MOUNT KENYA UNIVERSITY

SCHOOL OF:

NAME:

REG. NO.:

Course Unit:

Course CODE:

CAT1 and CAT2

INSTRUCTION: ANSWER BOTH QUESTIONS

 1. The following data has been collected with the intention of determining if there should be
need of concern of age great discrepancies among the staff in the Marketing department
of a company. To reach a decision it is required to know the range, mean, and standard
deviation of the collected data below. Compute this parameters.
50, 45, 53, 50, 47, 55, 50, 48, 51, 54, 53.
Solution:
The range = Maximum age value – Minimum age value
= 55 – 45
= 10

dx=x-A=x-
x dx 2
51
50 -1 1
45 -6 36
53 2 4
50 -1 1
47 -4 16
55 4 16
50 -1 1
48 -3 9
51 0 0
54 3 9
53 2 4
--- --- ---
∑ x=556 ∑( dx)=−5 ∑( dx)2=97

Mean x́=
∑x
n

50+ 45+53+50+ 47+55+50+ 48+51+54+ 53 556

¿ ¿
11 11
¿ 50.545 5

¿51
 2

√
( ∑ dx )
2
Standard Deviation = ∑ dx − n
n−1

(−5)2
¿
√ 97−
10

97−2.2727
11

¿
√ 10
¿ 3.0778
2. The mean marks of 100 students were found to be 40. Later on, it was discovered that a
score of 53 was misread 83. Find the correct mean corresponding to the corrected score.
Solution:
Mean score = 40
Mean = sum of observations / no. of observations
Sum of observations = mean * no. of observations
Sum of observations = 40 * 100
= 4000
After replacement, sum of new observation = 4000 – (80+53)
= 3970
Mean of new observation = 3970/100
= 39.7

3. What type of measure scale is being used? (5 marks)

(i) High school men soccer players classified by their athletic ability: Superior,
Average, Above average.
Solution: Ordinal measure of scale
(ii) Baking temperatures for various main dishes: 350, 400, 325, 250, 300
Solution: Interval measure of scale
(iii) The colors of crayons in a 24-crayon box.
Solution: Nominal measure of scale
(iv) Social security numbers.
Solution: Nominal measure of scale
(v) Incomes measured in dollars
 Solution: Ratio measure of scale

4. The A. M of the following frequency distribution is 1.46. Find f1 and f2

Number of Number of days, f fx fx2

accidents, x
0 46 0 0
1 f1 = 76 f1 =76 76
2 f2 = 38 2f2 = 76 152
3 25 75 225
4 10 40 160
5 5 25 125
total 200 292 738

Also find the coefficient of variation.

Solution:

∑ fx = 140 + f 1 + 2f2

Also 200 = 86 + f1 + f2
f1 + f2 = 200 – 86
f1 + f2 = 114
Thus, f1 = 114 - f2    .....(i)

Mean = 1.46

140+ f 1 +2 f 2
1.46=
200

292 = 140 + f1 + 2f2

Thus f1 + 2f2 = 152..... (ii)

Solving (i) and (ii),

114 - f2 + 2f2 = 152
Thus, f2 = 38
Hence, f1 = 114 - 38 = 76
Coefficient of variation, CV:
 population standard deviation , σ
CV =
population mean, μ
2

√
( fx)
∑ fx − ∑n 2

Standard deviation , σ=
n
2

√
(292)
738−
200
¿
200
311.68
¿
√ 200
¿ 1.2484
1.2484
Coefficient of Variation , CV =
1.46
= 0.8551

5. The variable X takes the values 1, 2, 3 and 5 according to the following distribution

x 1 2 3 5
P(x) 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.2

Find E(X), the expected value of X.

Solution:
E(X) = S * P(X = x)
E(X) = 1* 0.1 + 2 * 0.3 + 3 * 0.4 + 5 * 0.2
= 2.9