EXERCISE Chapter 1

a) To investigate the traffic conditions between Kuala Lumpur and Seremban on the PLUS
highway, the following data were collected.
For EACH of the parts, from (i) to (vi) below, you are required to identify whether the
data collected are in a discrete or continuous format.

i) Number of accidents occurred during the month of October and November.

(1
mark)
ii) The average speed of the vehicles. (1 mark)
iii) The average waiting time spent per vehicle, correct to the nearest minute, at the
Sungai Besi toll plaza. (1 mark)
iv) The number of heavy vehicles (more than 4-wheels) on the road during peak
hours. (1 mark)
v) Number of stopovers (at the resting facilities) during the journey
(1
mark)
vi) The maximum queue length at the Sungei Besi toll plaza during peak hours.
(1
mark)
b) Table below shows the frequency distribution on weekly rent of sixty 3-room apartments
situated in the vicinity of Kota Kinabalu. The rents are corrected to the nearest Ringgit
(RM).
Weekly Rent (in RM) Number of Apartments
98 – 102 7
103 – 107 12
108 – 112 17
113 – 117 14
118 – 122 6
123 – 127 4

Rewrite the table above and include the class width, cumulative frequency,
lower and upper class boundaries and midpoint for each class. (5 marks)

c) The marks of 50 students in a statistics test are given below.

Marks Number of students
20 – 29 3
30 – 39 5
40 – 49 9
50 – 59 11
60 – 69 8
70 – 79 7
80 – 89 4
90 – 99 3
Rewrite the table above and include the class width, cumulative frequency,
lower and upper class boundaries and midpoint for each class. (5 marks)
d) Classified the following examples of data as either quantitative or qualitative.

a) The brand of calculators used by STA182 students.

b) The month of INTI bookstores has the highest sales.
c) The percentage of workday an executive spent in meeting.
(3m)