Practice Set GE 4 30 37

PRACTICE SET 4
DATA MANAGEMENT
Name : Date : SCORE
College/Program : Time / Schedule :
Organization and Interpretation of Data

Data that are collected must be organized and presented effectively for analysis and interpretation.
It can be presented in textual, tabular, or graphical.
A. Analyze and interpret the following data set.

1. Twenty-five army inductees were given a blood test to determine their blood type. The data set is
A B AB AB O
O O B AB B
B AB O A O
A O O O AB
AB A O B A
Construct a frequency distribution for the data.
2. To study the library habits of students at a local college, thirty randomly selected students were
surveyed to determine the number of times they had been to the library during the last week. The
following results were obtained:
1 5 2 1 1 4 2 1 5 4
5 2 5 1 2 3 4 1 1 2
3 5 4 1 2 2 4 5 1 2
Organize the data by creating the frequency distribution and construct a pie chart to represent the
data.
Mathematics in the Modern World Page 30
This study source was downloaded by 100000819109316 from CourseHero.com on 12-01-2023 07:41:03 GMT -06:00
https://www.coursehero.com/file/137011082/Practice-Set-GE-4-30-37doc/
Practice Set 4 – Data Management Mathematics as a Tool (Part 1)
3. Table below shows the population in Davao Region based on 2000, 2010 and 2015 censuses. Construct a
bar graph and compare the population in three census years.
Population
Census year
(in millions)
2000 3.68
2010 4.47
2015 4.89
4. Below is the 2016 distribution of the Philippines’ overseas contract workers according to age group.
Represent the data in pie chart and make an interpretation.
Age group Percent

15–24 6.90
25–29 21.70
30–34 22.30
35–39 19.1
40–44 11.6
45 & over 18.5
Measures of Central Tendency

A measure of central tendency (also referred to as measures of centre or central location) is a summary
measure that attempts to describe a whole set of data with a single value that represents the middle or centre of
its distribution.
There are three main measures of central tendency: the mode, the median and the mean. Each of these
measures describes a different indication of the typical or central value in the distribution.
B. Solve the following problems.

1. A small company of the manager, the administrative assistant, the salesperson, and two technicians
whose monthly salaries are listed below. Assume that this is the entire population, compute the mean,
the median, and the mode. Which of these measures would best represents the salary of workers?
Staff Salary
Manager Php 50,000.00
Administrative Asst 20,000.00
Salesperson 12,000.00
Technician 9,000.00
Technician 9,000.00
2. A salesperson records the following daily expenditures (in Php) during a 10-day trip.
185.34 234.55 211.86 147.65 205.60

216.74 1345.75 184.16 320.45 88.12
In your opinion, does the mean or the median of the expenditures best represent the salesperson’s
average daily expenditure? Explain your reasoning.
3. The mean salary of ten employees is Php 32,000, and the median is Php 30,000. The highest-paid
employee gets a Php 5,000 raise.
a. What is the new mean salary of the ten employees?
b. What is the new median salary of the ten employees?
4. Suppose the mean of Group I is A and the mean of Group II is B. We combine Groups I and II to
A+B
form Group III. Is the mean of Group III equal to ? Explain.
5. A professor grades students on 5 tests, a project, and a final examination. Each test counts as 10% of
the course grade. The project counts as 20% of the course grade. The final examination counts as 30%
of the course grade. Vanessa has test scores of 70, 65, 82, 94, and 85. Vanessa’s project score is 92. Her
final examination score is 80. Use the weighted mean formula to find Vanessa’s average for the course.
6. Find eight numbers such that the mean, the median, and the mode of the numbers are all 45, and no
more than two of the numbers are the same.
7. Twelve major earthquakes had Richter magnitudes shown below.
7.0 6.2 7.7 8.0 6.4 6.2

7.2 5.4 6.4 6.5 7.2 5.4
Which would you consider the best measure of average?
8. Pick six numbers and compute the mean and the median of the numbers.
a. Now add 12 to each of your original numbers and compute the mean and the median for this new set
of numbers.
b. How does the mean of the new set of data compare with the mean of the original set of data?
c. How does the median of the new set of data compare with the median of the original set of data?
9. Consider the following data on the test scores for two students.
Mathematics Statistics Math and Stat

combined
Gabriel 84, 65, 70, 90, 99, 84 89, 75, 85 Average: ?
Michael 66, 84, 75, 77, 94, 96, 81 72, 78, 98, 81, 68, 92, 88, 86 Average: ?
Is this an example of Simpson’s paradox? Explain.
10. Raphael’s grades in his statistics classes are as follows: Quizzes: 62, 88, 82 Laboratories: 89, 96
Examinations: 87, 99
a. In this class, quizzes count once, laboratories count twice as much as a quiz, and examinations count
three times as much as a quiz. Determine the mode, mean and median.
b.If Raphael’s quiz grade of 62 was removed from the data, briefly describe the anticipated effect on
the statistics you calculated in part (a).
Measures of Dispersion
The measure of dispersion (also called variability or variation) is the extent to which a distribution is
stretched or squeezed or scattered. Common examples of measures of statistical dispersion are the range,
variance, and standard deviation.
C. Solve the following problems.

1. The Ironman 70.3 Asia-Pacific 2017 Championship result is shown on table below. Compute the range
and standard deviation of the top 10 fastest time.
Athlete Time
Reed, Tim 3:54:07
Mendez, Mauricio 3:56:46
Fisher, Ryan 4:00:20
Berkel, Tim 4:02:31
Mcmahon, Brent 4:05:24
Millward, Callum 4:10:20
Williams, Brad 4:19:55
Watson, Eric 4:23:30
Cosulich, Timothy 4:26:54
Watkinson, Amelia 4:29:17
2. Melvin surveyed the price of unleaded gasoline at gas stations in Davao city and Tagum City. The raw
data, in pesos per liter, are given below.
a. Find the standard deviation of prices in each city.
b. Which city has more consistently priced gasoline? Why?
Davao City 45.90 48.75 48.90 49.01 45.00 47.90

Tagum City 46.20 47.95 48.95 45.52 46.83 47.98
3. Some studies show that the mean normal human body temperature is actually somewhat lower than the
commonly given value of 37°C. This is reflected in the following data set of body temperatures. Body
temperatures (°C) of 30 healthy adults are rec orded as follows:
36.1 37.2 37.0 37.3 36.9 36.5 37.8 35.9 36.3 37.2
37.0 37.2 36.8 37.5 37.3 36.7 36.8 37.7 37.2 36.5
36.1 36.5 36.7 37.1 37.2 36.6 36.4 36.6 36.7 37.8
a. Find the mean and sample standard deviation of the body temperatures.
b. Are there any temperatures in the data set that do not lie within 2 standard deviations of the mean?
If so, list them.
4. A mountain climber plans to buy some rope to use as a lifeline. Which of the following would be the
better choice? Explain why you think your choice is the better choice.
Rope A: Mean breaking strength: 500 lb; standard deviation of 100 lb

Rope B: Mean breaking strength: 500 lb; standard deviation of 10 lb
5. The average number of days construction workers miss per year is 11 with a standard deviation of 2.3.
The average number of days factory workers miss per year is 8 with a standard deviation of 1.8. Which
class is more variable in terms of days missed?
Measures of Position
The measure of position is the position of a value, relative to other values in a set of data. The most
common measures of position are percentiles, quartiles, and standard scores (aka, z-scores).
D. Solve the following problems.

1. A national secondary achievement test is administered annually to high school students. The test has a
mean score of 100 and a standard deviation of 15. If Peter’s z-score is 1.20, what was her score on the
test?
2. On a reading test, Amelia’s score of 455 was higher than the scores of 4256 of the 7210 students who
took the test. Find the percentile, rounded to the nearest percent, for Amelia’s score.
3. A survey was given to 18 employees. One question asked about the one-way distance the employee
had to travel for work. The results, in kilometers, are shown below. Use the median procedure for
finding quartiles to find the first, second, and third quartiles for the data.
Kilometers Traveled for Work

12 10 18 3 4 28 5 32 26
10 41 85 1 7 8 5 10 15
4. Sarah has taken two examinations in her statistics class. She scored 35 on the first exam, for which the
mean of all scores was 32 and the standard deviation was 5.4. Her score on the second exam, for which
the mean of all scores was 28 and the standard deviation was 4.0, was 34. In comparison to her
classmates, did Sarah do better on the first exam or the second exam?
5. A random sample of 80 tires showed that the mean mileage per tire was 41,700 mi, with a standard
deviation of 4300 mi.
a. Determine the z-score, to the nearest hundredth, for a tire that provided 46,300 mi of wear.
b. The z-score for one tire was -2.44. What mileage did this tire provide? Round your result to the
nearest hundred miles.
Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

Practice Set GE 4 30 37

Uploaded by

Document Information

Original Title

Copyright

Available Formats

Share this document

Share or Embed Document

Sharing Options

Did you find this document useful?

Is this content inappropriate?

Copyright:

Available Formats

Practice Set GE 4 30 37

Uploaded by

Copyright:

Available Formats

PRACTICE SET 4

College/Program : Time / Schedule :

Organization and Interpretation of Data

A. Analyze and interpret the following data set.

Construct a frequency distribution for the data.

Mathematics in the Modern World Page 30

Age group Percent

Mathematics in the Modern World Page 31

Measures of Central Tendency

B. Solve the following problems.

185.34 234.55 211.86 147.65 205.60

Mathematics in the Modern World Page 32

form Group III. Is the mean of Group III equal to ? Explain.

7. Twelve major earthquakes had Richter magnitudes shown below.

7.0 6.2 7.7 8.0 6.4 6.2

Which would you consider the best measure of average?

Mathematics Statistics Math and Stat

Is this an example of Simpson’s paradox? Explain.

Mathematics in the Modern World Page 34

C. Solve the following problems.

Davao City 45.90 48.75 48.90 49.01 45.00 47.90

Mathematics in the Modern World Page 35

Rope A: Mean breaking strength: 500 lb; standard deviation of 100 lb

Mathematics in the Modern World Page 36

D. Solve the following problems.

Kilometers Traveled for Work

Mathematics in the Modern World Page 37

You might also like