CHAPTER 4: LESSON 1

 CONCEPTS AND PROCEDURES

1.1 Explain how the value of the median is determined for a data set contains an
odd number of observations and for a data set that contains an even number of
observations.

- If the number of observations is odd, the number in the middle of the list is

the median. This can be found by taking the value of the (n+1)/2 -the term,
where n is the number of observations. But if the number of
observations is even, then the median is the simple average of the middle two
numbers.

1.2 Is it possible for a quantitative data set to have no mean, no median, or no

mode? Give an example of a data set for which this summary does not exist.

- All continuous data has a mean, median and mode unless the data is not
continues. There are certain instances where a data does not have mode.
Let’s take for example: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10. As we can see there are no
repeated values in the given data so we can conclude that the mode in this
data does not exist.
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 APPLICATIONS

1.3 The following data give the numbers of car thefts that occurred in a Region
during the past 12 days.

6 3 7 11 4 3 8 7 2 6 9 15

Find the mean, median, and mode.

Answer:

Mean: 6.75
Median: 6.5
Mode: 3 and 7
1.4 A brochure from the department of public safety recommends that motorists
should carry 12 items (flashlights, blankets, and so forth) in their vehicles for
emergency use while driving in winter. The following data give the number of
items out of these 12 that were carried in their vehicles by 15 randomly selected
motorists.

5 3 7 8 0 1 0 5 1 21 07 6 7 1 19

Find the mean, median, and mode for these data. Are the values of these
summary measures population parameters or sample statistics? Explain.

Answer:

Mean: 6.06
Median: 5
Mode: 1 and 7

The given data is a sample statistics because data’s were randomly selected and
there are known numbers.

1.5 Consider the following scores as the results of the College Entrance
Examination of 30 students who have taken the admission test.

85 81 94 100 77 98 96 98 67 88

74 79 80 96 83 93 87 77 66 83

66 72 86 91 70 83 94 90 87 61

Prepare a frequency distribution table with a class interval of 5. Find for the
mean, median, mode.
 Cumulative
Scores Frequency Midpoints f.m
Frequency

61-68 4 64.50 4 258

69-76 4 72.50 8 290
77-84 7 80.50 15 563.50
85-92 9 88.50 24 796.50
93-100 6 96.50 30 579
N = 30 2, 487.0

Mean: 83
Median: 92
Mode: 88

1.6 Given the frequency distribution of the daily commuting times (in minutes) from
home to work for all 25 employees of a company.

Daily Commuting Time (minutes) Number of Employees

0 to less than 10 4
10 to less than 20 9
20 to less than 30 6
30 to less than 40 4
40 to less than 50 2

Daily
Cumulative
Commuting Frequency Midpoints f.m
Frequency
Time
0-10 4 5 4 20

10-20 9 15 13 135

20-30 6 25 19 150

30-40 4 35 23 140

40-50 2 45 25 90

N = 25 535
Mean: 21
Median: 19
Mode: 16

1.7 Given the frequency distribution of the number of orders received each day
during the past 50 days at the office of a mail-order company.

Number of Orders Number of Days

0 to less than 10 4
10 to less than 20 12
20 to less than 30 20
30 to less than 40 14

Number of Cumulative
Frequency Midpoints f.m
Orders Frequency

0-10 4 5 4 20

10-20 12 15 16 180

20-30 20 25 36 500

30-40 14 35 50 490

N = 50 1, 190

Mean: 24
Median: 26
Mode: 25