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1.

The following data represent the legal costs (thousands of dollars) for 31
municipalities for a specific year.

62 40 9 23 38 118 18 67 92 21 2 48 112 76 260 20 455 24 40 125 21 50 20 36 7 204 52


37 29 150 24

Calculate the mean, median, mode, range, variance, and standard deviation.

Descriptive statistics

Legal
Costs
count 31
mean 73.55
sample variance 8,506.52
sample standard
deviation 92.23
minimum 2
maximum 455
range 453

1st quartile 22.00


median 40.00
3rd quartile 84.00
interquartile range 62.00
mode 40.00

From the above Excel output,

Mean = 73.55

Median = 40.00

Mode = 40.00

Range = 453

Variance = 8,506.52

Standard deviation = 92.33


2. A survey of 40 clothing stores reported these numbers of sales held during a
randomly selected year.

Number of sales Frequency


11-15 3
16-20 5
21-25 12
26-30 9
31-35 8
36-40 3

Calculate the mean, variance, and standard deviation.

CI Mid Point Frequency f *x f * x^2


11 - 15 13 3 39 507
16 - 20 18 5 90 1620
21 - 25 23 12 276 6348
26 - 30 28 9 252 7056
31 - 35 33 8 264 8712
36 - 40 38 3 114 4332
Total 40 1035 28575

1 1
Mean  x  
N
 fx  40 1, 035  25.8750
Variance  s 2  
1 1 
 fx 2  N x 2   28,575  40  25.875   46.0096
2

N 1 40  1  
Standard deviation   Variance   46.0096  6.7830
3. The mean time taken by all participants to run a road race was found to be 220
minutes with a standard deviation of 20 minutes. Using Chebyshev's theorem, find
the percentage of runners who ran this road race in

a. 180 to 260 minutes

Here   220 and   20


P 180  X  260   P 180  220    X  220    260  220  
 P  40   X  220   40 
 P  X  220  40
 P  X  220  2  20
 According to Chebyshev's inequality, 
 1   
 1  2   P  X    k    1  1  
 2    2  
  k  
3

4
 0.75

b. 160 to 280 minutes

Here   220 and   20


P 160  X  280   P 160  220    X  220    280  220  
 P  60   X  220   60 
 P  X  220  60
 P  X  220  3  20 
 According to Chebyshev's inequality, 
 1  
 1  2   P  X    k    1  1  
 3    2  
  k  
8

9
 0.89
c. 170 to 270 minutes

Here   220 and   20


P 170  X  270   P 170  220    X  220    270  220  
 P  50   X  220   50 
 P  X  220  50
 P  X  220  2.5  20

  According to Chebyshev's inequality, 


1   
 1    P  X    k    1  1  
  2.5 2    2  
    k  
21

25
 0.84

4. The mean life of a certain brand of auto batteries is 44 months with a standard
deviation of 3 months. Assume that the lives of all auto batteries of this brand have a
bell-shaped distribution. Using the empirical rule, find the percentage of auto
batteries of this brand that have a life of

a. 41 to 47 months

Here   44 and   3
P  41  X  47   P  41  44    X  44    47  44  
 P  3   X  44   3
 P  X  44  3
 P  X  44  1 3
 0.68  By Emperical rule, P  X    1    0.68
b. 38 to 50 months

Here   44 and   3
P  38  X  50   P  38  44    X  44    50  44  
 P  6   X  44   6 
 P  X  44  6
 P  X  44  2  3
 0.95  By Emperical rule, P  X    2     0.95

c. 35 to 53 months

Here   44 and   3
P  35  X  53  P  35  44    X  44    53  44  
 P  9   X  44   9 
 P  X  44  9
 P  X  44  3  3
 0.99  By Emperical rule, P  X    3     0.99 

5. The following data give the scores of 19 students in a statistics class.

84 92 63 75 81 97 73 69 46 58 94 84 78
43 77 82 69 98 84

Arrange the given data in ascending order of magnitude.

43 46 58 63 69 69 73 75 77 78
81 82 84 84 84 92 94 97 98
a. Calculate the values of the three quartiles and the inter-quartile range. Where does
the value of 81 lie in relation to these quartiles?

Q1  Median of the values less than median  69


Q2  Median   Middle term in the ordered series  78
Q1  Median of the values greater than median  84
Interquartile range  Q3  Q1  84  69  15
The value of 81 lies just above the median, i.e. the second quartile.

b. Find the (approximate) value of the 93rd percentile. Give a brief interpretation of
this value.

Rank 100
Percentile for any value in the ordered series  p  
 n  1
p
 Rank  R    n  1
100
93
When p  93  Rank   20   18.6  19
100
Scores with ranks 19 is the required approimate value of 93rd percentile.
Then the value at 93rd percentile of the data  98

c. Calculate the percentile rank of 82. Give a brief interpretation of this value.

Rank  100
Percentile for any value in the ordered series  p  
 n  1
12  100

20
 60

i.e. there are 60% of values in the given data set are below 82.
6. The following data give the ages of 15 employees of a company.

36 47 23 55 42 31 27 19 38 65 52 47 39
25 44

Prepare a box-and-whisker plot. Is this data set skewed in any direction? If yes, is it
skewed to the right or to the left? Does this data set contain any outliers?
The boxplot to the given data is,

Boxplot indicates that the distribution appeared to be slightly skewed to its left. Also data
set doesn’t contain any outliers.

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