Ethiopian Civil Service University

MA In Tax/customs Policy and Administration

Regular

Individual Assignment
Max mark: 20%

Assessment-I of Advanced research-II

Instructions:
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Submition:
Submition date: June 1, 2023

Note: Using Time has value

Answer the following questions

1) The demand for a product on each of 20 days was as follows, (in units).
3, 12, 7, 17, 3, 14, 9, 6, 11, 10, 1, 4, 19, 7, 15, 6, 9, 12, 12,
8 Calculate arithmetic mean

2):- From the following data, calculate arithmetic mean

Daily demand Frequency
> 0≤ 5 4
>5≤10 8
> 10 ≤ 15 6
> 15 ≤ 20 2
3. For the week ended 15 November, the wages earned by the 69 operators employed in the machine shop
of Waves Ltd were as follow: Calculate the weighted arithmetic mean.
Wages Number of operative
Under Birr. 60 3
Birr 60 and under Birr 70 11
Birr 70 and under Birr 80 16
Birr 80 and under birr 90 15
Birr 90 and under birr 100 10
Birr 100 and under birr 110 8
Birr 110 and under birr 6

4.Calculate the mode of the following frequency distribution

Value Frequency
At least Less than
10 25 6
25 40 19
40 55 12
55 70 7
70 85 3
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 5.An analysis of sales invoices outstanding at the end of February is as follows:
Invoice value Number of
At least Less than invoices
Birr birr
10 25 4
25 40 8
40 55 18
55 70 9
70 85 3
Calculate the mode of the above frequency distribution

6.Find median of the following values:

(i) 8, 6, 9, 12, 15, 6, 3, 20, 11.
(ii) 8, 6, 7, 2, 1, 11, 3, 2, 5, 2

7.Find the median of an ungrouped frequency distribution

Value X 8 12 16 17 19
Frequency f 3 7 12 8 5
8. The average monthly earning of 135 employees of Hunde Ltd. Have been
analyzed as a grouped frequency distribution as follows:
Average monthly earnings Number of
More than Not more than invoices
Birr Birr
120 140 12
140 160 49
160 180 25
180 200 18
200 220 17
220 240 14
Calculate the median monthly earnings of employees of Hunde Ltd.

9. The following grouped frequency distribution gives the annual wages of 200 employees in
an engineering firm.
Wages Number of employees
bir
5000 and less than 5500 4
5500 and less than 6000 26
6000 and less than 6500 133
6500 and less than 7000 35
7000 and less than 7500 2
Calculate mean, median and mode of annual wages.

10. SYMMETRICAL DISTRIBUTION –question :-

(a) In a perfectly symmetrical frequency distribution, the mean of the data is 88. Find
median and mode.
(b) In a moderately skewed frequency distribution, mean = 60 and median = 55. Find
mode.