STAT1023 General Statistics

Problem Set 3
Name: Lea Lyn M. De Leon Score:
Course, Year and Section: BSENTREP 2 – 9 Due date: October 20, 2018

I. The following data represent the length of life, in seconds, of 50 fruits flies subject to a
new spray in a controlled laboratory experiment:

17 20 10 9 23 13 12 19 18 24
12 14 6 9 13 6 7 10 13 7
16 18 8 13 3 32 9 7 10 11
13 7 18 7 10 4 27 19 16 8
7 10 5 14 15 10 9 6 7 15

1. Construct frequency distribution table with 6 class intervals.

Class Class xi Tally f < cf > cf rf pf

Interval Boundary
33 – 29 33.50 – 28.50 31 I 1 50 1 0.02 2%
28 - 24 28.50 – 23.50 26 II 2 49 3 0.04 4%
23 - 19 23.50 – 18.50 21 IIII 4 47 7 0.08 8%
18 - 14 18.50 – 13.50 16 IIII-IIII 10 43 17 0.20 20%
13 - 9 13.50 – 8.50 11 IIII-IIII-IIII- III 18 33 35 0.36 36%
8-4 8.50 – 3.50 6 IIII-IIII-IIII 14 15 49 0.28 28%
3-0 3.50 – -0.50 1.5 I 1 1 up 50down 0.02 2%
∑ 50 1.00 100%

Solution:
HV = 32
LV = 3
No. of Class Interval 6
Range = 32 – 9
6
Range = 4.8
Lower boundary 4
Higher boundary 5

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2. Consider the table below:

Class Frequency Lower

Interval Boundary xi fi xi <cf xi-xbar (xi-xbar)2 f(xi-xbar)2 fx2
50 – 46 3 45.50 48 144 30 11.67 136.1889 408.5667 6912
45 – 41 4 40.50 43 172 27 6.67 44.4889 177.9556 7396
40 – 36 7 35.50 38 266 23 1.67 2.7880 19.5223 10108
35 – 31 12 30.50 33 396 16 -3.33 11.0889 133.0668 13068
30 – 26 4 25.50 28 112 4up -8.33 69.3889 277.5556 3136
∑ 30 1090 263.9436 1016.667 40620

Find the value of the following:

(a) Mean

Solution:

= 1090
30
= 36.33

(b) Median

= L+ n/2 - <f (ci) n/2 = 30/2 = 15

f
= 30.5 + 15 – 4 (5)
12

= 30.5 + 4.58
= 35.08

© Mode = Ll + d1 (ci)
d1 + d2

Modal interval is 35 – 31
d1 = 12 – 4 = 7
d2 = 12 – 7 = 5
Ll = 30.50
Ci = 5

Mode = 30.50 + (7/12) (5)

Mode = 33.42 (below mean and median)

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(d) Standard Deviation =

 S= 30(263.9436)
29
S = 16.52

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