DA 1111 – Probability and Statistics for Business – I

Tutorial - 1
Question 1
1. Identify the variable type of each variable in the above dataset. (Write down whether
they are qualitative or quantitative. If they are quantitative, you also need to identify
whether they are discrete or continuous.)

No. Variable Variable Type Discrete/Continuous

1 Age Quantitative Discrete
2 Gender Qualitative -
3 Height Quantitative Continuous
4 Older Quantitative Discrete
5 Younger Quantitative Discrete
6 Academic Year Quantitative Discrete
7 GPA Quantitative Continuous
8 Major Qualitative -
9 PHD Qualitative -

2. Calculate the following numerical summary measures for “Age” variable.

 Mean
21+24+25+22+23+26+25+21+21+24+27+28+25+29+26+27+21+2
= 1+21+23
20
= 24

 Median
n+1
=
2
20 + 1
=
2
= 10.5

21 21 21 21 21 21 22 23 23 24 24 25 25 25 26 26 27 27 28 29

24 + 24
=
2
= 24
  Mode
21 21 21 21 21 21 22 23 23 24 24 25 25 25 26 26 27 27 28 29

21 is the mode

3. Calculate the following numerical summary measures for “Height” variable.

 Range
Range
= Largest Value - Smallest Value
= 1.74 - 1.48
= 0.26

 Variance – 0.0055523684

1. Mean
Sum of Values
Mean =
n
32.21
=
20
= 1.6105

x (x 1- x') (x1 - x')2

1.64 1.64-1.6105 0.0295
1.66 1.66-1.6105 0.0495
1.61 1.61-1.6105 -0.0005
1.57 1.57-1.6105 -0.0405
1.54 1.54-1.6105 -0.0705
1.48 1.48-1.6105 -0.1305
1.57 1.57-1.6105 -0.0405
1.68 1.68-1.6105 0.0695
1.63 1.63-1.6105 0.0195
1.72 1.72-1.6105 0.1095
1.62 1.62-1.6105 0.0095
 1.49 1.49-1.6105 -0.1205
1.56 1.56-1.6105 -0.0505
1.58 1.58-1.6105 -0.0305
1.59 1.59-1.6105 -0.0205
1.64 1.64-1.6105 0.0295
1.67 1.67-1.6105 0.0595
1.51 1.51-1.6105 -0.1005
1.71 1.71-1.6105 0.0995
1.74 1.74-1.6105 0.1295

Variance = 0.0055523684

 Standard Deviation – 0.074514216

Standard Deviation = (0.005552368)2

= 0.074514216

4. Write down the suitable graphical illustrations for the followings.

 Distribution of Height
- Histogram Chart

 Number of students under each academic year.

- Pie Chart

 Number of male and female students

- Bar Chart

 Distribution of ‘GPA’
- Histogram Chart