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1. The following is a data set

25,28,33,14,37,19,23,27,25,28.
Determine:
(a) the range [2]

(b) the median [2]

(c) the lower quartile [2]

(d) the upper quartile [2]

(e) the interquartile range [2]

(f) any outliers [3]

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2. The numbers of people travelling on a certain bus at different times of the day are as follows
17,5,2,23,16,31,8,22,14,25,35,17,27,12,6,23,19,21,23,8,26
(a) Draw a stem-and-leaf diagram to illustrate the information given above [5]

(b) Find the:

(i) median [2]

(ii) lower quartile [2]

(iii) upper quartile [2]

(iv) interquatile range [2]

(c) Determine if there are any outliers [3]

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(d) State, in this case, which of the median and mode is preferable as a measure of central
tendency and why [2]

3. These are the times, in seconds that 15 members of an athletics club took to run 800 metres.
139,148,151,140,162,182,154,171,157,142,145,178,132,148,166
Find the:
(a) Mean [3]

(b) Mode [1]

(c) Variance [3]

(d)Standard deviation [2]

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4. The table below shows the ages of different people present in a meeting
Age (Years) No. of people
0 ≤ a < 20 80
20 ≤ a < 30 70
30 ≤ a < 40 42
40≤ a < 50 28
50≤ a < 60 10
60≤ a < 100 20

(a) State the modal group [1]

(b) Calculate the mean [4]

(c) Represent the information on a histogram [5]

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(d) (i) Draw a cumulative frequency graph for the data [5]

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(ii) Use the cumulative frequency graph to provide an estimate of the median, lower
quartile and upper quartile [3]

5. The blood groups of 200 people is distributed as follows: 50 have type A blood, 65
have B blood type, 70 have O blood type and the rest have type AB blood. If a person from this
group is selected at random, what is the probability that this person has blood type:
(a) A [2]

(b) B [2]

(c) O [2]

(d) AB [2]

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