University of Guyana, Department of Economics

ECN 1203 Introductory Statistics

Worksheet 2
Semester 2 2020-2021
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Question 1. The grades of a student on six examinations were 84, 91, 72, 68, 87, and 78. Find the
arithmetic mean of the grades.

Question 2. The annual salaries of four men were $15,000, $16,000, $16,500, and $40,000.
(a) Find the arithmetic mean of their salaries.
(b) Would you say that this average is typical of the salaries?

Question 3. A student’s final grades in mathematics, physics, English and hygiene are, respectively, 82,
86, 90, and 70. If the respective credits received for these courses are 3, 5, 3, and 1, determine an
appropriate average grade.

Question 4. The mean annual incomes of agricultural and nonagricultural workers in the United States
are $9000 and $15,000 respectively.
(c) Find the mean if there is 1 agricultural worker for every 11 nonagricultural workers.
(d) Under what circumstances would the mean be $12,000? (given that (9,000 + 15,000)/2 equals
$12,000)

Question 5. One of the properties of the arithmetic mean is that the sum of the signed deviations from the
mean will always be zero. Prove that this is so using the following set of numbers 5, 9, 10, 7, 9.

Question 6. The thirty members of an orchestra were asked how many instruments each could play. The
results are set out in the frequency distribution. Calculate the mean number of instruments played.

Number of instruments, x 1 2 3 4 5
Frequency, f 11 10 5 3 1

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Question 7. The lengths of 40 bean pods were measured to the nearest cm and grouped as shown. Find
the mean length, giving the answer to 1 decimal point.

Length (cm) 4-8 9-13 14-18 19-23 24-28 29-33

Frequency, f 2 4 7 14 8 5

Question 8. Calculate the mean of the distribution given in the following table.

Table1
Number of
Wages
employees
   
250.00 - 259.99 8
260.00 - 269.99 10
270.00 - 279.99 16
280.00 - 289.99 14
290.00 - 299.99 10
300.00 - 309.99 5
310.00 - 319.99 2

Total 65

Question 9. Find the median of the following numbers. 1, 8, 2, 5, 9, 7, 8.

Question 10. The grades of a student on six examinations were 84, 91, 72, 68, 87, and 78. Find the
median of the grades.

Question 11. The hourly wages of five employees in an office are $4.52, $5.96, $5.28, $11.20 and $5.75.
Find (a) the median hourly wage (b) the mean hourly wage and (c) which average is a better
representation of the data and why?

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Question 12. In the following Frequency distribution the weights of 40 male students at State University
are recorded to the nearest pound. Find the median weight using the formula for the median.

Weight (lb) Frequency

118-126 3
127-135 5
136-144 9
145-153 12
154-162 5
163-171 4
172-180 2
Total 40

Question 13. The Table below shows a frequency distribution of the weekly wages of 65 employees at
the P&R Company. Find the median.

Number of
Wages
employees

   
250.00 - 259.99 8
260.00 - 269.99 10
270.00 - 279.99 16
280.00 - 289.99 14
290.00 - 299.99 10
300.00 - 309.99 5
310.00 - 319.99 2

Total 65

Question 14. Find the mean, median and mode for the sets (a) 3, 5, 2, 6, 5, 9, 5, 2, 8, 6 and (b) 51.6, 48.7,
50.3, 49.5, 48.9.

Question 15. Find the modal weight and wage for the distributions in questions 12 and 13 respectively.