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Cumulative Frequency Box Plot Example

The document provides information about the ages of 160 employees of an IT company in a frequency table. It asks the reader to (1) identify the modal class interval, (2) complete a cumulative frequency table, (3) draw a cumulative frequency graph using the table, and (4) use the graph to estimate the median age and interquartile range and (5) draw a box plot to represent the age data.

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Cumulative Frequency Box Plot Example

The document provides information about the ages of 160 employees of an IT company in a frequency table. It asks the reader to (1) identify the modal class interval, (2) complete a cumulative frequency table, (3) draw a cumulative frequency graph using the table, and (4) use the graph to estimate the median age and interquartile range and (5) draw a box plot to represent the age data.

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Cumulative Frequency Graphs and Box-and-Whisker Plots: Example

The table gives information about the ages of 160 employees of an IT company.

Age (A) in years Frequency


15 < A  25 44
25 < A  35 56
35 < A  45 34
45 < A  55 19
55 < A  65 7

(a) Write down the modal class interval.

.......................................
(1)

(b) Complete the cumulative frequency table.

Age (A) in Cumulative


years Frequency
15 < A  25
15 < A  35
15 < A  45
15 < A  55
15 < A  65
(1)

(c) On the grid overleaf, draw a cumulative frequency graph for your table.
(2)

(d) Use your graph to find an estimate for

(i) the median age of the employees,

................................... years

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(i) the interquartile range of the ages of the employees.

................................... years
(3)

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A g e ( A ) in y ea rs

(e) On the grid below, draw a box plot to show information about the ages of the
employees.

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A g e ( A ) in y ears
(2)
(Total 9 marks)

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