PROBLEM SET 4

DATA MANAGEMENT A – C

A. Analyze and interpret the following data set.

1. Twenty-five army inductees were given a blood test to determine their blood type. The data set is

Construct a frequency distribution for the data.

CLASS TALLY FREQUENCY PERCENT
A IIIII 5 20%
B IIIII 5 20%
AB IIIIIIII 8 32%
O IIIIIII 7 28%
total 25 100%
2. To study the library habits of students at a local college, thirty randomly selected students were
surveyed to determine the number of times they had been to the library during the last week. The
following results were obtained:

Organize the data by creating the frequency distribution and construct a pie chart to represent the
data.

CLASS TALLY FREQUENCY PERCENT

1 IIIIIIIII 9 30%
2 IIIIIIII 8 26.666667%
3 II 2 6.666666667%
4 IIIII 5 16.6666667%
5 IIIIII 6 20%
total 30 100%

LIBRARY HABITS OF
3. Table below shows the population in Davao Region based on 2000, 2010 and 2015 censuses.
STUDENTS
Construct a bar graph and compare the population in three census years.

DAVAO CITY'S POPULATION IN THREE

CONSUS YEAR: 2000, 2010, 2015

2015

2010 1 2 3 4 5

2000

0 1 2 3 4 5 6

Series 3
INTERPRETATION: By the year 2015, the population in Davao City increased by 1.21 million from 2000
and 0.42 million from 2010.

B. Solve the following problems.

1. A small company of the manager, the administrative assistant, the salesperson, and two
technicians whose monthly salaries are listed below. Assume that this is the entire population,
compute the mean, the median, and the mode. Which of these measures would best represents
the salary of workers?

50,000
20,000
12,000
9,000
9,000
100000
MEAN 20,000
MEDIA 12,000
N
MODE 9000

Interpretation: The median would be the best represents the salary of workers rather than the mean
and mode.
2. A salesperson records the following daily expenditures (in Php) during a 10-day trip.

In your opinion, does the mean or the median of the expenditures best represent the salesperson’s
average daily expenditure? Explain your reasoning.
 185.3
4
216.7
4
234.5
5
1345.
75
211.8
6
184.1
6
147.6
5
320.4
5
205.6
88.12
3140.
22
MEAN 314.0
22
MEDIA 208.7
N 3
MODE #N/A

Interpretation: The median result represents the salesperson’s average daily expenditure rather than
the mean. Due the large value in the list that could possible affect the average of daily expenditure.

3. The mean salary of ten employees is Php 32,000, and the median is Php 30,000. The highest-paid
employee gets a Php 5,000 raise. a. What is the new mean salary of the ten employees? b. What
is the new median salary of the ten employees?

Given:
Mean – 32, 000
Median – 30, 000

What to find:
a. New mean salary of the ten employees
b. New median salary of the ten employees

Solution:
a.

x=
∑n
n
5000 ÷10=500
500+32000=32500

b.
5000 ÷10=500
500+30 , 000=30 ,500

C. Solve the following problems.

1. The Ironman 70.3 Asia-Pacific 2017 Championship result is shown on table below. Compute the
range and standard deviation of the top 10 fastest time.

Range:
4 : 29:17−3 :54 :07=n
Convert hour to minute:
4 hours=60 × 4=240
240+29.17=269.17 mins

3 hours=60 ×3=180
180+54.7=237.07 mins

269.17−237.07=35.1 mins

Range=35.1mins
Convert minute to hour
35.1 mins=0.585 hrs

234.07
236.46
240.2
242.31
245.24
250.2
259.55
263.3
266.54
269.17
 2507.04
MEAN 250.704
MEDIA 247.72
N
MODE #N/A
SD 12.9921
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2. Melvin surveyed the price of unleaded gasoline at gas stations in Davao city and Tagum City. The
raw data, in pesos per liter, are given below. a. Find the standard deviation of prices in each city.
b. Which city has more consistently priced gasoline? Why?

DAVAO TAGUM
CITY CITY
45.9 46.2
48.75 47.95
48.9 48.95
49.01 45.52
45 46.83
47.9 47.98
285.46 283.43
MEAN 47.57667 47.23833
MEDIAN 48.325 47.39
MODE #N/A #N/A
SD 1.716819 1.279366

Interpretation: Based on the result 1.716819>1.279366 , the Tagum City is more consistent on their
gasoline price because of its least price per liter on every gasoline station than the City of Davao.

3. Some studies show that the mean normal human body temperature is actually somewhat lower
than the commonly given value of 37°C. This is reflected in the following data set of body
temperatures. Body temperatures (°C) of 30 healthy adults are recorded as follows:

a. Find the mean and sample standard deviation of the body temperatures. b. Are there any
temperatures in the data set that do not lie within 2 standard deviations of the mean? If so,
list them.

36.1
37
36.1
37.2
 37.2
36.5
37
36.8
36.7
37.3
37.5
37.1
36.9
37.3
37.2
36.5
36.7
36.6
37.8
36.8
36.4
35.9
37.7
36.6
36.3
37.2
36.7
37.2
36.5
37.8
1106.6
MEAN 36.8866
7
MEDIA 36.85
N
MODE 37.2
SD 0.49600
7

a. Mean = 36.89
Standard deviation = 0.49
b. In the data set that do not lie within 2 standard deviations of the mean are
36.1
36.1
37.2
37.2
36.5
37.3
37.5
37.1
37.3
37.2
36.5
36.6
37.8
36.4
35.9
37.7
36.6
36.3
37.2
37.2
36.5
37.8