Lab Module 1: Quantitative Data and Numerical Sum-

maries
You conduct a poll of 150 students and ask the following question: “How many hours
of television do you watch per day?”. The responses to the poll are summarized in the
table below:

Hours of Television Watched per Day N

0 55
1 20
2 30
3 25
4 20
Total 150

(a) Determine whether Hours of Television Watched per Day is a continuous or discrete
quantitative variable.

(b) Compute the sample mean (X̄ ) and mode for Hours of Television Watched per Day.

(c) Compute the lower quartile (QL ), sample median (M) and upper quartile (QU ) for
Hours of Television Watched per Day.

(d) Sketch a histogram of Hours of Television Watched per Day.

(e) Characterize the shape of this data set with respect to your histogram and numerical
summaries.

Lab Module 1 - Worksheet