POST TEST - STATISTICS

Time: 20 minutes

Students Name:

Form:

Answer all the questions.

1 Naims end-of-year examination marks are 58, 67, 82, 48, 67, and 89. Find the:
(a) mean
(b) mode
(c) median
of Naims marks.

2 Joes marks for three tests are 78, 76, and 74. Marys marks are 72, 82, and 74. How does Joes mean
mark compare to the Marys mean mark?
A Joes mean mark is 1 higher
B Joes mean mark is 1 lower
C Both means are the same
D Joes mean mark is 2 higher
E Joes mean mark is 2 lower

3 A salesman put this advertisement in the newspaper: New and old cars for sale, various prices, average
price RM50, 000. Which of the following statements is true?
A The price of most of the cars is less than RM40,000 and RM50,000
B Half the cars cost less than RM50,000 and half cost more than RM50,000
C At least one car costs RM50,000
D Some of the cars cost less than RM50,000

4 Ibrahim wants to know whether the students in his class prefer to read magazines or novels. He
interviewed 12 students using the following scale to determine how much they liked magazines and
novels.

1 2 3 4 5
Dislike it Dislike Not sure Like it Like it
a lot it a lot
 The following table shows the results of the interviews.

Student Magazines Novels

Kim 3 1
Faiz 3 2
Katerina 5 4
Vimala 2 3
Hasni 4 4
Shaz 3 5
Julia 3 2
Joe 2 3
Azri 5 4
Leong 4 2
Guna 3 5
Firdaus 4 5

(a) Calculate the mean scale level for:

(i) magazines
(ii) novels

(b) Based on the means obtained in (a), what conclusions can you draw?

5 Wages at Jalinan Wages at Sinar

Number of
Position Mesra Sdn Bhd Mentari
workers
(RM) (RM)
Manager 1 200 000 10 000
Assistant Manager 1 140 000 80 000
Marketing Officer 4 30 000 60 000
Assistant Marketing Officer 8 25 000 35 000
Clerk 6 15 000 20 000

Syarikat Jalinan Mesra Sdn. Bhd. claims that its average working wage is higher than the average
working wage at Syarikat Sinar Mentari.

(a) On what grounds does Syarikat Jalinan Mesra Sdn. Bhd. base this claim on? Do you agree with
Syarikat Jalinan Mesra Sdn. Bhd.s statement? Justify your answer.

(b) If you were given a choice to work for one of the companies above, which company would you
choose? Justify your answer.