Name: ______________________________________________ Date: __________________

Section: ______________ Professor: ________________________ Score: _____________

Activity 1

The average production of 60 employees of a manufacturing company during a week is

presented below. Determine the coefficient of variation.
Average Production Number of Employees Number of Employees
61-65 2 3
66-70 8 7
71-75 11 12
76-80 17 19
81-85 12 11
86-90 6 5
91-95 4 3
60 60
COEFFICIENT OF SKEWNESS (Grouped Data)
Skewness is the degree of symmetry, or departures from symmetry of a set of data. If the
values of the mean, median and mode are not the same, the curve or distribution is skewed. When
the values of the mean, median and mode are equal, the distribution is called normal or
symmetrical distribution. The curve is usually called normal or bell-shaped curve and it has zero
skewness. Both for the ungrouped and grouped data formula for the computation of the
coefficient of skewness is:

sk=

where: = skewness
Example: Given the following data, solve for the coefficient of skewness.

The result of a 50-item assessment administered to 50 employees at the Bank of

Commerce is presented on the table below.
Scores Frequency (f)
21-25 1
26-30 3
31-35 7
36-40 16
41-45 13
46-50 10
=50
Given: 39.7 39.875 38.38

Solution:

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Name: ______________________________________________ Date: __________________
Section: ______________ Professor: ________________________ Score: _____________

Activity 2
COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION AND SKEWNESS

The following is weight distribution of 40 employees. Compute and describe the skewness
Weight Number of Employees
52 – 54 2
55 – 57 4
58 – 60 8
61 – 63 11
64 – 66 6
67 – 69 7
70 – 72 2

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Name: ______________________________________________ Date: __________________

Section: ______________ Professor: ________________________ Score: _____________

Activity 3
COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION AND SKEWNESS

The table below shows the scores obtained by 80 applicants for a secretarial position in two
manufacturing companies.
Scores Frequency (Company A) frequency (Company B)
10 – 18 2 3
19 – 27 3 6
28 – 36 1 2
37 – 45 7 10
46 – 54 22 5
55 – 63 15 24
64 – 72 18 12
73 – 81 9 8
82 – 90 3 10
Compute for the following:
a.
b. Mean of Company A
c. Mean of Company B
d. Median of Company A
e. Median of Company B
f. Standard Deviation of Company A
g. Standard Deviation of Company B
h. Coefficient of Variation of the two companies
i. Coefficient of Skewness of the two companies
j. Describe the type of distribution according to skewness

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