Assignment No.

1 (Course STA 301)

Fall 2023 (Total Marks 20)

ID:bc180404684
Name:Maliha Khan
Assignment no. 1 (Lessons 1-9)
Question 1: Marks: 8
Construct a stem-and-leaf display for the grades in Statistics of the students in a college.

11 12 11 10 13 14
96 93 88 95 96
7 7 3 8 9 2

10 12 15 15 10 11 11 13 13 11
94
7 5 5 5 3 2 2 5 2 1

12 10 10 13 13 11 13 12 14 12 10
5 4 6 9 4 8 6 5 3 0 3

11 12 13 12 11 14 11 15 12
94 97
3 4 8 7 9 8 7 6 0

Solution:-

Stem Leaf

8 8

9 6 3 5 6 4 4 7

10 8 7 3 4 6 3

11 7 3 2 2 1 8 3 9 7

12 7 5 5 5 0 4 7 0

13 9 5 2 9 4 6 8

14 2 3 8

15 5 5 6
Question 2: Marks: 12
The following table is constructed from the weights (recorded to the nearest pound) of 40 male
students of a college. Calculate the mean and median of the distribution.

Weight Frequency
(pounds)

118-126 3

127-135 5

136-144 9

145-153 12

154-162 5

163-171 4

172-180 2

Solution:-
MEAN: ∑Ƒx / ∑Ƒ
Weight (Pounds) Mid-Point (X) Frequency Ƒx
118-126 122 3 366

127-135 131 5 655

136-144 140 9 1260

145-153 149 12 1788

154-162 158 5 790

163-171 167 4 688

172-180 176 2 352

∑Ƒ = 40 ∑Ƒx = 5869
= 5869/40 = 146.725
Median:
=I+h/Ƒ(n/2 -c)
l =lower class boundary of the median class (i.e. that class for which the cumulative frequency is just in
excess of n/2).
h=class interval size of the median class
f =frequency of the median class
n=f (the total number of observations)
c =cumulative frequency of the class preceding the median class
Weight (Pounds) Class Boundaries Frequency (Ƒ) Commulative Frequency
(cƑ)
118-126 117.5-126.5 3 3

127-135 126.5-135.5 5 8

136-144 135.5-144.5 9 17

145-153 144.5-153.5 12 29

154-162 153.5-162.5 5 34

163-171 162.5-171.5 4 38

172-180 171.5-180.5 2 40

= 144.5 + 9/12 (40/2 -17)

= 144.5 + 9/12 (20 -17)
= 144.5 + 9/12 (3)
= 144.5 + 9/12
= 144.5 + 2.5
= 146.75