BUKIDNON STATE UNIVERSITY

Malaybalay City, Bukidnon 8700

Tel (088) 813-5661 to 5663; TeleFax (088) 813-2717, www.buksu.edu.ph

COURSE WORK FOR OCTOBER 23-25, 2019

SS121: Social Statistics I

MEASURES OF CENTRAL TENDENCY AND VARIATION

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Section: ____________ Schedule: __________________

Instructions:
With your group for the Barangay Profile Project, answer the following problems. Submit this coursework
with your answers in Edmodo on or before October 24, 9:00pm.

Note: (1) Only one group member will submit the coursework, (2) show all solutions, including the tables.

FIND THE MEAN, MEDIAN, MODE, STANDARD DEVIATION AND VARIANCE OF THE
FOLLOWING GIVEN PROBLEMS. Give your interpretation for each.

1. A sample of college students was asked how much they spent monthly on cell phone load to
the nearest pesos:
Monthly Cell Phone Load (Php) Number of Students
100-109 8
90-99 16
80-89 21
70-79 11
60-69 4

2. The following data represent the difference in scores between the winning and losing teams
in a sample of 15 college basketball games from 2018-2019.
Point Difference Number of Basketball Games
31-35 3
26-30 4
21-25 1
16-20 2
11-15 1
6-10 2
1-5 2

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 BUKIDNON STATE UNIVERSITY
Malaybalay City, Bukidnon 8700
Tel (088) 813-5661 to 5663; TeleFax (088) 813-2717, www.buksu.edu.ph

3. The following table represents the distribution of the annual number of days over 100
degrees Fahrenheit for Malaybalay City for a sample of 80 years from 1905 to 2004.
Days Above 100 degrees Number of Years
40-49 27
30-39 11
20-29 30
10-19 8
0-9 4

4. The following table shows the distribution of the number of hours worked each week (on
the average) for a sample of 100 working students in Bukidnon State University.
Hours Worked Per Week Number of Students
40-49 18
30-39 22
20-29 25
10-19 13
0-9 22

5. The following data represents the age distribution of a sample of 100 people covered by
Health Insurance (Private or government). The Sample was taken in 2018.
Age Number
55-64 23
45-54 29
35-44 28
25-34 20

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