REVIEW EXERCISE

1. Construct a frequency distribution of the 20 brain volumes (cm3) listed below. (These volumes
are from Data Set 6 of Appendix B.) Use the classes 900–999, 1000–1099, and so on.
1005 963 1035 1027 1281 1272 1051 1079 1034 1070 1173 1079 1067 1104 1347 1439 1029
1100 1204 1160

2. Construct the histogram that corresponds to the frequency distribution from Exercise 1.
Applying a very strict interpretation of the requirements for a normal distribution, does the
histogram suggest that the data are from a population having a normal distribution? Why or
why not?

No, because normal distribution has approximately symmetric, with frequencies preceding the
maximum being roughly a mirror image of those that follow the maximum which is the
frequencies start low, then increase to one or two high frequencies, and then decrease to a low
frequency
7. According to USA Today, the largest categories of sports equipment sales are as follows:
fishing ($2.0 billion); firearms and hunting ($3.1 billion); camping ($1.7 billion); golf ($2.5 billion).
Construct the graph that best depicts these different categories and their relative amounts.
What type of graph is best?

Pareto chart because we want to draw attention to the more important categories which is a
bar graph for categorical data, with the added stipulation that the bars are arranged in
descending order according to frequencies. The vertical scale in a Pareto chart represents
frequencies or relative frequencies. The horizontal scale identifies the different categories of
qualitative data. The bars decrease in height from left to right.