1) Variance =S2

S2 =∑(x-x)2/n-1

X=∑x/n-1

=27+25+20+10+12+14+17+19/8-1

=144/7

=20.5

Now to find variance hourly wages

Hourly wages (x-x) (x-x)2

27 9 81
25 7 49
20 2 4
10 -8 64
12 -6 36
14 -4 16
17 -1 1
19 -1 1
144 252

Now ∑(x-x)2=252

Therefore variance is calculated as

S2 =∑(X-x)2/n-1

252/7

=36

1b) Standard Deviation =s=∑(x-x)2/n

S= S2

=36

=6

2) Class Width =47-1/6

=7,67

=8

Class frequency
 Class Frequency
0-8 16
9-17 22
18-26 10
27-35 5
36-44 4
45-53 3

B) MEAN= M =∑MF/N

CLASS FREQUENCY MIDPOINT MF

0-8 16 4 64
9-17 22 13 286
18-26 10 22 220
27-35 5 31 155
36-44 4 40 160
44-53 3 49 147
1032

M= 1032/60 = 17.2

MODE=1+(FI-FO/2FI-FO-F2)X2

= 9+(22-16/2(22)-16-10)X8

=9=(6/18)X8

=11,67

YEAR O Ei (oi-Ei) (oi-Ei/Ei)2 (oi-e)2/E1

1978 164 146,4 17,6 309.76 2.116
1979 142 146,4 -4,4 19.36 0.132
1980 153 146,4 6,6 43.56 0.298
1981 171 146,4 24,6 605.16 0.298
1982 171 146,4 24,6 605.16 4.134
1983 148 146,4 1,6 2.56 4.134
1984 136 146,4 -10.4 108.16 0.017
1985 133 146,4 -13.4 179.56 1.227
1986 138 146,4 -8.4 70.56 0.482
 1987 132 146,4 -14.4 207.36 1.416
1988 145 146,4 -1.4 1.96 0.013
1989 124 146,4 -22.4 501.76 3.427

X2 =18.135

X2 critical value for chi square table 5% level of significant and 11 degrees of freedom is 19.675

Since x2 <19.675 we fail to reject H 0 and conclude that at 5% level is significant the distribution of
the observed number of suicides for each year does not differ significantly from an equal number of
suicides each year