Assignment 01 – Assignment on Mathematical problems related to Chapter-01 (Introduction) and
Chapter-02 (Moments, Skewness and Kurtosis)
Problem 01: The ‘Quick Change Oil Company’ has a number of outlets in the metropolitan area. The
daily number of oil changes at a particular outlet in the past 20 days are as follows -
65 98 55 62 79 59 51 90 72 56
70 62 66 80 94 79 63 75 85 73
Construct a frequency distribution step by step from the above data and calculate the mean, median
and mode for the data distribution.
Problem 02: Calculate the mean, median and mode for the following data pertaining to marks in
Statistics out of 140 for 80 students in a class.
Marks more than 0 20 40 60 80 100 120
No of students 80 76 50 28 18 9 3
Problem 03: 1,500 workers are working in an industrial establishment. Their age is classified as below.
Calculate the mean, median and mode of age.
Age (years) No of workers Age (years) No of workers
18-22 120 38-42 184
22-26 125 42-46 162
26-30 280 46-50 86
30-34 260 50-54 75
34-38 155 54-58 53
Problem 04: Calculate the mean deviation, variance and standard deviation from the data
distribution given in problem 03. Assume the data as population.
Problem 05: Calculate the mean deviation, variance and standard deviation form the following
frequency distribution. Assume the data distribution as sample data.
Profit ($) Frequency
200 up to 400 8
400 up to 600 11
600 up to 800 23
800 up to 1000 38
1000 up to 1200 45
1200 up to 1400 32
1400 up to 1600 19
Problem 06: The Philadelphia office of Price Waterhouse Coopers LLP hired five accounting trainees
this year. Their monthly starting salaries were: $3,536; $3,173; $3,448; $3,121; and $3,622.
(a) Compute the population mean, population variance and population standard deviation.
(d) Compute the sample variance and sample standard deviation.
Problem 07: Calculate the quartiles for the frequency distribution given in problem 04.
Problem 08: Calculate the first four moments about the mean for the following set of examination
marks. Also calculate the skewness and kurtosis of the data.
X 44 30 36 49 32 36 43 47 41
Problem 09: Calculate the first four moments about the mean for the following frequency distribution
and comments about skewness and kurtosis.
Weight (grams) Frequency (F)
65 – 84 11
85 – 104 12
105 – 124 19
125 – 144 9
145 – 164 4
165 – 184 7
185 – 204 8
Problem 10: Calculate the four central moment from the following grouped data and comment on
skewness and kurtosis.
Class Frequency
90 – 98 8
99 – 107 18
108 – 116 45
117 – 125 19
126 – 134 9
