TUTORIAL CHAPTER 2: Describing data

1. DataA:2,7,10,9,2,5,16
DataB:10,8,14,20,42,32,1,4,8,36,12,30
Foreachoftheabovedatafindthe
a) Mean,
FordataA
(2+7+10+9+2+5+16)/7
b) Median,
Arrangingfromsmalltobig
2,2,5,7,9,10,16
Medianis(n+1)/2=8/2=4,medianis7
c) Mode,
Modeismostfrequentdata,frequencyof2is2thereforemodeis2
d) Range,
162=8
e) VarianceandStandarddeviation(ifthedataAandBarepopulationdata),

f) VarianceandStandarddeviation(ifthedataAandBaresampledata),

 2. Basedonthetablebelow,
a. Calculatethemedian
b. Drawahistogramandhence,determinethemode

Age(xyears) Numberofapplicants,f Cumulativefrequency

3 7 2 2
8 12 4 6
13 17 7 13
18 22 8 21
23 27 7 28

Medianis(n+1)/2=(28+1)/2=14.5

Cf=13

Median=18+((28/2)13)/8x(2318)=

 3.

ClassInterval Numberofapplicants
6 9 3

9 12 2
12 15 6
15 18 4
18 21 1

Fortheabovesampledata,findthe

a) Mean,medianandmode

b) Range,variance
 Range=21.55.5=

c) Standarddeviation
d) Skewnessofthedata