Exam 1 - Use your own paper as an answer sheet. Show all mathematical calculations.

No
partial credit will be given if work is not shown. A calculator will be required to complete
the exam.
Solving Problems
1. A questionnaire on housing arrangements showed the following information obtained from 30
respondents.
Construct a frequency distribution and a pareto chart for the following data.
H = house A = Apartment M = mobile home C = condominium
H C H M C A C A M C
M C A M A C C M C C
H A H H M C A M A C

2. When 36 randomly selected customers left a convenience store, each was asked the number of
items he or she purchased. Construct a frequency distribution, histogram, and frequency polygon
for the data.
2 9 4 3 6 6 6 2 8 6 5 5
7 5 3 8 6 6 6 2 3 2 4 4
6 9 9 8 9 9 4 2 1 7 4 4

3. The temperature of Singing River was recorded at 6 P.M. each day for the month of April.
Construct a histogram, and ogive using relative frequencies for the data. Use six classes.

54 53 48 51 49 49 50 53 58 48 42 50

54 53 54 57 56 55 47 48 51 57 55 42

46 43 44 43 47 46
4. The following data represents the expenses of Chemistry Lab, Inc. for research and
development for the years indicated. Each number represents millions of dollars. Draw a time
series graph to represent the data. Be sure to use the same scale.

Year Amount
1965 $ 8,937
1970 $ 9,388
1975 $ 11, 271
1980 $ 13, 271
1985 $ 19, 203

5. In a study of 100 working teenagers, ages 16-18 the following numbers had given the major
reasons for working as shown here. Construct a pie graph for the data.
Reason Number
To buy a car 45
To pay for education 39
For spending money 12
Other 4

6. The following temperatures were recorded in Nevada for a week in April.

87 85 80 78 83 86 90
Find each of the following: Must use formulas and show work.
a. mean
b. median
c. mode
d. midrange
e. range
f. variance- must use formula and show work
g. standard deviation
 h. z score for a temperature of 85

7. Shown is a frequency distribution for the number of inches of rain received in one year in 25
selected cities in the United States.
Number of inches Frequency
5.5-20.5 2
20.5-35.5 3
35.5-50.5 8
50.5-65.5 6
65.5-80.5 3
80.5-95.5 3
Find each of the following: Must use formulas and show work.
a) mean
b) median
c) modal class
d) variance
e) standard deviation

8. In a survey of third grade students, the following distribution was obtained for the number of
“best friends” each had. Find the average number of “best friends” for the class. Use the
weighted mean.
Number of students Number of best friends
8 1
6 2
5 3
3 0
9. A sample of the labor costs per hour to assemble a certain product has a mean of $2.60 and a
standard deviation of $0.15. Using Chebyshev’s Theorem, find the values in which at least
88.89% of the data will lie.

10. The number of credits in business courses eight job applicants is shown:
9 12 15 27 33 45 63 72
a) Find the percentile rank for a value of 45
b) What value corresponds to the 40th percentile?
c) Construct a box and whisker plot and comment on the nature of the distribution.
11. The number of visitors to the Historic Museum for 27 randomly selected hours is shown
below. Construct a stem and leaf plot for the data.
15 53 48 19 38 47 86 63 22
98 79 38 53 62 89 67 39 76
26 41 28 35 54 88 76 68 31