Mathematics T Semester 3

Data Description

1. The following are the annual amounts of money spent on clothes, to the nearest RM10, by 27 people.
10 40 60 80 100 130 140 140 140
150 150 150 160 160 160 160 170 180
180 200 210 250 270 280 310 450 570
(i) Construct a stem-and-leaf diagram for the data. [3 marks]
(ii) Find the median and the interquartile range of the data. [3 marks]
(iii) Draw a boxplot to represent the data. Comment on it. [5 marks]
2. The following table shows the age, in years of 121 people in a netball club.
Age Frequency
18 – 24 6
25 – 31 11
32 – 38 19
39 – 45 26
46 – 52 45
53 – 59 14
a) Find the mean and standard deviation for the above data. [6 marks]
b) Determine the median. Hence, calculate the Pearson Coefficient of skewness and comment on
your answer. [6 marks]

3. The height , (x cm) of 90 men in a factory are summarized in the following table

Height in cm Number of men

150 <x ≤ 170 7
170 <x ≤ 180 15
180 <x ≤ 190 27
190 <x ≤ 195 20
195 <x ≤ 200 17
200 <x ≤ 220 4
(a) Find the mean and median for the grouped data displayed above [ 5 marks]
(b) Draw, on the graph paper provided, a histogram diagram to represent the data. [ 3 marks]

4. Assume that the box-and-whisker plot above has a normal distribution.

a) State the mean.
b) Calculate the standard deviation. [5 marks]