Years 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

Quantity (Tons) 104 107 122 170 213 256

1) Graphically represent the evolution of this production using a line diagram

2) Determine an equation of the trend line using the average point methods (Mayer) and
draw the adjustment equation line on the graph above
3) What will be the quantity of Banana production in 2009?

Question 5: The wages of workers from the year 2005 to the year 2012 is presented in the table
below.
Years 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Wages (frs) 1,150 1,250 1,320 1,400 1,300 1,320 1,500 1,700

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 1) Draw up the chronological curve of these series
2) Determine the adjustment trend of series using 4 years moving average method and draw
adjustment trend on the curve above.
Question 6: The table below presents the data of workers salary from 2001 to 2005.

Years (X) 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Sales (Y) in bags 7 10 9 11 13

1) Graphically produce a chronological curve

2) Determine an equation of the trend line using the least square method and draw the line
on the graph above
3) Determine the forecasted sales for the year 2010

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 Chi-Square Test

Exercise 1: Using the data in the table below, compute the following. Assume

Score 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Frequency 7 10 11 9 12 10 14 7

1) The expected frequency

2) The critical value

Exercise 2: The following table contains data on the number of customers a shop has on each day
of the week. Assume , compute the following.
Scores 1 2 3 4 5 6
Frequency 78 87 87 76 85 87

1) The chi-square value

2) The critical value
3) The conclusion

Exercise 3: A sample of 40 students is used to record personality (extroverts and introverts) and
colour preference (blue and red). Assume the significance level is 10%, answer the following
questions.

Blue Red
Extroverted 5 20
Introverted 10 5

1) Compute the value of chi-square

2) Determine the critical value
3) The conclusion