WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT UNIT 2

COURSE TITLE AND CODE: MATH 1280-01 (INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICS)

𝑥 Frequency (𝑓) Relative Frequency Cumulative Relative 𝑓𝑥 (𝑥 − 𝑥̅ )2 𝑓(𝑥 − 𝑥̅ )2

(RF) Frequency (CRF)
1 2 2 2 2 7.70 15.40
= 0.05
40
2 5 5 2+5=7 10 3.15 15.75
= 0.125
40
3 8 8 7 + 8 = 15 24 0.60 4.80
= 0.2
40
4 12 12 15 + 12 = 27 48 0.05 0.60
= 0.3
40
5 12 12 27 + 12 = 39 60 1.50 18.00
= 0.3
40
6 0 0 39 + 0 = 39 0 4.95 0.00
=0
40
7 1 1 39 + 1 = 40 7 10.40 10.40
= 0.025
40
𝛴𝑓 = 40 𝛴𝑓𝑥 𝛴𝑓(𝑥 − 𝑥̅ )2
= 151 = 64.95

𝛴𝑓𝑥 151
1. 𝑀𝑒𝑎𝑛 𝑥 = = = 3.775
𝛴𝑓 40
2
2. 𝑆𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑑𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑠 = √𝛴𝑓(𝑥 − 𝑥) = √64.95 = 8.06
1
3. 𝐹𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑄𝑢𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑒 (𝑄1) is at the position of (40) = 10𝑡ℎ position, which corresponds to 𝑥 = 3
4
1
4. 𝑀𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑛 is (𝑄2) is at the position of (40) = 20𝑡ℎ position, which corresponds to 𝑥 = 4
2
3
5. 𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑟𝑑 𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑒 (𝑄3) is at the position of (40) = 30𝑡ℎ position, which corresponds to 𝑥 = 5
4
6. Percentage of students owning at least five pairs is the addition of the relative frequencies of 5,6 and 7. This gives
0.3 + 0 + 0.025 = 0.325. This means that 32.5% of students own at least five pairs.
40
7. 40𝑡ℎ percentile is given as: (40) = 16𝑡ℎ position, which corresponds to 𝑥 = 4
100
90
8. 90𝑡ℎ percentile is given as: (40) = 36𝑡ℎ position, which corresponds to 𝑥 = 5 𝑎𝑛𝑑 6
100

Reference:

Problem No 114. Illowsky, B., Dean, S., Birmajer, D., Blount, B., Boyd, S., Einsohn, M., Helmreich, Kenyon, L., Lee, S., &
Taub, J. (2022). Introductory statistics. openstax. https://openstax.org/books/introductory-statistics/pages/2-bringing-it-together-
homework .