2012

Form 7 Statistical Internal Assessments

Section 4
The Virus Detectors
By: Losaline Mahe (Option 2)
Teacher: Mrs. Losana David Roger Page Kalafitoni Latu

Topic
The average height of soldiers and police officers recruited in Tongatapu from 2009-2010

Aim
To find the average height of Tongan soldiers recruit.
To find the average height of the Tongan police officers recruit.
To compare the average height of the soldiers with the average height of the police officers recruit in
Tongatapu for 2009-2010.

Statistical Question
Is the average height of the Tongan recruited soldiers greater than the average height of the
police officers recruited in Tongatapu from 2009-2010?

Section 4: Calculation
Recruited Soldier 2009-2010
Midpoint (m)
176cm
178cm
180cm
182cm
184cm
186cm
188cm

Frequency (f)
1
2
3
2
4
6
4

f(m)
176
356
540
364
736
1,116
752

f(m2)
30,976
63,368
97,200
66,248
135,424
207,576
141,376

190cm
192cm
Total

7
1
30

1,330
192
5,562

252,700
36,864
1,031,732

Mode:
- 190cm
Median:
176, 178, 178, 179, 180, 180, 181, 182, 184, 184, 184, 184, 185, 185, 185, 186, 186, 186, 187, 188, 188, 188, 189, 189,
190, 190, 190, 190, 190, 191
-

185 + 186
2
371
2
185.5 cm

Range

Highest- Lowest
191- 176
: 15cm
Quartile
Lower Quartile:
176, 178, 178, 179, 180, 180, 181, 182, 184, 184, 184, 184, 185, 185, 185
: 182cm
Upper Quartile:
186, 186, 186, 187, 188, 188, 188, 189, 189, 190, 190, 190, 190, 190, 191
: 189cm
Inter-Quartile Range:
Upper Quartile Lower Quartile
189cm 182cm
= 7cm

Mean:

= f(m)
f
- 5,562
30
-185.4cm
Variance:
VAR(X): f (m2) - f (x) 2
n
1,031,732 (30 x (185.42))
30
1,031,732 1,031,194.8
30
537.2
30
: 17.907cm (3dp)

Standard Deviation:

: VAR(X)
= 17.907
= 4.231666338
: 4.232cm (3dp)
Recruited Police Officers 2009-2010
Midpoint (m)
157.5cm
162.5cm
167.5cm
172.5cm
177.5cm
182.5cm
187.5cm
192.5cm
Total

Frequency (f)
1
2
10
7
3
3
3
1
30

f(m)
157.5
325
1,675
1,207.5
532.5
547.5
562.5
192.5
5,200

f(m2)
24,806.25
52,812.5
280,562.5
208,293.75
94,518.75
99,918.75
105,468.75
37,056.25
903,437.5

Mode:
- There is no mode since more than two numbers has appear with the same frequency
Median:
158.4, 161.2, 164.5, 165, 165.1, 165.1, 165.5, 166.7, 166.7, 167, 168, 168.9, 169.8, 170.5, 171, 171, 171.5, 173.9, 174,
174.7, 175.1, 175.8, 179, 182.1, 183, 183, 185, 186, 188, 194
- 171+ 171
2
- 342
2
: 171cm
Range:
Highest- Lowest
: 194 158.4
: 35.6 cm
Quartile:
Lower Quartile
158.4, 161.2, 164.5, 165, 165.1, 165.1, 165.5, 166.7, 166.7, 167, 168, 168.9, 169.8, 170.5, 171
: 166.7cm
Upper Quartile
171, 171.5, 173.9, 174, 174.7, 175.1, 175.8, 179, 182.1, 183, 183, 185, 186, 188, 194
: 179cm
Inter-Quartile Range:
Upper Quartile Lower Quartile
179 166.7
: 12.3cm
Mean:

: f (m)
f
: 5,200
30
: 173.3333333

: 173.333cm (3dp)
Variance:
VAR(Y): f(m2) - f (x2)
n
: 903,437.5 (30 x (173.3332))
30
: 903,437.5 901,329.867
30
:

2,107.633
30

: 70.25443333
: 70.254cm (3dp)
Standard Deviation:

: VAR(Y)
: 70.254
: 8.381765924
: 8.382(3dp) cm
Comparisons
X Height of Recruited Soldiers
Y Height of Recruited Police officers
Differences of two MEAN
E (X- Y) = E(X) E(Y)
: 185.4 173.333
: 12.067 cm
Differences of two VARIANCES
VAR (X Y) = VAR (X) + VAR (Y)
: 17.907 + 70.234
: 88.161cm
Standard Deviation (Differences of two set of data)
SD (X Y) = VAR(X- Y)
: 88.161
: 9.389408927
: 9.389cm (3dp)
Confidence Interval
General Formula: x z-1/2 x / n < < x + z-1/2 x / n
: 99% or 0.99
n: 30
: 9.389cm
x: 12.067cm
Margin of Error:

z-1/2 x / n
Z-1o.99/2 x 9.389/30
Z-10.495 x 9.389/ 30
2.579 x 9.389/ 30
: 4.421(3dp) cm

General Formula: x z-1/2 x / n < < x + z-1/2 x / n

12.067 4.421 <

< 12.067 + 4.421

: 7.646 < < 16.488

* Since the interval does not enclose around zero this must indicates that the two means are not equal with the
recruited soldier average height is greater than the recruited police officers average height. This is said with 99%
confidence.