UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES

DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS
ECON 1005 INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICS
PROBLEM SET 1

1. In a class, there are 10 psychology majors, 3 sociology, 7 criminal justice, 2

planning, 3 computer science and 5 classified as other. Organize the data in a
frequency table.

2. A sample of 1100 people was asked to give their favourite sport. The responses
were:
Sport
Baseball
Basketball
Football
Golf
Track and Field
Netball
Tennis
Other

Number
324
149
347
29
68
92
45
46

(a) Organize the data in a relative frequency table.

(b) What percentage of the sample DOES NOT play Football?

3. (a) Construct a frequency distribution table from the data given below, using the
classes: 50 59, 60 69, 70 79, 80 89, and 90 99.
87
77
63
64
55

79
83
75
53
68

94
68
77
53
72

60
74
83
82
88

75
82
92
73
65

94
73
57
90
78

(b) Construct a histogram and a frequency polygon for the frequency distribution.
(c) Calculate the relative frequency for each class.
(d) Construct a relative frequency polygon.

4. The following summarizes the scores obtained by 100 students on a questionnaire

designed to measure managerial ability. (A high score indicates a high level of
ability.)
Managerial Ability
2-3
45
67
89
10 11
12 13
14 15
16 17

Frequency
5
15
20
25
15
10
5
5

(a) What measurement class contains the highest proportion of test scores?
(b)What proportion of the scores are higher than 11.5?
(c) Construct a less than cumulative distribution table.
(d) Draw an ogive for the less than cumulative frequency distribution.
(e) Using the ogive in part d, what percentage of students scored less than 5.5?

5. The following are weekly rentals ($) for 45 apartments in a large metropolitan
area:
Weekly Rentals ($)
50 99
100 149
150 199
200 249
250 299
300 349
350 399
400 449
450 499

No. of Apartments
12
10
8
4
4
5
0
1
1

(a) What percentage of workers rented apartments that cost $200 and over?
(b) Construct a more than cumulative frequency distribution table.
(c) Draw an ogive for the more than cumulative frequency distribution.