Course Title Statistical Packages and Its Semester: Spring 2021

Application
Course Code STA641 Activity Assignment #4
Due Date August 16, 2021 Marks 10
Student Name Umair Ulfat Student ID mc210200600

Question #1:

Question Statement/Data:

A random sample of 15 articles in a famous magazine revealed the following word counts per
article:

5176 6005 5052 5310 4188

4132 5736 5381 4983 4423

5002 4573 4209 5611 4568

a) Compute the mean, median, mode and quartile of the data.

b) Interpret your results.
c) Indicate whether the data are skewed or symmetrical.

Solution:

a).

STATISTICS

COUNTS PER ARTICLE

Valid 15
N
Missing 1

Mean 4956.60

Median 5002.00

Mode 4132a

Skewness .134

Std. Error of Skewness .580

25 4423.00

Percentiles 50 5002.00

75 5381.00
b).

Mean of the data = 49.56

Median of the data = 5002
Mode of the data = 4132
Quartile of the data
25% (1st quartile) = 4423
50% (2nd quartile) = 5002
75%(3rd quartile) = 5381

c). Interpretation of the data (i)

As we know that data will be positively skewed if

Mean>Median>Mode

In the given result there is slight difference between mean and median but not negative we
can write as

Median>Mean>Mode

5002>4956>4132

Hence Data will be positively skewed.

Interpretation of the data (ii)

As we know that data will be positively skewed if

Mean>Median>Mode

If we take mode as greater value or average value of mean median and mode then result will be

Mean=Median=Mode

It also shows that data is skewed.

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