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CSF21103: PROBABILITY AND STATISTICAL DATA ANALYSIS

Tutorial 2B: Data Presentation and Description

1. The data show the number of days it took to fix each of 10 computers.

12 15 13 14 15 16 17 16 17 18

Find each of these:


a. Mean
b. Median
c. Mode
d. Midrange
e. Range
f. Variance
g. Standard deviation

2. A random sample of bonuses (in millions of dollars) paid by large companies to their
executives is shown. Find the mean and modal class for the data.

Class boundaries Frequency


0.5 – 3.5 11
3.5 – 6.5 12
6.5 – 9.5 4
9.5 – 12.5 2
12.5 – 15.5 1

3. Find the weighted mean price of three models of automobiles sold. The number and price
of each model sold are shown below.

Model Number Price (RM)


A 8 10,000
B 10 12,000
C 12 8,000

4. A survey of car rental agencies shows that the average cost of a car rental is $0.32 per mile.
The standard deviation is $0.03. Using Chebyshev’s theorem, find the range in which at
least 75% of the data values will fall.

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5. The average labor charge for automobile mechanics is RM 54 per hour. The standard
deviation is RM 4. Find the minimum percentage of data values that will fall within the
range of RM 48 to RM 60. Use the Chebyshev’s theorem.

6. The mean times it takes a commuter to get to work in Kuala Lumpur is 29.7 minutes. If the
standard deviation is 6 minutes, within what limits would you expect approximately 68%
of the times to fall? Assume the distribution is approximately bell-shaped.

7. The graduation rates of several universities are shown below.

59.0 64.0 48.0 40.4 69.0 40.0 70.0


60.0 77.0 60.0 77.0 78.0 59.0 85.0

a. Identify the five number summary and the interquartile range.


b. Draw a box plot for the data.

8. The data represent the values in billions of dollars of the damage of 10 hurricanes.

1.1 1.7 1.9 2.1 2.2 2.5 3.3 6.2 6.8 20.3

a. Find the percentile rank of a damage of 1.7 billion dollars.


b. What value corresponds to the 40th percentile?

9. Check each data set for outliers.


a. 16, 18, 22, 19, 3, 21, 17, 20
b. 24, 32, 54, 31, 16, 18, 19, 14, 17, 20

10. The following data is the burning times of chemical flares of two different formulations.

Type I Type II
65 82 64 56
81 67 71 69
57 59 83 74
66 75 59 82
82 70 65 79
̅ 0.4 ̅ 0.

a. For each batch of data, compute the standard deviation.


b. Calculate the coefficient of variation and compare them for the two types of
formulation. Which set of data is more variable?

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