MATH 215

CHAPTER 2
Organizing and
graphing data
Opening Example
RAW DATA
 Definition
 Data recorded in the sequence in which
they are collected and before they are
processed or ranked are called raw
data.
Table 2.1 Ages of 50 Students
Table 2.2 Status of 50 Students
ORGANIZING AND GRAPHING
QUANTITATIVE DATA

 Frequency Distributions
 Relative Frequency and Percentage
Distributions
 Graphical Presentation of Qualitative Data
TABLE 2.3 Types of Employment
Students Intend to Engage In
Frequency Distributions
 Definition
 A frequency distribution for
qualitative data lists all categories and
the number of elements that belong to
each of the categories.
Example 2-1
 A sample of 30 employees from large
companies was selected, and these
employees were asked how stressful their
jobs were. The responses of these
employees are recorded below, where
very represents very stressful, somewhat
means somewhat stressful, and none
stands for not stressful at all.
Example 2-1
somewhat none somewhat very very none
very somewhat somewhat very somewhat somewhat
very somewhat none very none somewhat
somewhat very somewhat somewhat very none
somewhat very very somewhat none somewhat

Construct a frequency distribution table for

this data.
Example 2-1: Solution
Table 2.4 Frequency Distribution of
Stress on Job
Relative Frequency and Percentage
Distributions
 Calculating Relative Frequency of a
Category

Frequency of that category

Re lative frequency of a category 
Sum of all frequencies
Relative Frequency and Percentage
Distributions
 Calculating Percentage
Percentage = (Relative frequency) · 100
Example 2-2
 Determine the relative frequency and
percentage for the data in Table 2.4.
Table 2.5 Relative Frequency and
Percentage Distributions of Stress on
Job
Graphical Presentation of Qualitative
Data
 Definition
 A graph made of bars whose heights
represent the frequencies of respective
categories is called a bar graph.
Figure 2.1 Bar graph for the
frequency distribution of Table 2.4
Case Study 2-1 Career Choices for
High School Students
Graphical Presentation of Qualitative
Data
 Definition
 A circle divided into portions that
represent the relative frequencies or
percentages of a population or a sample
belonging to different categories is called
a pie chart.
Table 2.6 Calculating Angle Sizes for
the Pie Chart
Figure 2.2 Pie chart for the
percentage distribution of Table 2.5.
Case Study 2-2 In or Out in 30
Minutes
ORGANIZING AND GRAPHING
QUANTITATIVE DATA

 Frequency Distributions
 Constructing Frequency Distribution
Tables
 Relative and Percentage Distributions
 Graphing Grouped Data
Table 2.7 Weekly Earnings of 100
Employees of a Company
Frequency Distributions
 Definition
 A frequency distribution for
quantitative data lists all the classes
and the number of values that belong to
each class. Data presented in the form of
a frequency distribution are called
grouped data.
Frequency Distributions
 Definition
 The class boundary is given by the
midpoint of the upper limit of one class
and the lower limit of the next class.
Frequency Distributions
Finding Class Width

Class width = Upper boundary – Lower boundary

Frequency Distributions
Calculating Class Midpoint or Mark

Lower limit  Upper limit

Class midpoint or mark 
2
Constructing Frequency Distribution
Tables
Calculation of Class Width

Largest value - Smallest value

Approximate class width 
Number of classes
Table 2.8 Class Boundaries, Class
Widths, and Class Midpoints for Table
2.7
Example 2-3
 The following data give the total number
of iPods® sold by a mail order company
on each of 30 days. Construct a
frequency distribution table.

8 25 11 15 29 22 10 5 17 21

22 13 26 16 18 12 9 26 20 16

23 14 19 23 20 16 27 16 21 14
Example 2-3: Solution
The minimum value is 5, and the maximum value is
29. Suppose we decide to group these data using
five classes of equal width. Then
29  5
Approximate width of each class  4.8
5
Now we round this approximate width to a
convenient number, say 5. The lower limit of the
first class can be taken as 5 or any number less than 5.
Suppose we take 5 as the lower limit of the first class. Then
our classes will be
5 – 9, 10 – 14, 15 – 19, 20 – 24, and 25 – 29
Table 2.9 Frequency Distribution for
the Data on iPods Sold
Relative Frequency and Percentage
Distributions
Calculating Relative Frequency and Percentage

Frequency of that class f

Relative frequency of a class  
Sum of all frequencies  f

Percentage (Relative frequency) 100

Example 2-4
 Calculate the relative frequencies and
percentages for Table 2.9.
Example 2-4: Solution
Table 2.10 Relative Frequency and
Percentage Distributions for Table 2.9
Graphing Grouped Data
 Definition
 A histogram is a graph in which classes
are marked on the horizontal axis and the
frequencies, relative frequencies, or
percentages are marked on the vertical
axis. The frequencies, relative
frequencies, or percentages are
represented by the heights of the bars. In
a histogram, the bars are drawn adjacent
to each other.
Figure 2.3 Frequency histogram for
Table 2.9.
Figure 2.4 Relative frequency
histogram for Table 2.10.
Case Study 2-3 Morning Grooming
Graphing Grouped Data
 Definition
 A graph formed by joining the midpoints
of the tops of successive bars in a
histogram with straight lines is called a
polygon.
Figure 2.5 Frequency polygon for
Table 2.9.
Figure 2.6 Frequency distribution
curve.
Example 2-5
 On April 1, 2009, the federal tax on a pack
of cigarettes was increased from 39¢ to
$1.0066, a move that not only was
expected to help increase federal
revenue, but was also expected to save
about 900,000 lives (Time Magazine, April
2009). Table 2.11 shows the total tax
(state plus federal) per pack of cigarettes
for all 50 states as of April 1, 2009.
Example 2-5
Construct a frequency
distribution table.
Calculate the relative
frequencies and
percentages for all
classes.
Example 2-5: Solution
The minimum value set on cigarette taxes is 1.08,
and the maximum value is 3.76. Suppose we
decide to group these data using six classes of
equal width. Then
3.76  1.08
Approximate width of each class  .45
6
We round this to a more convenient number,
say .50. We can take a lower limit of the first class
equal to 1.08 or any number lower than 1.08. If we start the
first class at 1, the classes will be written as 1 to less than
1.5, 1.5 to less than 2.00, and so on.
Frequency, and Percentage
Distributions of the Total Tax on a
Pack of Cigarettes
Example 2-6
The administration in a large city wanted to
know the distribution of vehicles owned by
households in that city. A sample of 40
randomly selected households from this city
produced the following data on the number of
vehicles owned:
5 1 1 2 0 1 1 2 1 1
1 3 3 0 2 5 1 2 3 4
2 1 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 1
4 2 1 1 2 1 1 4 1 3
Construct a frequency distribution table for
these data, and draw a bar graph.
Example 2-6: Solution
Table 2.13 Frequency Distribution of
Vehicles Owned
The observations assume only
six distinct values: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4,
and 5. Each of these six values
is used as a class in the
frequency distribution in Table
2.13.
Figure 2.7 Bar graph for Table 2.13.
SHAPES OF HISTOGRAMS
1. Symmetric
2. Skewed
3. Uniform or Rectangular
Figure 2.8 Symmetric histograms.
Figure 2.9 (a) A histogram skewed to
the right. (b) A histogram skewed to
the left.
Figure 2.10 A histogram with uniform
distribution.
Figure 2.11 (a) and (b) Symmetric
frequency curves. (c) Frequency curve
skewed to the right. (d) Frequency curve
skewed to the left.
 CUMULATIVE FREQUENCY
DISTRIBUTIONS

 Definition
 A cumulative frequency distribution gives
the total number of values that fall below the
upper boundary of each class.
Example 2-7
 Using the frequency distribution of Table
2.9, reproduced here, prepare a cumulative
frequency distribution for the number of
iPods sold by that company.
Example 2-7: Solution
Table 2.14 Cumulative Frequency
Distribution of iPods Sold
 CUMULATIVE FREQUENCY
DISTRIBUTIONS
 Calculating Cumulative Relative Frequency
and Cumulative Percentage
Cumulative frequency of a class
Cumulative relative frequency 
Total observations in the data set

Cumulative percentage (Cumulative relative frequency) 100

Table 2.15 Cumulative Relative Frequency
and Cumulative Percentage Distributions
for iPods Sold
 CUMULATIVE FREQUENCY
DISTRIBUTIONS
 Definition
 An ogive is a curve drawn for the
cumulative frequency distribution by joining
with straight lines the dots marked above
the upper boundaries of classes at heights
equal to the cumulative frequencies of
respective classes.
Figure 2.12 Ogive for the cumulative
frequency distribution of Table 2.14.
 STEM-AND-LEAF DISPLAYS
 Definition
 In a stem-and-leaf display of quantitative
data, each value is divided into two portions
– a stem and a leaf. The leaves for each
stem are shown separately in a display.
Example 2-8
 The following are the scores of 30 college
students on a statistics test:
75 52 80 96 65 79 71 87 93 95
69 72 81 61 76 86 79 68 50 92
83 84 77 64 71 87 72 92 57 98
 Construct a stem-and-leaf display.
 Example 2-8: Solution

 To construct a stem-and-leaf display for

these scores, we split each score into two
parts. The first part contains the first digit,
which is called the stem. The second part
contains the second digit, which is called the
leaf. We observe from the data that the
stems for all scores are 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9
because all the scores lie in the range 50 to
98.
Figure 2.13 Stem-and-leaf display.
Example 2-8: Solution

 After we have listed the stems, we read the

leaves for all scores and record them next
to the corresponding stems on the right side
of the vertical line. The complete stem-and-
leaf display for scores is shown in Figure
2.14.
Figure 2.14 Stem-and-leaf display of
test scores.
Example 2-8: Solution

 The leaves for each stem of the stem-and-

leaf display of Figure 2.14 are ranked (in
increasing order) and presented in Figure
2.15.
Figure 2.15 Ranked stem-and-leaf
display of test scores.
 Example 2-9
 The following data are monthly rents paid by
a sample of 30 households selected from a
small city.
880 1081 721 1075 1023 775 1235 750 965 960
1210 985 1231 932 850 825 1000 915 1191 1035
1151 630 1175 952 1100 1140 750 1140 1370 1280

 Construct a stem-and-leaf display for these

data.
Example 2-9: Solution

Figure 2.16
Stem-and-leaf
display of rents.
 Example 2-10
 The following stem-and-leaf
display is prepared for the
number of hours that 25
students spent working on
computers during the last
month.

 Prepare a new stem-and-leaf display by

grouping the stems.
Example 2-10: Solution
DOTPLOTS
 Definition
 Values that are very small or very large
relative to the majority of the values in a
data set are called outliers or extreme
values.
Example 2-11
 Table 2.16 lists the lengths of the longest
field goals (in yards) made by all kickers in
the American Football Conference (AFC) of
the National Football League (NFL) during
the 2008 season. Create a dotplot for these
data.
Table 2.16 Distances of Longest Field Goals
(in Yards) Made by AFC Kickers During the
2008 NFL Season
 Example 2-11: Solution
 Step1

 Step 2
Example 2-12
 Refer to Table 2.16 in Example 2-11, which
gives the distances of longest completed
field goals for all kickers in the AFC during
the 2008 NFL season. Table 2.17 provides
the same information for the kickers in the
National Football Conference (NFC) of the
NFL for the 2008 season. Make dotplots for
both sets of data and compare these two
dotplots.
Table 2.17 Distances of Longest Field Goals
(in Yards) Made by NFC Kickers During the
2008 NFL Season
Example 2-12: Solution
Figure 2.13 Stem-and-leaf display.
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