Statistics Assignment 22 February 2024
Question 1:
Calorie intake (kCal) f (Number of athletes)
1.0 < 1.5 3
1.5 < 2.0 15
2.0 < 2.5 z
2.5 < 3.0 6
3.0 < 3.5 5
Total 40
1.1 Show that z =11
𝑓 = 3 + 15 + 𝑧 + 6 + 5 = 40
𝑧 + 29 = 40
𝑧 = 40 − 29
𝑧 = 11
The value of z is 11.
1.2 Estimated mean daily calorie intake for the 40 athletes:
Calorie intake (kCal) f (Number of athletes) x (midpoint of class) fx (product)
1.0 < 1.5 3 1.25 3.75
1.5 < 2.0 15 1.75 26.25
2.0 < 2.5 11 2.25 24.75
2.5 < 3.0 6 2.75 16.5
3.0 < 3.5 5 3.25 16.25
Total 40 87.5
∑ 𝑓𝑥
𝑀𝑒𝑎𝑛 =
𝑛
𝑛(𝑡𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑠) = 40
Σ𝑓𝑥(𝑠𝑢𝑚 𝑜𝑓 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑡) = 87.5
87.5
𝑀𝑒𝑎𝑛 =
40
𝑀𝑒𝑎𝑛 = 2.19 𝑘𝐶𝑎𝑙
The estimated mean daily calorie intake for the 40 athletes is 2.19 kCal.
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1.3 The median of the calorie intake for the 40 athletes:
Calorie intake (kCal) f (Number of athletes) Σf Cumulative frquency
1.0 < 1.5 3 3
1.5 < 2.0 15 18
2.0 < 2.5 11 29
2.5 < 3.0 6 35
3.0 < 3.5 5 40
𝒏
− 𝒄𝒇
𝑴𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒂𝒏 = 𝒍 + 𝟐 𝒉
𝒇
𝑛(𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑠) = 40
𝑙 (𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟 𝑙𝑖𝑚𝑖𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑐𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑠) = 2.0
𝑓 (𝑓𝑟𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑐𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑠) = 11
𝑐𝑓 (𝐶𝑢𝑚𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑠 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑒𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑐𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑠) = 18
ℎ (𝑐𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑠 𝑠𝑖𝑧𝑒) = 0.5
𝑛 40
𝐶𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑠 𝑚𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑛 = = = 20
2 2
𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑠 𝑚𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 3𝑟𝑑 𝑐𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑠 (𝑏𝑒𝑡𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑛 2.0 𝑎𝑛𝑑 2.5 𝑘𝐶𝑎𝑙)
40
− 18
𝑀𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑛 = 2.0 + 2 0.5
11
20 − 18
𝑀𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑛 = 2.0 + 0.5
11
2.0
𝑀𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑛 = 2.0 + 0.5
11
1
𝑀𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑛 = 2.0 +
11
𝑀𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑛 = 2.0 + 0.0909
𝑀𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑛 = 2.09 𝑘𝐶𝑎𝑙
The median of calorie intake for the 40 athletes is 2.09 kCal.
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1.4 The mode of the calorie intake for the 40 athletes:
Calorie intake (kCal) f (Number of athletes)
1.0 < 1.5 3
1.5 < 2.0 15
2.0 < 2.5 11
2.5 < 3.0 6
3.0 < 3.5 5
From the given table, it is observed that the maximum class frequency is 15, and the
corresponding class interval is 1.5-2.0. Therefore, the modal class for the given data is 1.5-
2.0
𝒇𝟏 − 𝒇𝟎
𝑴𝒐𝒅𝒆 = 𝒍 + 𝒉
𝟐𝒇𝟏 −𝒇𝟎 −𝒇𝟐
𝑙(𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟 𝑙𝑖𝑚𝑖𝑡 𝑐𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑠) = 1.5
ℎ (𝑐𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑠 𝑠𝑖𝑧𝑒) = 0.5
𝑓 (𝑓𝑟𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑙 𝑐𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑠) = 15
𝑓 (𝑓𝑟𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑐𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑠 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑒𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑙 𝑐𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑠) = 3
𝑓 (𝑓𝑟𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑐𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑠 𝑠𝑢𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑙 𝑐𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑠) = 11
𝒇𝟏 − 𝒇𝟎
𝑴𝒐𝒅𝒆 = 𝒍 + 𝒉
𝟐𝒇𝟏 −𝒇𝟎 −𝒇𝟐
15 − 3
𝑀𝑜𝑑𝑒 = 1.5 + 0.5
2(15) − 3 − 11
12
𝑀𝑜𝑑𝑒 = 1.5 + 0.5
30 − 14
12
𝑀𝑜𝑑𝑒 = 1.5 + 0.5
16
6
𝑀𝑜𝑑𝑒 = 1.5 +
16
𝑀𝑜𝑑𝑒 = 1.5 + 0.375
𝑀𝑜𝑑𝑒 = 1.875
𝑀𝑜𝑑𝑒 = 1.88 𝑘𝐶𝑎𝑙
The mode of the calorie intake for the 40 athletes is 1.88kCal.
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1.5 Comment about the skewness of the data
The distribution of data is skewed to the right because the mode (1.88kCal) is less than the
median (2.09kCal), which is less than the mean (2.19kCal).
1.6 Standard deviation of the calorie intake for the 40 athletes:
Calorie intake (kCal) f (Number of athletes) x (midpoint of class) fx (product) (fx) 2 (product)
1.0 < 1.5 3 1.25 3.75 14.06
1.5 < 2.0 15 1.75 26.25 689.06
2.0 < 2.5 11 2.25 24.75 612.56
2.5 < 3.0 6 2.75 16.5 272.25
3.0 < 3.5 5 3.25 16.25 264.06
Total 40 87.5 1852
(∑ 𝒇𝒙)𝟐
∑ 𝒇𝒙𝟐 −
𝑽𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆, 𝑺𝟐 = 𝒏
𝒏−𝟏
𝑛(𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑠) = 40
Σ𝑓𝑥(𝑠𝑢𝑚 𝑜𝑓 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑡) = 87.5
Σ𝑓𝑥 (𝑠𝑢𝑚 𝑜𝑓 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑡 𝑠𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑑) = 1852
(87.5)
1852.0 −
𝑉𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒, 𝑆 = 40
40 − 1
7656.25
1852.0 −
𝑉𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒, 𝑆 = 40
39
1852.0 − 191.40625
𝑉𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒, 𝑆 =
39
1660.59375
𝑉𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒, 𝑆 =
39
𝑉𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒, 𝑆 = 42.57932692
𝑆𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑑𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 = √𝑉𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒
𝑆𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑑𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 = √42.57932692
𝑆𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑑𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 = 6.53
The standard deviation of the calorie intake for the 40 athletes is 6.53.
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