IB Math Studies I

Chapter 6 - 6C & 6D
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6C: Grouped Quantitative Discrete Data

o Class Intervals: Meaningful grouped data.
o Modal class: Class with highest frequency.
Example: Ages of a people survey who use the internet on a daily basis.

16 31 50 19 32 45 34 17 18 19 20 21 34 54 42 29 48
21 20 31 48 62 41 58 23 25 28 38 24 47 67 27 20 26

Decide the class intervals: Grouping the data into intervals of 10

yrs seems meaningful.

To do this find the lowest value then add by 10, +10, +10, ....
Intervals
16 - 26
38 - 48
27 - 37
49 - 59

60+

Now make a Frequency Table

Ages of people using the
internet at least once per day
Age

16 - 26
27 - 37
38 - 48
49 - 59
60+

Tally
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Frequency
14
8
7
3
2
Total = 34

modal class: (most frequency) is _________

Chapter 6 - 6C & 6D

IB Math Studies I

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Now make a Column Graph

Ages of people using the
internet at least once per day
frequency

Columns do not
touch since each
class is separate
from the other.

16 --14 --12 --10 --8 --6 --4 --2 --16-26

27-37

38-48 49-59

60+

How is the distribution skewed?: _____________________

What percent of internet users were less than 38 yrs old? __________
Is the highest or lowest easy to identify in a bar graph?

Chapter 6 - 6C & 6D

IB Math Studies I

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6D: Quantitative Continuous Data

[Example 3 - pg:168]
A sample of 20 juvenile lobster. Each lobster was measured in cm.
4.9 5.6 7.2 6.7 3.1 4.6 6.0 5.0 3.7 7.3
6.0 5.4 4.2 6.6 4.7 5.8 4.4 3.6 4.2 5.4
The variable "length of lobster" is continuous because we are measuring.
Length (cm)

Frequency

Frequency histogram of lengths of lobsters

frequency

7
6
5
4
3
2
1

Columns touch
because length is
a measurement

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length (cm)