ALCANTARA, ROSEMARIE H.

3BSA5A

Module 3

Let us pause for some exercises

SAQ 3-1

Go back to the scores obtained by Bertha Pila on her statistics exam.

Exam 1 – 88 Exam 4 – 55 Exam 7 – 78

Exam 2 – 6 Exam 5 – 28 Exam 8 – 64
Exam 3 – 46 Exam 6 – 9 Exam 9 – 16

1. What is the mean of the score? 43.33

2. The mean passing mark is 40. Did Bertha pass statistics? How far is her average
from the mean passing mark?
Bertha passed statistics because she got 43.33 mean score which is above the
mean passing mark.

SAQ 3-2

Consider the daily earnings of the employees of a buy and sell firm:
210, 210, 850, 360, 310, 210, 210, 960, 210

1. Construct an ungroupe d frequency distribution table which at least includes

information on X and f.
2. Find the mean daily earnings of the employees of the buy and sell firm.
X F FX
210 5 1050 X̅ = (∑ FX)/N
= 3530
310 / 9 1 310
360 1 360 = 392.22
850 1 850
960 1 960
 SAQ 3-3

Last summer, six salesmen in a heating and air-conditioning firm sold the following number of
air-conditioning units: 16, 9, 11, 6, 10, and 8. Find the average number of units sold and show
your solution.

̅X̅ = (∑ X)/N
= 60/6
=10

Computation of the Mean for Group Data

SAQ 3-4

Mr. Allan Gali, a fabric store manager eager to see if the latest patterns for size 12 dresses
show a longer hemline than last year’s. if this is so, he can then expect to sell more fabric since
each pattern will call for more material. He took a random sample of ten dress patterns and
measured in inches the length of each pattern from the neckline to the hemline. The ten dress
patterns have the following lengths:

41.5 42 39 44 43.5 45 43 45 42 46

1. Compute for n, ∑X, and

 N = 10
∑X = 431

2. Last year, the mean length of size 12 dresses was 36 inches. Can Mr, Gali to sell
more material per dress this year.

Mean = 43.1
Median = 43.25

According to the median, Mr. Gali can sell more material per dress this year
because it shows that the random sample that he took has longer hemline than last
year.

The mean has one major disadvantage; its value can be strongly influenced by extreme scores.
Specifically, the mean is pulled toward the outliers in an exaggerated fashion. When there are
extreme scores in a distribution, it is best to use other measures of central tendency, such as
the median.

SAQ 3-5

Consider the following sample of measurements:

5 7 4 5 20 6 2

1. Calculate the median (Md) of this sample.

2 4 5 5 6 7 20

Md = 5
2. Eliminate the last measurement (the 2) and calculate the median of the remaining
measurements.
4 5 5 6 7 20

Md = 5+6
= 11
= 5.5
3. Is the median affected by the measurement 20? Why?
 No because value of individual items in a data set does not affect the median.

In certain situations, the median maybe a better measure of central tendency than the mean.
Particularly, the median is less sensitive than the mean to extremely large or small
measurements.

SAQ 3-6
The College of Nursing, UP Manila makes a report to the Finance and Scholarship Committee
about the average credit hour load a full-time student takes. A 12-credit hour load is the
minimum requirement for full-time status. For the same tuition, students may take up to 21
credit hours. A random sample of 40 students yielded the following information in credit
hours.

17 12 14 17 13 16 18 20 13 12
12 17 16 15 14 12 12 13 17 14
15 12 15 16 12 18 20 19 12 15
18 14 16 17 15 19 12 13 12 15

1. Create an ungrouped frequency distribution table.

X f fx
12 10 120
13 4 52
14 4 56
15 6 90
16 4 64
17 5 85
18 3 54
19 2 38
20 2 40

2. What is the mode of this distribution? Is it different from the mean and the median?
Mode = 12
Mean = 599/40 = 14.9
Median = (15+15) / 2 = 15

3. If the Finance and Scholarship Committee is going to fund from the College according
to the average student credit hour load, which of the three measures of central
tendency do you think the Committee should use and why?
 If the Finance and Scholarship Committee is going to fund from the College according
to the average student credit hour load, the mean is the preferable measures of
central tendency to be used because mean specifically calculate the average of the
data set which is the Finance and Scholarship Committee’s target data as they are
planning to fund the college using the average student credit hour load.

SAQ 3-7

The faculty of the College of Medicine had registered the following weights in kilograms in
March 1999.

74 82 78 72 78 73 78 73 78 72 78 81

Find the mean, median and mode.

Mean = FX / N
= 917 / 12
= 76.42

Median = 78
Mode = 74

Did you get it right? You will find that constant reading and fidelity to do the exercises will
facilitate liking statistics.

Here is another activity

SAQ 3-8

A random sample of 12 people gave their opinions about making age 50 a compulsory
retirement age for government employees. Opinions were given on a scale of 1-10 where 1 =
strongly disagree and 10 strongly agree. Here is the result of the survey.
 3 1 3 2 3 3 5 5 3 4 4 1
1. What is the mean?
MEAN = 37/12 = 3.08
2. What is the median? 3
3. What is the mode? 3
4. What is the interpretation?

The average response of the 12 people that gave their response is that
they disagree. The responses are equal to the average of 3 which indicates that
they disagree about making age 50 a compulsory retirement age for
government employees.

Module 4
 SAQ 4-1

Find the range and standard deviation of the following weighs (in kilos) of 10 students:
50, 55, 48, 60, 54, 48, 57, 45, 52, 63

SAQ 4-2

Find the range, the semi-interquartile range and the standard deviation of the following
distribution:

Weekly hours No. of Workers

50-54 4

45-49 12

40-44 15

35-39 13

30-34 6

N = 50

SAQ 4-3

On two final examinations (Anatomy and Pathophysiology), the class’ mean grade was 76 and
the standard deviation was 7.6. A Nursing student scored 71 in Anatomy and 75 in
Pathophysiology. In which examination was the student’s standing higher?

SAQ 4-4
A master’s student received a grade of 84 on a final examination in Research for which the
class mean grade is 76 and the standard deviation is 10. On the final examination for the
Statistics for which the classes mean grade was 82 and the standard deviation is 8, the master
student received grade of 92. In which subject was the student’s standing higher?