SVKM’S NARSEE MONJEE INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES (NMIMS)

SUNANDAN DIVATIA SCHOOL OF SCIENCE

DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS
Academic Year 2020 – 2021
B. Sc. (Data Science) I YEAR SEM I
Practical No. 1.2.1 1st December 2020

Measures of Central Tendency – I

1. These data represent the ages of patients admitted to a small hospital on February 14,

2012

85 75 66 43 40
88 80 56 56 67
89 83 65 53 75
87 83 52 44 48

a) Construct a frequency distribution with classes 40-49, 50-59, etc.

b) Compute the sample mean from the frequency distribution
c) Compute the sample mean from the raw data
d) Compare parts b) and c) and comment on your answer

2. M. T. Smith travels the eastern United States as a sales Representative for a textbook

publisher. She is paid on a commission basis related to volume, Her quarterly earnings

over the last 3 years are given below.

1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter

Year 1 $ 10, 000 $ 5, 000 $ 25, 000 $ 15, 000
Year 2 $ 20, 000 $ 10, 000 $ 20, 000 $ 10, 000
Year 3 $ 30, 000 $ 15, 000 $ 45, 000 $ 50, 000

a) Calculate separately M. T.’s average earnings in each of the four quarters.

b) Calculate separately M. T.’s average quarterly earnings in each of the 3 years.
c) Show that the mean of the four numbers you found in part a) is equal to the mean of the
three numbers you found in part b). Furthermore, show that these numbers equal the mean
 of all 12 numbers in the data table. (This is M. T.’s average quarterly income over 3
years)
3. A professor has decided to use a weighted average in figuring final grades for his seminar

students. The homework average will count for 20 percent of a student’s grade; the

midterm, 25 percent; the final, 35 percent; the term paper, 10 percent. From the following

data, compute the final average for the five students in the seminar.

Student Homework Quizzes Paper Midterm Final

1 85 89 94 87 90
2 78 84 88 91 92
3 94 88 93 86 89
4 82 79 88 84 93
5 95 90 92 82 88

4. Fine G. M. for the following data:

x 10 20 30 40 50
f 4 11 8 5 2

5. A man travelled by a vehicle for 3 days, covering 960 kms. everyday. On the first day, he

drove for 10 hours at the speed of 96 kms/hour. On the second day, he drove for 12 hours

at the speed of 80 kms/hour and on the third day for 15 hours at 64 kms/hour. Find the

average speed for the 3 days.

6. The A. M. for the following frequency distribution of heights (in inches) of the students

in a class is 67.53 inches:

Height (in inches) 60-62 63-65 66-68 69-71 72-74

No. Of students 15 54 - 81 24

Find the missing frequency.