Name:________________________________ CYS:_______________ Date:________

1. You grew potato using special soil. You dig them up and measure their mass (g).
The data is as follows:
Value frequency
149 5
154 2
159 6
164 8
169 9
174 11
179 6
184 3
total 50

Calculate the sample skewness and kurtosis (exact value and excess kurtosis).
Is the distribution normal or skewed? Is it mesokurtic, platykurtic or leptokurtic?
2. Thirty Asian Utility vehicles were tested for biodiesel fuel efficiency (in km/liter). The
following frequency distribution was obtained.
Class Boundaries Frequency
7.5-12.5 3
12.5-17.5 5
17.5-22.5 15
22.5-27.5 5
27.5-32.5 2

Calculate the sample skewness and kurtosis (exact value and excess kurtosis).
Is the distribution normal or skewed? Is it mesokurtic, platykurtic or leptokurtic?

3. Use SPSS to calculate the mean, median, mode, standard deviation, variance,
skewness, kurtosis, range, minimum, maximum, percentile 25, percentile 50,
percentile 75 of the following data (Note: screen shot your data view and variable
view, and the answer during the recording-meeting. Include also the histogram of
each variable.

The physico-chemical quality of water from January to December 2020

Temperature Clarity TDS Salinity Phosphate Dissolved pH
(°C) (m) (ppm) (ppm) (mg/L) oxygen
(mg/L)
January 26.9 0.8 584.17 513.3 0.632 4.20 6.8
February 25.9 0.7 542.68 514.17 0.765 4.40 6.9
March 30.5 0.6 548.5 512.68 0.823 4.57 6.0
April 33.93 0.5 800.3 508.5 0.521 3.43 5.79
May 31 0.5 713.3 720.6 0.612 3.36 7.51
June 29.8 0.5 594.17 599.9 0.697 4.10 7.8
July 26.6 0.1 512.68 509.75 2.860 4.20 7.9
August 25.5 1 508.5 502.6 6.440 4.27 8.0
September 30 0.5 613.3 513.3 0.875 5.10 8.8
October 28.8 0.5 574.17 524.14 0.567 5.20 8.9
November 27.6 0.7 522.68 492.68 0.845 5.27 7.0
December 26.5 0.8 598.5 458.5 0.657 5.98 8.6