SECTION A: MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS (10 MARKS)

ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS.

1. What is the mean of the following numbers, 17,35,26,44,20,94?

a) 36.33

b) 33.33

c) 38.67

d) 39.33

2. What is the mode for the following group of numerical number series,
85,36,29,14,32,29?

a) 14

b) 36

c) 29

d) 32

3. Find out the range of the following series, 54,16,32,98,47,55.

a) 82

b) 47

c) 54

d) 55

4. Calculate the median of the following series, 91,24,18,64,30.

a) 91

b) 24

c) 30

d) 64
5.Find the mode of the following series, 58,19,30,62,47,19.

a) 19

b) 62

c) 47

d) 58

6. Find out the range of the following series, 48,51,29,37,60,40.

a) 36

b) 31

c) 48

d) 40

7. Which of the following symbols represents a population parameter?

a) SD

b) σ

c) r

d) 0

8. A ______ is a subset of a _________.

a) Sample, population

b) Population, sample

c) Statistic, parameter

d) Parameter, statistic
9. Which of the following divides a group of data into four subgroups?
a) quartiles

b) percentiles

c) standard deviation

d) median

10.
Which of the following is not a measure of central tendency?

a) percentile

b) quartile

c) standard deviation

d) mode

SECTION B: CALCULATION (- MARKS)

ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS.
 1. The following sample data set lists the number of age for 50 people do during
their most recent session.

18 29 34 59 73 77 36 39 30 62 54 67 39 31 53 44 2050 40 41 17 11
7 22 44 28 21 19 23 37 51 54 42 86 41 78 56 72 56 17 7 69 30 80
56 29 33 46 31 39 20

a) Construct a frequency distribution (4 marks)

b) Determining the midpoint (4 marks)
c) Determining the relative frequency (4 marks)
d) Determining the cumulative frequency (4 marks)
e) Construct a frequency histogram using mid point (4 marks)
f) Construct a frequency histogram using mid using class boundaries (4 marks)
g) Construct a frequency polygon (4 marks)
h) Construct an ogive (4 marks)

2. The number for of baskets scored by each player in a basketball team, in one
outstanding game, had been recorded in the following table: (Note: The is a sample
because it is not all the members of the team. only the a select few were chosen to
analyze)

25 D’Onfrio
25
Maxin
20 19
20 Richardson
17
Killip
15 12 12
10 Lawson
10 8 Mecado
5 Pederson
5
0 Tomasovic
0 Durham
Number of Points Scored
Lobo

Calculate:

a) Mean (2 marks)
b) Median (2 marks)
c) Mode (2 marks)

3. A marathon race was completed by 5 participants. What is the range of times given in
hours below?
 2.7 hr, 8.3 hr, 3.5 hr, 5.1 hr, 4.9 hr

(2 marks)

4. The starting salaries are for the Chicago branches of a corporation. The corporation has
several other branches, and you plan to use the starting salaries of the Chicago branches
to estimate the starting salaries for the larger population. Find the sample standard
deviation of the starting salaries.

Starting salaries (1000s of dollars)

41 38 39 45 47 41 44 41 37 42 (8 marks)

5. Determine the quartile or interquartile range as specified. The weights (in pounds) of
17 randomly selected adults are given below. Find the interquartile range.

144 165 187 143 119 132127 156 179 159 180 202 114 146 151 168 173

(4 marks)