SEHH1070 Tutorial Exercise 3

1. The following data are the numbers of enquires per day received by the information kiosk at a
community college on 10 different days.

53 39 39 33 69 39 25 67 130 94

(a) For the given data, compute the mean, mode, median, interquartile range, and standard
deviation.
(b) Set up a box-and-whisker plot.

2. Housing Department wants to investigate the distribution of prices of houses sold during
the last month. The following sample of prices (in HK$10,000) was collected.

319 338 414 249 179

235 215 390 359 409

375 209 265 440 365

174 429 189 435 160

222 292 419 152 202

(a) For the given data, compute the mean, mode, median, interquartile range, and standard
deviation.
(b) Set up a box-and-whisker plot and determine the shape of the data distribution.
(c) Using Chebyshev’s theorem, what can you say about the fraction of measurements
falling within 1.2 standard deviations of mean of the sample prices?

3. The lengths of hospital stays were recorded below for patients undergoing a natal procedure
at a hospital

3 5 6 6 7 25 7 3 4 2 2 6

(a) For the given data, compute the mean, mode, median, interquartile range, and standard
deviation.
(b) Set up a box-and-whisker plot. Are there any outliers? Based on your findings, which
measure of central tendency would be most appropriate to use?
4. Consider the following weights (in kg) of a random samples of 9 males in a city

56 58 61 64 65 70 74 79 85

Find the followings and correct your final answer to 2 decimal places.
(a) Variance.
(b) Coefficient of variation.

5. The heights (in cm) of 30 sampled plants of the same species are collected and summarized
in the following frequency table.

Height (cm) Frequency

Find the followings and correct your final answer to 2 decimal places.
(a) Mean.
(b) Standard deviation.

6. The weights (in kg) of 20 sampled primary school students are collected and summarized in
the following frequency table.

Weight (kg) Frequency

Find the followings and correct your final answer to 2 decimal places.
(a) Mean.
(b) Standard deviation.
(c) Coefficient of variation.
7. Suppose a random sample of 10 Hong Kong residents is chosen. The following table show
the ages (x) of these residents.

32.4 28.9 27.6 …… 14.9 28.3

Given that x 270.2 and x2 7736.6 Correct your final answer to this question to 2
decimal places.
(a) Calculate the mean.
(b) Calculate the variance and standard deviation.
(c) Suppose there are at least 75% of Hong Kong residents with age between A to B. By
using Chebyshev’s Theorem, find the age interval A to B around the mean.

8. Consider the following two set of sample data.

Group X
13.2 5.6 19.8 15.05 21.4 17.25 27.45
16.95 23.9 32.4 40.75 5.1 17.75 28.35

Group Y
11.85 15.25 21.3 17.3 27.5 10.35 14.9 31.25
48.7 25.4 25.95 57.6 34.35 38.8 41

(a) Compute x, x 2, y and y2.