REVISION EXERCISES

1.Distinguish (a) univariate, bivariate, and multivariate data; (b) discrete and
continuous data; (c)cross sectional and time series data (d) numerical and categorical
data.
2.Define the four measurement levels and give an example of each.
3.Which type of data (nominal, ordinal, interval, ratio) is each of the following
variables? Explain.
a. Number of hits in Game 1 of the next World Series.
b. Baltimore’s standing in the American League East (among five teams).
c. Field position of a baseball player (catcher, pitcher, etc.).
d. Temperature on opening day (Celsius).
e. Salary of a randomly chosen American League pitcher.
f. Freeway traffic on opening day (light, medium, heavy).
3.Condé Nast Traveler conducts an annual poll of subscribers in order to determine
the best places to stay throughout the world.Table below is a sample of nine European
hotels from one of their polls.The price of a standard double room during the hotel’s
high season range from $(lowest price) to $$$$(highest price).The overall scores
includes subscriber’s evaluations of each hotel’s
rooms,service,restaurants,location/atmosphere,and public areas;a higher overall score
corresponds to a higher level of satisfaction.
Table:Ratings For Nine Places to Stay in Europe
Name of Property Country Room Rate Number of Overall
Rooms Score
Graveyete Manor England $$ 18 83.6
Villa d’Este Italy $$$$ 166 86.3
Hotel Prem Germany $ 54 77.8
Hotel d’Europe France $$ 47 76.8
Palace Luzern Switzerlan $$ 326 80.9
d
Royal Crescent England $$$ 45 73.7
Hotel
Hotel Sacher Austria $$$ 120 85.5
Duc de Bourgogne Belgium $ 10 76.9
Villa Gallici France $$ 22 90.6
a. How many elements are in this data set?
b. How many variables are in this data set?
c. Which variables are categorical and which variables are quantitative?
d. What type of measurement scale is used for each of the variables?
e. What is the average number of rooms for the nine hotels?
f.Compute the average overall score.
g. What percentage of hotels located in England?
h. What percentage of hotels with a room rate of $$?
4.The following data give the number of orders received for a sample of 30 hours at
the Timesaver Mail Order Company.
23 29 40 42 45 38 26 46 26 35
57 33 52 36 39 47 20 44 46 31
34 45 47 29 49 51 36 48 38 49
a. Arrange these data in data array
b. Prepare a stem-and-leaf display for these data
c.Construct a frequency distribution table. Take 23 as the lower limit of the first class
and 7 as the width of each class.
d. Calculate the frequencies and percentages for all classes.
e. Prepare the cumulative frequency, cumulative relative frequency, and cumulative
percentage distributions.
f. For what percentage of the hours in this sample was the number of orders more than
36?
g.Prepare a stem-and-leaf display for these data
5.The price of a commodity increased by 8% from 1993 to 1994, 12% from 1994 to
1995, and 76% from 1995 to 1996. The average price increase from 1994 to 1996 is
quoted as 28.64% and not 32%. Explain and verify the result.
Hint:Use Geometric Mean and compare it to Arithmetic Mean
6.X started a journey to a village 9 km away from his house. He travelled by car
driving at a speed of 40 kmph. After travelling 6 km, the car stopped running. He then
travelled by rickshaw at a speed of 10 kmph. After travelling a distance of 2.0 km, he
left the rickshaw and covered the remaining distance on foot at a speed of 4 kmph.
Find his average speed and verify the calculation.
Hint : Use Harmonic Mean
7.The marks obtained by 10 students in the subject principles and practices of
management are presented below
48 40 56 67 40 42 41 38 36 45

-Compute the mean,median and mode

-Compute the first and third quartiles
-Compute the 4th ,6th and 9th deciles
-Compute the 24th ,39th ,47th ,54th ,69th ,76th and 89th percentiles
7.From the following data
15 20 70 40 50 64 30 75 20 18 27

Find
-The mean,median and mode
- The first and third quartiles.
-The 2nd ,5th and 7th deciles
-The 31st ,45th ,67th and 83rd percentiles