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Descriptive Stats Study Guide

This document contains summaries of various statistical problems and calculations: 1) It calculates averages and totals for data grouped by month. 2) It examines the median, quartiles, and interquartile range for different data sets. 3) It finds the mean, median and other statistics for various data presented in tables and graphs.

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Descriptive Stats Study Guide

This document contains summaries of various statistical problems and calculations: 1) It calculates averages and totals for data grouped by month. 2) It examines the median, quartiles, and interquartile range for different data sets. 3) It finds the mean, median and other statistics for various data presented in tables and graphs.

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20.

Jan–Sept  = 630 × 9 = 5670


Oct–Dec  = 810 × 3 = 2430
5670  2430
x = 675
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21. (a) ∑ fi = 100  k = 4


(b) (i) median = 3
(ii) Q1 = and Q3 = 5
interquartile range = 4

22. (a) Median = 4


5  18  48  72  100  42 285
(b) Mean = = = 3.8 (or directly mean = 3.8)
75 75

23. (a) σ = 1.61


(b) median = 4.5
(c) Q1 = 3, Q3 = 5
IQR = 2

24.
x f f
4 2 2
5 5 7
6 4 11
7 3 14
8 4 18
10 2 20
12 1 21
(a) m=6
(b) Q1 = 5
(c) Q3 = 8
IQR = 8 – 5 = 3

25. p < 10 because 2 is the mode


Possible values of p are 8 and 9
26. (a) (i) p =34 + 35 = 69
(ii) q =109 – 69 = 40, OR q =120 – (9 + 25 + 35 + 11)
(b) mean = 3.16
(c) 1.09

27. (a) (i) p = 65


(ii) q = 34
(b) median is 17 (sit-ups)
(c) mean = 17.4

144  4k
28. (a) 4.6 =
k  30
4.6k + 138 = 144 + 4k
0.6k = 6
k = 10
(b) Mode = 4

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(10  1)  (20  2)  (30  5)  (40  k )  (50  3)
29. = 34
k  11
40k  350
 = 34  k = 4
k  11

30. (a) (i) 145 (ii) 157 (iii) 167


(b)

Heights/cm
130 140 150 160 170 180

31. (a)
Age range Frequency Mid - interval value
0  age < 20 40 10
20  age < 40 70 30
40  age < 60 100 50
60  age < 80 50 70
80  age  100 10 90

(b) Mean = 44.1

32.
90
80
C um ulative frequency

70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45
LQ = 14 M = 20 UQ = 24
Diameter (mm)
(a) (i) median = 20
(ii) Q3 = 24
(b) IQR = Q3 – Q1 = 10

33. (a) median is 183


(b) Lower quartile Q1  175
Upper quartile Q3  189
IQR is 14

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34.

(a) 100 students score 40 marks or fewer.


(b) For 200 and 600, lines on graph
a = 55, b = 75

35. (a) median m = 32


(b) lower quartile Q1 = 22, upper quartile Q3 = 40
interquartile range = 18
(c)
Time (minutes) Number of students
0 ≤ t < 10 5
10 ≤ t < 20 11
20 ≤ t < 30 20
30 ≤ t < 40 24
40 ≤ t < 50 14
50 ≤ t < 60 6

36. (a) (i) m = 165


(ii) Q1 = 160 Q2 = 170
IQR = 10
(b) 40th percentile, 48th student (a horizontal line through (0, 48) )
a = 163

37. (a)
Mark (x) 0 ≤ x < 20 20 ≤ x < 40 40 ≤ x < 60 60 ≤ x < 80 80 ≤ x < 100
No of Students 22 50(±1) 66(±1) 42(±1) 20

(b) 40th Percentile  80th student fails, (mark 42%)


Pass mark 43% (Accept mark > 42.)

38. (a) 76 (mice)


(b) 11.2 (seconds)
(c) (i) p = 38
q = 132  76 = 56
(ii) x = 11.2

39. (a) D B C
(b) B A C

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45. (a)
Mark  10  20  30  40  50  60  70  80  90  100
No. of Candidates 15 65 165 335 595 815 905 950 980 1000

(b)

1000

900

800

700

600
No. of candidates

500

400

300

200

100

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
Marks

(c) (i) Median = 46


(ii) Scores < 35: 240 candidates
(iii) Top 15%  Mark  63
Note: Answers based on the student’s graph are accepted.

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