Araw, Eronn Ezekiel F.

BSA-3B

Assignment #3. Standard Deviation

1. The following are the weekly hours of service rendered by 50 employees in a

company:

No. of CLASS
Weekly
Laborers MARK fx x-μ (x -μ )2 f(x -μ )2 X2 fX
hours
(f) (x)

30 – 34 6.00 32.00 192.00 -9.50 90.25 541.50 1,024.00 6,1

35 – 39 13.00 37.00 481.00 -4.50 20.25 263.25 1,369.00 17,7
40 – 44 15.00 42.00 630.00 0.50 0.25 3.75 1,764.00 26,4
45 – 49 12.00 47.00 564.00 5.50 30.25 363.00 2,209.00 26,5
50 – 54 4.00 52.00 208.00 10.50 110.25 441.00 2,704.00 10,8
TOTAL 50.00 2,075.00 1,612.50 87,7

Find the range and standard deviation of the above-mentioned data.

Show your solution:
Range = HV-LV
= 54-30
= 24
First equation: Standard deviation=

¿
√ 1,612.50
50−1
=
√
1,612.50
49
= 5.74
First equation: Standard deviation=

¿
√ 87,725
−
( 2075) ²
50−1 50(50−1)
= 5.74

fx
Mean = ∑
N
=2,075/50 = 41.5

Coefficient of Variation (CV)= standard deviation/ μ* 100

CV= 5.74 / 41.5 * 100 = 13.83

2. The monthly salaries of a group of employees are:

Num CLASS
Salaries ber MARK fx x- (x - )2 f(x - )2 X2
(f) (x)
-
300 –399 12 349.50 4,194.00 94,556.25 1,134,675.00 122,150.25 1,4
307.50
-
400 – 499 17 449.50 7,641.50 43,056.25 731,956.25 202,050.25 3,4
207.50
-
500 – 599 20 549.50 10,990.00 11,556.25 231,125.00 301,950.25 6,0
107.50
600 – 699 25 649.50 16,237.50 -7.50 56.25 1,406.25 421,850.25 10,5

700 – 799 17 749.50 12,741.50 92.50 8,556.25 145,456.25 561,750.25 9,5

800 - 899 12 849.50 10,194.00 192.50 37,056.25 444,675.00 721,650.25 8,6

900 - 999 10 949.50 9,495.00 292.50 85,556.25 855,562.50 901,550.25 9,0

1000 –1099 7 1,049.50 7,346.50 392.50 154,056.25 1,078,393.75 1,101,450.25 7,7

TOTAL 120 78,840.00 4,623,250.00 56,4

Interval = 100
Range = HV-LV
= 1099-300
= 799
fx
Mean = ∑
N
=78,840/120 = 657
N
2∑
frequency before median class
Median =
∑ Lm + fm
xi
120
= 499.5 + 2
∑ 29
x 100
20
= 654.5
Mode =

5
= 599.5 + x 100
5+8
= 637.96