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The document outlines an assignment for a Quantitative Reasoning (Statistics) course at Kinnaird College for Women, due on February 26, 2025. It includes questions on classifying variables, identifying scales, creating frequency distributions, and constructing various statistical charts. The assignment covers topics such as family sizes, ball bearing diameters, donut preferences, and iPad sales data.

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Assignment 1 Spring 2025

The document outlines an assignment for a Quantitative Reasoning (Statistics) course at Kinnaird College for Women, due on February 26, 2025. It includes questions on classifying variables, identifying scales, creating frequency distributions, and constructing various statistical charts. The assignment covers topics such as family sizes, ball bearing diameters, donut preferences, and iPad sales data.

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KINNAIRD COLLEGE FOR WOMEN

Course Title : Quantitative Reasoning (Statistics) Session : Spring 2025


Instructor : Ms. Zunaira Khurrum Semester: IV

Assignment No.1
Due Date: 26-02-2025
Q1: Indicate which of the following variables are quantitative or qualitative. Also classify the
quantitative variable as discrete or continuous. (5)
a) Number of persons in a family
b) Colors of cars
c) Marital status of people
d) Lifetime of car batteries
e) Number of typographical errors in newspapers
f) Monthly TV cable bills
g) Spring break locations favored by college students
h) Weights of students
i) Number of computers sold in the last month
j) The breaking strength of a given string

Q2: Identify the following as Nominal, Ordinal, Ratio and Interval scales. (5)
a) Weights of cars
b) Rankings of cricket players
c) Temperature of the city
d) Salaries of top five executives in a bank
e) Marital status
f) Age of students
g) Ratings of 5 players (poor, fair, good, excellent)
h) IQ of student
i) Rating of movie
j) Rate the course (highly relevant, relevant, irrelevant)
Q.3: The following values relate to the number of members in various families. Make a frequency
distribution taking one as the size of the interval. Also, present it using a suitable chart.
(6)

2 10 9 7 6 8 6 5 7 9
4 3 2 8 5 7 5 6 4 5
6 8 7 6 9 11 1 5 6 6
8 9 7 9 6 5 4 4 3 2
5 6 10 6 7 6 5 3 4 2
1 11 10 7 7 5 4 3

Q.4: The following table shows the diameters in millimeter of 50 ball bearings manufactured by a
company. (10)

1.2 2.2 0.7 3.9 1.7 1.9 1.4 1.8 2.0 4.3
2.5 0.9 3.4 2.8 3.7 3.5 0.4 2.8 1.1 0.2
3.9 6.3 2.5 2.1 1.3 2.1 0.3 0.4 2.4 2.1
3.5 2.9 1.2 5.3 1.7 2.7 1.8 4.8 3.2 1.6
2.6 1.8 2.3 1.3 3.1 1.5 2.6 5.9 2.0 2.3

Using 8 intervals with the lowest starting at 0.1


i. Construct a frequency distribution
ii. Form a less-than-type and more-than-type cumulative frequency distribution
iii. Is there any gap in this frequency distribution?
iv. Form the relative frequency and percentage relative frequency distribution also.

Q5: A sample of 30 persons who often consume donuts were asked what variety of donuts is their
favourite. The responses from these 30 persons are as follows:
(8)
Glazed Filled Other Plain Glazed Other
Frosted Filled Filled Glazed Other Frosted
Glazed Plain Other Glazed Glazed Filled
Frosted Plain Other Other Frosted Filled
Filled Other Frosted Glazed Glazed Filled

Construct a frequency distribution table for these data and also represent using a pie chart.
Interpret the data.

Q.6: Construct a histogram for the following frequency distribution of the total number of ipads
sold by a mail order company on each of 30 days. Also, make a frequency polygon and an ogive.
(8)

Ipad sold 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-29


No. of days 3 6 8 8 5

Q7: Draw a component bar chart for the following data based on (8)
i. Division as components
ii. Population as components
Population in lakhs
Division
Male Female
Lahore 33 31
Karachi 21 19
Quetta 32 28
Peshawar 35 30

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