TUTORIAL 1

SUMMATION OPERATORS

1. X1=3, x2=1, x3=4, x4=7, x5=3

i) Give the mode
ii) Find ∑𝑖=3
𝑖=2(𝑥ᵢ − 1)²
iii) Find ∑𝑖=4
𝑖=1 2𝑥ᵢ²

2. With x₁=3, x₂=1, x₃=2, x4=1, x5=2 , find

i) ∑4𝑖=1(𝑥ᵢ − 2)
ii) ∑𝑖−=5
𝑖=2 3𝑥ᵢ
iii) ∑𝑖=5
𝑖=4 𝑥ᵢ³

3. Suppose that x₁=2, x₂=3 ,x3=5, x4=4, x5=0 and y1=3, y2=2 , y3=1, y4=0 , y5=1.
Calculate the following quantities.
i) ∑𝑖=5
𝑖=3 3(𝑥ᵢ − 1)
ii) ∑𝑖=4
𝑖=2 𝑥ᵢ𝑦ᵢ
iii) ∑𝑖=3
𝑖=1 𝑥ᵢ(𝑦ᵢ − 2)

SUMMARY STATISTICS

1. Rachel measured the lengths in millimeters of some leaves on a tree. Her

results are recorded below.
32 35 45 37 38 44 33 39 36 45

Find the mean and standard deviations of the lengths of these leaves

2. In an experiment to measure the value of ∏,John measured the

circumference and diameter of several tins. He then divided the
circumference by the diameter for each tin. His results are recorded below.
3.05, 3.45, 3.19, 2.98, 2.85, 3.04, 3.28, 3.45, 4.87, 3.05

i. State the mode

 ii. Find the median

iii. Calculate the mean

iv. What percentage of John’s results were higher than the true value of

3. Applicants for a job were asked to carry out a task to assess their practical

skills. The time in seconds, taken by 19 applicants were as follows:

61, 229, 164, 76, 74, 49, 67, 86, 70, 82, 48, 74, 61, 59, 72, 81, 102, 61, 73

i. Find the mode, the median and the mean.

ii. Find the range , interquartile range and standard deviation.

iii. State, with a reason , which of the measures you have calculated you

consider mos appropriate

(a) As a measure of central tendency.

(b) As a measure of variability

4. i. Calculate the mode, mean and quartile range for the following values of x:

20, 13, 15, 7, 12, 14, 15, 1

ii. How do the values 1 and 20 affect the quartile range?

iii.Would you expect a high standard deviation for these figures?

5. Rebecca records the shirt collar size , x, of the male students in her year.

The results are as follows

Collar Size Number of students

 15 3

15.5 17

16 29

16.5 34

17 12

Compute the three measures of location.

6. Consider the following sample dataset .

2, 6, x, 13, 9

You are told that the value of the sample mean is 8.

i. Calculate the value of x.

ii. Find the sample variance.

GRAPHICAL DISPLAYS

1. Below is a box plot of pupils’ marks in a test.

 i. Write down the lower and upper quartiles.

ii. Write down the median

iii. Work out the range

iv. Work out the interquartile range

v. Comment on the shape of the distribution

2. The pulse rates of a random sample of 15 small animals are shown below .

115 120 158 132 125

104 142 160 145 104

162 117 109 124 134

i. Draw a stem and leaf diagram to represent the data

ii. Find the median and the quartiles

iii. Draw a box plot for the above data