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    FHMM1214 MATHEMATICS FOR SOCIAL SCIENCE

    Tutorial 2 NUMERICAL MEASURES OF STATISTICS

    Q1. The following data give the salaries (in thousands of dollars) of all six infielders of
    the New York Yankees baseball team for the 2002 season.
    750 10429 14600 630 8500 720
    a) Compute the mean and median. Do these data have a mode? Why or why not?
    b) Calculate the range, variance and standard deviation.
    [Answers: a) 5938.1667, 4625, No mode, b) 13970, 30680150.14, 5538.9665]

    Q2. The following data give the number of daily and Sunday newspapers published in
    each of the 13 western states during 2000.
    7 16 92 29 6 12 11
    8 18 19 6 24 9
    a) Calculate the mean, median and mode for these data.
    b) Do these data contain an outlier? If so, drop the outlier and recalculate the
    mean and median. Which of these two summary measures changes by a larger
    amount when you drop the outlier?
    c) Which is the better summary measure for these data, the mean or the median?
    Explain.
    [Answers: a) 19.7692, 12, 6, b) Yes, 92, 13.75, 11.5, c) Median]

    Q3. The following data give the prices (in RM) of seven textbooks randomly selected
    from a university bookstore.
    89 57 104 73 26 121 81
    Calculate the range, variance, and standard deviation.
    [Answers: RM95, 970.2381, RM31.1486]

    Q4. The following table shows the distribution of the number of books read by 50
    students in a particular month.

    Number of Books Frequency


    0–4 7
    5–9 9
    10 – 14 18
    15 – 19 10
    20 – 24 6

    a) Determine the mean, median and mode.


    b) Hence, comment on the distribution of the data and justify your answer.
    [Answers: a) Mean =11.9, Median = 12, Mode = 12.1471, b) Skewed to left]

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    Q5. The following table gives the frequency distribution of the total miles driven during
    2002 by 300 car owners.

    Miles Driven in 2002 Number of car


    (in thousands) owners
    0–5 7
    5 – 10 26
    10 – 15 59
    15 – 20 71
    20 – 25 62
    25 – 30 39
    30 – 35 22
    35 – 40 14

    a) Find the mean, range, variance, and standard deviation.


    b) Construct a histogram for the frequency distribution and hence estimate the
    mode. Comment on the distribution of the data.
    [Answers: a) 19.6667, 35 or 40, 67.6979, 8.2279, b) 17.75, skewed to right]

    Q6. The following table gives the frequency distribution of the number of errors
    committed by a college baseball team in 45 games.

    Number of Errors Number of Games


    0 11
    1 14
    2 9
    3 7
    4 3
    5 1

    Find the mean, range, variance, and standard deviation.


    [Answers: 1.5556, 5, 1.7525, 1.3238]

    Q7. The following data give the numbers of new cars sold at a dealership during a
    20-day period.

    8 5 12 3 9 10 6 12 8 8
    4 16 10 11 7 7 3 5 9 11

    Calculate the values of the three quartiles and the interquartile range. Where does
    the value of 4 lie in relation to these quartiles?
    [Answers: 5.5, 8, 10.5, 5]

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    Q8. The following table gives the frequency distribution of ages for all 50 employees of
    a company.

    Age Number of Employees


    18 to 30 12
    31 to 43 19
    44 to 56 14
    57 to 69 5

    a) Prepare a cumulative frequency distribution table.


    b) Calculate the cumulative relative frequencies and cumulative percentages for
    all classes.
    c) What percentage of the employees of this company are 44 years of age or
    older?
    d) Draw an ogive for the cumulative percentage distribution.
    e) Using the ogive, find the percentage of employees who are age 40 or younger.
    f) Using the ogive, estimate Q1 , Q2 , Q3 and interquartile range.
    [Answers: c) 38%, e) 52%, f) 31.15, 39.6, 49.35, 18.2]

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