Kinesiology 403

Homework #2- Spring 2015

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A test of tennis serve accuracy resulted
in the following data: Note: Higher
scores indicate better performance.
X
15
12
12
10
9
8
8
7
5
4
4

1. What is the percentile rank of a

person who scored (a) 5; (b) 12?

The same test of tennis serve accuracy

was administered to three college
classes. The scores were arranged into a
simple frequency distribution:
X
18
17
16
15
14
13
12
11
10
9
8
7
6
5
4

f
1
2
3
3
5
5
6
8
10
7
8
5
3
3
1

Cum. f
70
69
67
64
61
56
51
45
37
27
20
12
7
4
1

3. What is the percentile of a person who

scored (a) 12; (b) 6?

2. What is the nearest score to (a) the

60th percentile; (b) the 20th
percentile?
4. Which score most closely represents
the (a) 37th percentile; (b) the 70th
percentile?
Body composition data (% fat) were
collected on 20 students in an exercise
physiology class. Their body fat
percentage scores were:
X
43.6
40.5

40.4
35.7
35.3
32.4
30.5
29.6
28.4
27.8

26.6
23.4
23.2
21.4
21.3
20.3
19.4
19.2
11.8
7.2

5. What is the percentile rank of the person

whose body fat percentage is (a) 20.3%;
(b) 19.2%?

6. What is the score closest to the (a) 75th

percentile; (b) 35th percentile?

A college strength coach tested incoming

freshman football players on the number
of bench press repetitions they could
perform at a load of 225 pounds. The
scores were arranged into a simple
frequency distribution:
X
20
19
18
17
16
15
14
13
12
11
10
9
8
7
6

f
1
0
1
2
3
4
2
3
6
4
3
4
2
1
1

Cum. f
37
36
36
35
33
30
26
24
21
15
11
8
4
2
1

7. What is the interquartile range?

8. Which score most closely represents the

50th percentile (i.e., the median)?

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4a
4b

1a
5a
1b
5b
2a
6a
2b
6b
3a
7
3b
8