Exercise 1

In each statement, decide whether descriptive or inferential statistics is used:

i. The average life expectancy in Fiji is 79 years.

ii. A diet high in fruits and vegetables will lower blood pressure.
iii. The total amount of estimated losses from Cyclone Winston is more than 1 million dollars.
iv. In 2020, the sea level will be higher than now.

Exercise 2

Classify each variable as qualitative or quantitative.

i. Number of apples sold in Suva market every one hour.

ii. Ranking of tennis players.
iii. Colours of caps sold out from a shop.
iv. Time it takes to cut the lawn.
v. Classification of children in a day care centre as infant, toddler, preschool.

Exercise 3

For each of the following, state whether the variable is continuous or discrete:

i. Number of students in ST130 class.

ii. Palm length in centimetres.
iii. Number of crime incidents in Suva last month.
iv. Time taken to complete an assignment.

Exercise 4

The data below shows the number of days’ students in a class in Jai Narayan College in Suva
exercise in a week.

1 2 3 4 4 4 1 2 5 5
6 1 2 2 6 6 3 3 2 1

a) Construct a frequency distribution table.

b) Determine how many students exercise in 5 days?
c) Determine how many students exercise in less than 3 days?
d) Determine the number of days in which most students exercise?
e) Determine the total number of students?
Exercise 5

In a Fiji Care insurance company study of the causes of 1000 deaths, the following data were
obtained. Construct a pie graph to represent the data.

Cause of Death No. of Death

Heart disease 432

Cancer 217

Stroke 93

Accidents 34

Others 224

Total 1000
Exercise 5

A sample of 30 children from a primary school was selected, and was asked what their favourite
fruit was. They were given 3 options:

orange apple banana banana apple orange

apple orange banana apple orange apple
banana apple apple banana orange banana
apple banana banana orange apple orange
orange apple orange banana banana banana

i. Construct a categorical frequency distribution for the data.

ii. Calculate the relative frequencies and percentages for all categories.
iii. Construct a pie chart for the percentage distribution.
iv. Draw a bar graph for the frequency distribution.

Exercise 6

The following are the marks (out of 100) obtained by 50 students of ST131 in the last Semester
Examination.

55 54 76 70 77 80 84 66 80 61

62 64 80 85 78 42 72 63 85 50

72 53 54 76 90 66 85 82 79 83

78 55 69 80 72 74 74 54 54 54

81 86 58 72 92 78 38 85 69 82

Construct a grouped frequency distribution. Use classes 30 – 39, 40– 49, 50 – 59, etc.
Exercise 7

The histogram below represent the age of people who attended a youth conference in Apia, Samoa.

Age of People who attended the Youth Conference

a) How many people altogether attended the youth conference?

b) Which age group had the highest attendance?
c) What percentage of people who attended the conference are over 27 years?
Exercise 8

The amount of protein (in grams) for a variety of fast food sandwiches is reported here.

23 30 20 27 44 26 35 20 29 29
25 15 18 27 19 22 12 26 34 15

i. Construct a grouped frequency distribution using 5 classes.

ii. Calculate the relative frequencies and percentages for all classes.
iii. Construct a histogram and a frequency polygon for the frequency distribution.
iv. Construct a cumulative frequency graph.

Exercise 9

The cash compensations received in 2009 by the highest-paid executives of 12 international

companies (in $000s) were as follows:
2215, 1888, 1477, 1059, 977, 956,
947, 924, 899, 856, 856, 803

i. Compute the mean, median, mode and the standard deviation.

ii. Calculate the values of three quartiles and interquartile range.

Exercise 10

A survey of all the 110 firms in a small state was carried out to find the number of people employed
at each. The results are shown in the following table.

Number of Employees 1 – 10 11– 20 21 – 30 31 – 40 41 – 50

Frequency 32 34 14 12 18
i. Approximate the mean, the mode and the median of the number of people employed at
each firm.
ii. Calculate the variance and standard deviation.
Exercise 11

A group of 24 customers of a popular restaurant were asked on their reviews of the quality of
service. They had to rate the service provided by the restaurant on the scale of 1−10. Below are
their ratings:

a) Construct an ungrouped frequency distribution table for these data.

b) Calculate the following:
i. Mean
ii. Modal class
iii. Median
iv. Variance
v. Standard deviation