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MAA 161 STATISTICS FOR SCIENCES STUDENTS TUTORIAL 2

1. The following data represent the record high temperatures for each of the 50 states. 112 100 127 120 134 118 105 110 109 112 110 118 117 116 118 122 114 114 105 109 107 112 114 115 118 117 118 122 106 110 116 108 110 121 113 120 119 111 104 111 120 113 120 117 105 110 118 112 114 114 a. Prepare a frequency distribution table for the data. b. Construct the relative frequency and percentages for all classes. c. Construct a histogram and polygon for the relative frequency distribution. d. Prepare a cumulative frequency distribution. e. Construct an ogive to represent the data for the record high temperatures. 2. According to a survey by the U.S. Public Interest Research Group, about 79% of credit reports contain errors (USA TODAY, June 18, 2004). Suppose in a random sample of 25 credit reports, the number of errors found are as listed below. 1 0 2 3 0 1 0 5 4 1 0 2 1 4 1 2 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 a. Prepare a frequency distribution table for these data using single-valued classes. b. Calculate the relative frequencies and percentage for all classes. c. How many of these reports contained two or more errors? d. Construct a bar graph for data of credit reports contain errors. e. Construct a pie chat for credit reports data. f. Create a dotplot for these credit reports data.

3. The following data give the time served (in months) by 35 prison inmates who were released recently. 37 6 20 5 25 30 24 10 12 20 24 8 26 15 13 22 72 80 96 33 84 86 70 40 92 36 28 90 36 32 72 45 38 18 9 a. Prepare a stem-and leaf display for these data. b. Arrange the leaves for each stem in an increasing order. c. Condense the stem-and leaf display by grouping the stems as 0-2, 3-5, and 6-9.

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