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EXERCISE NO. 2 : SUMMARIZING DATA (Frequency Distribution)

1. The following are the number of loans released by the cooperative on 110 business days:

62 60 43 64 58 52 52 67 59 60 51 60 54 55 57 49
62 56 63 61 68 57 51 59 47 42 64 66 53 57 51 59
43 67 52 58 47 59 64 58 52 63 48 63 65 61 66 56
65 60 61 59 63 56 62 56 62 57 39 58 62 45 58 64
52 56 63 55 73 60 69 53 66 54 52 78 58 55 57 46
54 61 55 65 55 61 59 74 62 49 63 64 65 67 60
63 53 71 59 46 61 41 60 54 55 64 61 61 50 61

a) Group these figure into a table having the classes 40 – 44, 45 – 49, 50 – 54, 55 – 59, 60 – 64, 65
– 69, 70 – 74, and 75 – 79.
b) Convert the distribution of part (a) into a cumulative “less than ” distribution.

2. A retail athletic shoe store sold the following numbers of pairs of athletic shoes daily during seven
weeks of six working days each.

35 45 63 60 76 75 69 89 75 72 75 64 73 70
49 60 55 75 85 65 67 97 83 40 58 85 65 89
38 65 71 93 43 51 59 65 87 75 32 55 78 61

a) Group these daily sales figure into a distribution having the classes 90 – 99, 80 – 89, 70 – 79, 60
– 69, 50 – 59, 40 – 49, and 30 – 39.
b) Convert the distribution of part (a) into a percentage distribution.

3. Analysis of the 40 grades on a college transcript, where the possible grades were A, B, C, D and F
revealed that the students had attained the following:

B F A C D B C C C B B C B C A C C B C C
B C B A C D C B D B C B A D C B C C B C

Construct a table showing the frequencies corresponding to the grades achieved by the student.

4. The total number of overtime hours worked for each of 30 consecutive weeks by data processing
personnel in an office was 252, 240, 244, 249, 224, 235, 235, 269, 216, 228, 230, 215, 236, 229, 221,
237, 253, 233, 228, 256, 210, 223, 222, 240, 231, 230, 244, 245, 255 and 230. Construct a stem and
leaf plot with one digit leaves.

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5. A double stem plot can be prepared manually as shown here. Using * as a place holder for 0, 1, 2, 3,
and 4, and ● as a placeholder for 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 we get

Stem Leaf
4* 2
4● 7 5 5 5
5* 4 1 1 1 3 4 1 1
5● 7 8 9 8
6* 4 2 4 2
6● 7 9 9 7
7* 2 2 4
7● 8 8
8* 3

where we double the number of stems by cutting the interval covered by each stem in half.

a) Construct a double stem plot with one digit leaves and indicate the median for the following
data:

252 240 244 249 224 235 235 269 216 228
230 215 236 229 221 237 253 233 228 256
210 223 222 240 231 230 244 245 255 230

b) The numbers of automobile mufflers installed each day in 35 consecutive days by an

automobile muffler shop are
41 37 52 41 46 50 47
36 44 51 37 38 44 56
30 34 28 40 39 41 40
38 36 49 43 46 31 31
43 29 31 33 46 37 35
Construct a double stem plot with one digit leaves. Indicate the lower hinge, median
and upper hinge.

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