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Introduction to Statistics

Chapter 6.0 Let’s Review

Attempt ALL questions. The full marks of this test are 26.

1. The following shows the coins that Kary has.

Complete the following table. (5 marks)

Coin 50-cent 1-dollar 2-dollar 5-dollar 10-dollar
Number of coins

2. The following table shows the favourite ball games of S.1A students.
Ball game Basketball Football Volleyball Badminton Table tennis
Number of
//// //// //// //// //// //// // //// //// /
students

Complete the following bar chart for the above data. (4 marks)

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3. The following shows the stationery that Ben has.

(a) Complete the following table.

Stationery Pen Pencil Ruler Correction pen Rubber
Number of
3
stationery

(b) Construct a bar chart for the above data. (9 marks)

4. The following table shows the favourite pets of 30 children.

Pet Dogs Cats Fish Others
Number of
//// //// //// /// ? //// //
children

(a) How many children like fish the most?

(b) Which kind of pets do the most children like? (5 marks)

5. The following table shows the favourite colour of a group of students. Find
the total number of students
Colour Blue Yellow Green Red Orange White Black Others
Number of
//// / // //// //// // /// // /// //// ///
students
(3 marks)

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Introduction to Statistics

Chapter 6.2 Collection and Classification of Data

Attempt ALL questions. The full marks of this test are 36.

Level 1

1. Suggest a suitable way to collect the data in the following case.

The number of people visited Science Museum on one day (2 marks)

2. Suggest a suitable way to collect the data in the following case.

The numbers of light bulbs of different brands sold in a store every month (2 marks)

3. Suggest a suitable way to collect the data in the following case.

The durations of sleep of 40 students last night (2 marks)

4. Suggest a suitable way to collect the data in the following case.

The number of deaths due to lung cancer in each country in the last year (2 marks)

5. Suggest a suitable way to collect the data in the following case.

The lifetimes of different brands of dry cells (2 marks)

6. Determine whether the following data are discrete or continuous.

The number of sales of computers in a shop last month (2 marks)

7. Determine whether the following data are discrete or continuous.

The heights of 3 students (2 marks)

8. Determine whether the following data are discrete or continuous.

The speeds of 7 cars passing the entrance of a highway (2 marks)

9. Determine whether the following data are discrete or continuous.

The number of people participated in a demonstration (2 marks)

10. Determine whether the following data are discrete or continuous.

The TV channels chosen by 500 families last night (2 marks)

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Level 2

11. A food company tries to study the favourite types of food of people in the city.
(a) Which method should be used to collect the data?
(b) Which type of data are these? (4 marks)

12. Brian wants to know the numbers of computers that 200 families own.
Should he use the method of observation to collect the data? Why? If not,
which method should he use? (4 marks)

13. Consider a bus route. Suggest one kind of data that could be collected by
observation. State whether they are discrete or continuous data. (4 marks)

14. Consider the lamps of a certain brand. Suggest one kind of data that could be
collected by experiment. State whether they are discrete or continuous data. (4 marks)

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Introduction to Statistics

Chapter 6.3 Organization of Data

Attempt ALL questions. The full marks of this test are 53.

Level 1

1. The following data show the time (in minutes) between the schedules of 2
consecutive buses of 30 bus routes.

30 10 40 30 20 20 10 40 30 20
20 40 30 30 30 10 30 20 10 30
10 20 50 20 10 20 20 20 10 30

Complete the following table using the above data.

Waiting time (minutes) Tally Frequency

10
20
30
40
50
(3 marks)

2. The following data show the ways of 36 teachers to go to school.

MTR Bus Bus MTR Private Car MTR

MTR Walking Private Car MTR Bus Walking
Walking Bus MTR MTR Private Car Private Car
MTR Walking Private Car Private Car MTR Walking
Bus Private Car MTR Bus MTR MTR
Bus MTR Bus Private Car Bus Walking

Organize the above data into a frequency distribution table. (4 marks)

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3. The following data show the set lunch chosen by 39 customers in a restaurant.

C D C A C B A D B C A A B
D B A B D C C A A B A C B
D B A B D C B A C C B D A

Organize the above data into a frequency distribution table. (4 marks)

4. The following data show the favourite types of books of 25 students.

Action Historic Biography Action Love

Love Love Historic Science Biography
Historic Biography Love Biography Action
Historic Action Biography Love Science
Biography Historic Action Love Biography

Organize the above data into a frequency distribution table. (4 marks)

5. The following data show the colours of shirts chosen by 35 customers in a shop.

White Grey Blue Grey Yellow Black White

White Yellow Black Yellow Blue White Black
Black White Yellow Grey White Black Yellow
Blue Yellow White Yellow Grey Black Blue
Black Yellow Blue White White White Black

(a) Organize the above data into a frequency distribution table.

(b) Which colour of shirts did the most customers choose? (5 marks)

6. Mary recorded the numbers of passengers carried by 30 taxis.

5 3 1 3 3 1 4 3 3 2
2 4 3 1 3 1 5 2 3 1
1 1 2 5 2 4 2 3 1 2

(a) Organize the above data into a frequency distribution table.

(b) How many taxis carried not more than 3 passengers? (5 marks)

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Level 2

7. The following data show the heights (in cm) of 40 boys in S.1.

156 167 162 159 171 163 150 163 174 168
151 159 172 149 155 154 161 164 156 158
181 160 158 152 174 169 172 152 148 163
143 177 175 185 149 164 156 141 170 187

Complete the following table using the data above.

Height (cm) Tally Frequency

140  149

150  159

(6 marks)

8. The following data show the numbers of sit-ups completed by 32 students

within one minute.

56 37 52 49 31 36 50 36
41 49 32 60 59 54 41 47
51 40 47 39 62 52 48 35
43 48 56 45 39 52 43 46

(a) Present the result using a frequency distribution table. Group the data
into 7 classes with 30  34 as the first one, 35  39 as the second one,
and so on.
(b) Which class do most students belong to? How many students are in that
class? (8 marks)

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9. The following data show the heights (in cm) of 36 plants in a green house.

13.5 18.3 15.8 16.3 13.8 15.4 12.7 12.4 14.5

15.8 12.2 14.5 15.7 15.3 16.0 11.9 15.6 13.3
14.7 17.2 18.6 19.2 16.3 15.1 15.4 14.7 14.6
12.9 16.4 17.2 15.3 10.6 13.9 16.9 13.8 16.3

Organize the above data into a frequency distribution table. (6 marks)

10. The following data show the maximum temperatures (in C) of a city in the past 30 days.

31.6 29.7 32.4 34.9 31.5 33.6 34.0 33.6 31.4 34.8
31.4 30.9 32.5 33.7 35.6 33.4 32.1 31.7 30.6 33.5
29.1 34.0 31.9 32.0 34.3 31.9 35.2 35.2 34.8 30.5

(a) Present the result using a frequency distribution table. Group the data
into 7 classes with 29.0C  29.9C as the first one, 30.0C  30.9C as
the second one, and so on.

(b) Find the percentage of days that the maximum temperature is lower than
32C. (8 marks)

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