MEP: Demonstration Project Unit 9: Data Analysis

Practice Book UNIT 9 Data Analysis Answers

9.1 Mean, Median, Mode and Range

1. (a) 6 (b) 65 (c) 11.3 (d) 151 (e) 110.7

2. x=8 3. (a) 246 (b) a = 47

4. (a) Mean: 12.67 (to 2 d.p.); median: 12; mode: 11

(b) Mean: 12; median: 13; mode: 14
(c) Mean: 7.125; median: 7; mode: 7
(d) Mean: 96.1; median: 98; mode: 98

5. (a) 24 (b) 26 (c) Class size in Year 9 is more uniform than in Year 8.

6. (a) (i) 31 (ii) 12

(b) There is a bigger gap between the youngest and oldest teachers in the English Department
than there is in the Mathematics Department. There must be at least one English teacher in
their 40's or above.
7. 20, 60

8. 5.6

9. (a) – 4 (b) 5 (c) 2 (d) 4 (e) 30

10. (a) (i) 9 (ii) 8 (b) 6

(c) Betty's scores are more spread out. Betty has a lower average score.

11. (a) 9, 5, 4, 2 (b) 2 (c) Red

12. (a) Does not start at (0, 0), etc.

(b) (i) No; 45 years old has a wage above the median.
(ii) No, the mode is still £370.

13. (a) 5 (b) 40 (c) 42 (d) The median or mean are affected by extreme values.

9.2 Finding the Mean from Tables and Tally Charts

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1. (a) 20 mm (b) 23.7 mm (c)
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2. (a) 35 kg (b) 34 kg (c) 34.2 kg

3. Mode: 5 kg; median: 4 kg; mean: 3.87 kg

4. (a) 8 (b) 6.5 (c) 6.4 (to 1 d.p.) (d) 64% (to nearest %)

5. (a) £829.63 (to nearest penny) (b) £850 (c) £760

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6. Mean: 6.37 (to 2 d.p.); median: 6.5; mode: 7 7. 0 ≤ x ≤ 4

8. (a) Peter: 5; Paul: 4.67 (to 2 d.p.)

(b) Peter did better on most of the holes. No, the mean scores do not show this.
(c) Peter: 3; Paul: 4 (d) Peter: 2; Paul: 6
(e) The mode is the best measure to use as it is the only one which indicates that Peter
performed much better than Paul at most of the holes, apart from his disaster on the 9th.

9. (a) 0.25
(b) (i) 2.5 (ii) 3.17 (to 2 d.p.)
(iii) The median and the mode do not take into account the extreme scores (the best and
worst matches). The mean is most commonly understood by the public.

10. (a) 4 (b) 67 (c) mean

(d) Between 3 and 4. Many families travel to town by car on a Saturday afternoon to look
around the shops.

11. (a) 8 (b) 3.1°C

9.3 Calculations with the Mean

1. 7.54 (to 2 d.p.)
2. (a) 3.2 (b) 2.7 (c) 2
3. 98
4. 5
5. 9
6. 10
7. (a) 10.5 kg (b) 493.8 kg

8. (a) 34 (c) x = 13 , y = 21 (d) 2

9. (a) 5 (b) m = 10

9.4 Mean, Median and Mode for Grouped Data

1. (a) Mid-values for table are: 3, 8, 13, 18, (23), 28, 33, 38, 43 (b) 16.1 (c) 16.5

2. (a) 22 ≤ x ≤ 24 (b) £22.78

3. (a) 20 – 24 (c) 24.375

4. (b) 4.33 tonnes

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5. (a) (i) 5.6 – 5.8 mm (ii) 5.838 mm or 5.8 (2 s.f.)

(b) (i) 6.4 – 6.6 mm (ii) 6.6 mm

6. (a) 16 (b) 15.8 (c) 0.2, 1.25%

7. (b) Registry Office: 10.9 months; Church: 25.3 months

(c) People who marry in church have longer engagements.

8. (a) (i) 10, 11, 4, 4, 1 (ii) 22.8

(b) (ii) 24.5
(iii) The average age for first time violent crime is lower in country X.

9. (a) 164.3˙ cm (b) She estimated the median.

10. (b) £41.64 (b) Colin because he sold most items per hour (1520)

11. (a) (i) 50.1 seconds (ii) 40 – 50 seconds

(b) For Supermarket A, modal class: 40 – 50; mean: 50
(c) The mean, because it indicates that the customers were served faster in Supermarket B.

12. a = 23, b=6

13. (a) 7.5 minutes

14. (a) 102 (b) 35

54
15. (a) 5 < w ≤ 10 (b) (≈ 0.83) (c) 9.19
63

9.5 Cumulative Frequency

1. (a) 37 (b) 23 (c) 40

2. (a) 38 (b) (i) 12 (ii) 70%

3. (a) 18.5 (b) 5% (to nearest %)

4. (a) A: 31; B: 80 (b) 15 (c) 52 (d) 28; 35%

5. (a) 4 miles (b) 3 miles

6. (a) 4, 9, 17, 33, 56, 81, 93, 99, 100 (b) Correct graph
(c) (i) 77.5 mph (ii) 22 mph (d) 30%

7. (a) Frequencies are 4, 5, 4 and 7. (b) (i) 83 seconds (ii) 29 seconds

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8. (b) (i) 83 seconds (ii) 29 seconds

(c) The second group recovered more quickly, with fewer extreme values.

9. (a) (ii) median: 62, inter-quartile range: 23

(iii) Maths marks are slightly higher and considerably more spread out.
(b) 0.88

10. (a) Cumulative frequencies are: 0, 23, 58, 99, 162, 183, 193, 200
(c) 19 minutes (c) Yes, about 65%

11. (a) 6 hours (b) 10, 30, 55, 95, 110, 120 (d) 39 - 44

12. (a) 33, 64, 83, 95, 100 (b) 22.5 to 23.5 miles (c) 53 to 55 cars

9.6 Standard Deviation

1. (a) mean: 10; s.d: 1.41 (b) mean: 10; s.d: 7.6 (c) mean: 10; s.d: 0
(d) mean: 10; s.d: 5.69

2. (a) Set C (b) Set B

3. Before: mean: 9.78; s.d: 17.7 After: mean: 4.33; s.d: 4.83
You can conclude that on average after privatisation trains were late less frequently and by a
smaller amount of time.
It is not entirely a safe conclusion, as the sample size is rather small.

4. (a) Type y (b) The graph for Type y is more spread out.

5. Compost A: mean: 20; s.d: 6.71; Compost B: mean: 20; s.d: 1.87; Compost B

6. First Exam: mean: 52.2; s.d. 22.75 Second Exam: mean: 54.8; s.d: 14.18
The average was higher in the second exam. Also the marks were less spread out, so more
people were near the mean than in the first exam.
It depends on the actual pass mark set.

7. Mean: 11; s.d: 3.08

On average they sell more bottles of the new brand per day, but there is more variation among
sales per day.
The new brand is a success because after 20 days it is still selling well.

8. Player 1: mean: 0.93; s.d: 1.16 Player 2: mean: 0.93; s.d: 0.59
The manager perhaps should buy Player 2 because he is more reliable.

9. Mean: 25.7; s.d: 2.02

On average more people are taking the bus and there is less variation in the number of
passengers, so the reduction in fares has been a success.

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