Tutorial 3

1. Calculate the mean for samples for which:

a) n = 10, ∑ 𝑥 = 85
b) n = 16, ∑ 𝑥 = 400
c) n = 45, ∑ 𝑥 = 35
d) n = 18, ∑ 𝑥 = 242

2. Calculate the mode, mean and median of the following data:

15 13 17 15 12 15 18 16 11 18 10

3. Calculate the range, variance and standard deviation for the following:

a) 39, 42, 40, 37, 41

b) 100, 4, 7, 96, 80, 3, 1, 10, 2
c) 100, 4, 7, 30, 80, 30, 42, 2

4. Calculate the variance and standard deviation for the following:

a) n = 10, ∑ 𝑥 2 = 84, ∑ 𝑥 = 20
b) n = 40, ∑ 𝑥 2 = 380, ∑ 𝑥 = 100
c) n = 20, ∑ 𝑥 2 = 18, ∑ 𝑥 = 17

5. Here are the ages of Peter’s pet mosquitoes:

3 17 23 18 34 52
34 21 15 34 35 45
42 41 30 28 24 25
23 43 34 13 15 43
46 65 53 34 37 23
36 37 38 23 26 34
54 39 26

(a) Find the mean, mode, and median.

(b) Find the range.
(c) Find the variance and standard deviation.

6. Calculate the mean, mode, median, variance, and standard deviation, range, first quartile,
and third quartile for the following English test grades:

70, 75, 80, 81, 82, 83, 85, 85, 86, 86, 86, 89, 90, 90, 91, 92, 94, and 95.

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7. Find the first and third quartiles of the set {3, 7, 8, 5, 12, 14, 21, 15, 18, 14}.

8. The thickness of 40 samples of steel plate were measured and shown in table below.

Thickness, x (mm) Frequency, f

9.60 – 9.80 1
9.90 – 10.1 4
10.2 – 10.4 10
10.5 – 10.7 11
10.8 – 11.0 7
11.1 – 11.3 4
11.4 – 11.6 3

Tabulate the data given, then determine:

a) mean.
b) mode.
c) median.
d) variance.
e) standard deviation.
f) interquartile range.

9. The table below shows the speeds of 120 cars travelling on a highway.

Speed (km/hour) Number of cars

50 – 54 2
55 – 59 14
60 – 64 30
65 – 69 36
70 – 74 18
75 – 79 14
80 – 84 6

Calculate the followings.

a) Mean.
b) Mode.
c) Median.
d) Variance.
e) Standard deviation.
f) Interquartile range.
g) Coefficient of skewness. Interpret the answer.

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10. The following data shows the height and weight of a group of six-year-old children.
Compare the height and the weight, which one has higher degree of variation.

Mean Standard deviation

Height 115.87 4.86
Weight 19.39 2.16

11.
Profit of companies
Profit (RM million) Number of companies
0–2 30
3–5 20
6–8 10
9 – 11 8
12 – 14 5

a) Calculate the mean, median and the standard deviation.

b) Determine the skewness of the data.

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Answers

1.
a) 8.5
b) 25
c) 0.7778
d) 13.4444

2.
mode = 15
mean = 14.5455
median = 15

3.
a) range = 5, variance = 2.96, standard deviation = 1.7205
b) range = 99, variance = 1732.6667, standard deviation = 41.6253
c) range = 98, variance = 1144.3594, standard deviation = 33.8284

4.
a) 4.4
b) 3.25
c) 0.1775

5.

n 39
Mean 32.3846
Mode 34
Median 34
Variance 159.7751
Std. Dev 12.6402
Range 62

6.

n 18
Mean 85.5556
Mode 86
Median 86
Variance 39.3580
Std. Dev 6.2736
Range 25
First quartile 82
Third Quartile 90

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7.
First quartile 7
Third Quartile 15

8.
Thickness, x (mm) Frequency, f x x2 fx fx2
9.60 – 9.80 1 9.7 94.09 9.7 94.09
9.90 – 10.1 4 10 100 40 400
10.2 – 10.4 10 10.3 106.09 103 1060.9
10.5 – 10.7 11 10.6 112.36 116.6 1235.96
10.8 – 11.0 7 10.9 118.81 76.3 831.67
11.1 – 11.3 4 11.2 125.44 44.8 501.76
11.4 – 11.6 3 11.5 132.25 34.5 396.75
Total 40 74.2 789.04 424.9 4521.13

n 40
Mean 10.6225
Mode 10.51
Median 10.5864
Variance 0.1907
Std. Dev 0.4367
Interquartile range 0.6214

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Speed (km/hour) Number of cars, f x x2 fx fx2
50 – 54 2 52 2704 104 5408
55 – 59 14 57 3249 798 45486
60 – 64 30 62 3844 1860 115320
65 – 69 36 67 4489 2412 161604
70 – 74 18 72 5184 1296 93312
75 – 79 14 77 5929 1078 83006
80 – 84 6 82 6724 492 40344
Total 120 469 32123 8040 544480

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n 120
Mean 67
Mode 65.75
Median 66.4444
Variance 48.3333
Std. Dev 6.9522
Interquartile range 9.8889
Coefficient of skewness 0.2398 (postively skewed)

10.
Weight has a higher degree of variation since the coefficient of variation is 11.14%.

11.
Profit of companies
Profit (RM million) Number of companies, f
x x2 fx fx2
0–2 10 1 1 10 10
3–5 20 4 16 80 320
6–8 30 7 49 210 1470
9 – 11 8 10 100 80 800
12 – 14 5 13 169 65 845
Total 73 35 335 445 3445

n 40
Mean 6.0959
Mode 6.4375
Median 6.15
Variance 10.0318
Std. Dev 3.1673
Coefficient of skewness -0.0512 (negatively skewed)

The data is negatively skewed.