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Applying The Concepts: Assignment 2

This document provides data on the ages of US presidents at their first inauguration, instructions for analyzing the data through frequency distributions and exercises, and additional data sets to analyze. It includes the ages of 26 presidents ranging from 46 to 69 years old, with questions about identifying the population or sample, oldest and youngest presidents, and constructing a frequency distribution. Review exercises cover types of distributions, incorrectly constructed distributions, constructing grouped and cumulative distributions, and stem-and-leaf plots.

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Applying The Concepts: Assignment 2

This document provides data on the ages of US presidents at their first inauguration, instructions for analyzing the data through frequency distributions and exercises, and additional data sets to analyze. It includes the ages of 26 presidents ranging from 46 to 69 years old, with questions about identifying the population or sample, oldest and youngest presidents, and constructing a frequency distribution. Review exercises cover types of distributions, incorrectly constructed distributions, constructing grouped and cumulative distributions, and stem-and-leaf plots.

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Assignment 2:

Applying the Concepts 2–1


Ages of Presidents at Inauguration
The data represent the ages of our Presidents at the time they were first inaugurated.
57 61 57 57 58 57 61 54 68
51 49 64 50 48 65 52 56 46
54 49 50 47 55 55 54 42 51
56 55 54 51 60 62 43 55 56
61 52 69 64 46 54
1. Were the data obtained from a population or a sample? Explain your answer.
2. What was the age of the oldest President?
3. What was the age of the youngest President?
4. Construct a frequency distribution for the data. (Use your own judgment as to the number of classes and class
size.)
5. Are there any peaks in the distribution?

Review Exercises
1. Name the three types of frequency distributions, and explain when each should be used.
2. The following two frequency distributions are incorrectly constructed. State the reason why.
a. Class Frequency
27–32 1
33–38 0
39–44 6
45–49 4
50–55 2
b. Class Frequency
123–127 3
128–132 7
138–142 2
143–147 19
3. The state gas tax in cents per gallon for 25 states is given below. Construct a grouped frequency distribution
and a cumulative frequency distribution with 5 classes.
7.5 16 23.5 17 22
21.5 19 20 27.1 20
22 20.7 17 28 20
23 18.5 25.3 24 31
14.5 25.9 18 30 31.5

4. Do Students Need Summer Development? For 108 randomly selected college applicants, the following
frequency distribution for entrance exam scores was obtained. Construct a histogram, frequency polygon,
and ogive for the data.
Class limits Frequency
90–98 6
99–107 22
108–116 43
117–125 28
126–134 9
Applicants who score above 107 need not enroll in a summer developmental program. In this group, how
many students do not have to enroll in the developmental program?

PHM111s - Probability and Statistics


5. The math and reading achievement scores from the National Assessment of Educational Progress for
selected states are listed below. Construct a back-to back stem and leaf plot with the data.
Math Reading

52 66 69 62 61 65 76 76 66 67
63 57 59 59 55 71 70 70 66 61
55 59 74 72 73 61 69 78 76 77
68 76 73 77 77 80

PHM111s - Probability and Statistics

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