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Correction of Chapter-2

A professor collected data on the number of hours per week that 30 random students spent studying. He organized the data into a frequency distribution to create a report. He arranged the data in ascending order, then determined there should be 5 classes based on a formula using the sample size. He calculated the class interval width and set the class limits. Finally, he tallied the frequency of observations in each class and created a frequency distribution table and graphical representations of the data, including a histogram for continuous variables.

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Correction of Chapter-2

A professor collected data on the number of hours per week that 30 random students spent studying. He organized the data into a frequency distribution to create a report. He arranged the data in ascending order, then determined there should be 5 classes based on a formula using the sample size. He calculated the class interval width and set the class limits. Finally, he tallied the frequency of observations in each class and created a frequency distribution table and graphical representations of the data, including a histogram for continuous variables.

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Construction of frequency distribution: (quantitative variable)

Example:
Mr. Rahman is a professor of X University. He wishes prepare to a report showing the number
of hours per week students spend studying. He selects a random sample of 30 students and
determines the number of hours each student studied last week.

15.0, 23.7, 19.7, 15.4, 18.3, 23.0, 14.2, 20.8, 13.5, 20.7, 17.4, 18.6, 12.9, 20.3, 13.7, 21.4, 18.3,
29.8, 17.1, 18.9, 10.3, 26.1, 15.7, 14.0, 17.8, 33.8, 23.2, 12.9, 27.1, 16.6.

Organize the data into a frequency distribution

Step One: First arrange the data in ascending order. Then we get the data as:

10.3, 12.9, 12.9, 13.5, 13.7, 14, 14.2, 15, 15.4, 15.7, 16.6,17.1, 17.4, 17.8, 18.3, 18.3, 18.6, 18.9,
19.7, 20.3, 20.7, 20.8, 21.4, 23, 23.2, 23.7, 26.1, 27.1, 29.8, 33.8,.
Step Two: Decide on the number of classes using the formula
k
2 ≥n

Where k=number of classes


n=number of observations/sample size

o There are 30 observations so n=30.

o Two raised to the fifth power is 32.

o Therefore, we should have at least 5 classes, i.e., k=5.

Step Three: determine the class interval or width using the formula

(33 . 8−10 . 3)
i≥( H −L)/(1+3 . 322 logn )= =4 .7
5

Step Four: Set the individual class limits and

Steps Five and Six: Tally and count the number of items in each class.

Table- Frequency distribution


Hours studying Tally Frequency, f
10.3 up to 15 IIII II 7
15 up to 19.5 11
IIII IIII I
19.5 up to 24.4 IIII III 8
24.4 up to 29.1 II 2
29.1 up to 33.8 I 1
33.8 up to 38.5 I 1

Graphical Presentation for Continuous data or quantitative variables:

Graphical
presentation

Discrete variable Continuous variable

Histogram Bar diagram


Frequency polygon Pie chart
Cumulative frequency curve or ogive
Line graphs

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