East West University

Department of Economics
ECO 104 (Section – 7), Spring’ 2021
Homework II
(Due date: 5 April, 2021)

1. Consider a sample with data values of 53, 55, 70, 58, 64, 57, 53, 69, 57, 68, and 53.
Compute the mean, median, and mode.
(6 marks)

2. Consider the following data and corresponding weights and compute the weighted mean.
(4 marks)

3. Consider the following sample data.

(4*2 = 8 marks)

a. Compute the first and third quartiles.

b. Compute and interpret the 20th and 90th percentile.

4. Consider a sample with data values of 27, 25, 20, 15, 30, 34, 28, and 25. Compute the
range, interquartile range, variance, and standard deviation.
(4*2 = 8 marks)

5. Consider a sample with a mean of 500 and a standard deviation of 100. What are the z-
scores for the data values: 520 and 280?
(4 marks)

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