CHAPTER 2

EXERCISES
ANSWERS
SUMMARIZING DATA
Frequency Table
1.

a. Construct a frequency table with 10 classes. Identify upper and lower limits of
each class (you may use different starting points.) Also identify the corresponding
class boundaries, class marks, and class width.
SCORE
290-309
270-289
250-269
230-249
210-229
190-209
170-189
150-169
130-149
110-129

LOWER LIMITS
:
UPPER LIMITS
:
CLASS BOUNDARIES
CLASS MARKS

CLASS WIDTH

FREQUENCY
100
500
200
50
50
427
273
200
100
100
2000

110,130,150,170,190,210,230,250,270,290
129,149,169,189,209,229,249,269,289,309
:129.5 ,149.5, 169.5, 189.5, 209.5, 229.5, 249.5, 269.5,
289.5, 289.5,309.5
119.5, 139.5, 159.5, 179.5, 199.5 , 219.5, 239.5, 259.5,
279.5,299.5
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b. Do (a) with 8 classes

SCORE
285-309
260-284
235-259
210-234
185-209

FREQUENCY
100
500
200
50
50

160-184
135-159
110-134
LOWER LIMITS
:
UPPER LIMITS
:
CLASS BOUNDARIES:
CLASS WIDTH
:

427
273
400
2000

110,135,160,185,210,235,260,285
134,159,184,209,234,259,284,309
134.5, 159.5, 184.5 ,209.5 ,234.5, 259.5, 284.5, 309.5
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2. The following scores represent the time (in hours) between failures of aircraft
radios
a. Construct a frequency table with 10 classes
NO. OF HOURS
31-52
53-74
75-96
97-118
119-140
141-162
163-184
185-206
207-228
229-250

TALLY MARKS
IIIII
IIII
IIIII-I
IIIII
IIIII-IIIII-IIIII-III
IIIII
IIII
I
I
I

FREQUENCY
5
4
6
5
18
5
4
1
1
1
50

b. Construct a cumulative frequency table with 10 classes.

NO. OF HOURS
FREQUENCY
Less than 53
5
Less than 75
9
Less than 97
15
Less than 119
20
Less than 141
38
Less than 163
43
Less than 185
47
Less than 207
48
Less than 229
49
Less than 251
50

PICTURES OF DATA
1. Of the religious congregations in the United States, 1.5% are Jewish, 7.2% are
Roman Catholic, 90.4% are Protestants, and 0.9% are of other denominations.
Construct a pie chart to depict the information.

2. The following table shows the time (in seconds) required for mice to work
through a special type of maze:

a. Construct the histogram.

Time (in sec) required for mice to work

through a special type of maze
40

35

35

30

30
25
20
15

35
30

22

20

15
10

10
5
0
1-34

35-68

69-102

103-136

137-170

171-204

205-238

239-272

b. Construct the frequency polygon.

Time (in sec) required for a mice to work

through a special type of maze
40
35

35

30

30

35
30

25
22

20
15

20

15

10

10

5
0
1-34

35-68

69-102

103-136

137-170

171-204

205-238

239-272

c. Construct the corresponding cumulative frequency table and ogive.

SCORE
Less than 35
Less than 69
Less than 103
Less than 137
Less than 171
Less than 205
Less than 239
Less than 273

FREQUENCY
15
37
67
102
137
157
177
187

Time (in sec) required for a mice to work

through a special type of maze
200
180
160
140
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
Less than Less than Less than Less than Less than Less than Less than Less than
35
69
103
137
171
205
239
273

MEASURES OF CENTRAL TENDENCY (AVERAGES)

1. The college entrance examination scores of 15 randomly selected high school
seniors are: 448, 403, 278, 448, 322, 403, 535, 210, 322, 425, 308, 370, 425, 320,
632.
Find:
a. Mean =390
b. median =403
c. mode = 322, 403, 425, 448
d. midrange = 421
2. Job applicants are given an aptitude test and their results are 186, 159, 173,
176, 216, 197, 206, 168, 204, 213, 240, 190, 180, 233, 202.
Find:
a. mean= 196.2
b. median = 197

c. mode = have no mode

d. midrange = 279
DISPERSION STATISTICS
1. The college entrance examination scores of 15 randomly selected high school
seniors are: 448, 403, 278, 448, 322, 403, 535, 210, 322, 425, 308, 370, 425, 320,
632.
Find:
a. range = highest lowest score
= 632-210
= 422
b. variance (sample) s = (x-x )
n-1
= 155,138
14-1
= 155,138
13
= 11,933.69
Variance of population
= (x-x )
n
= 155,138
14
= 1108.29
x
210
278
308
320
322
322
370
403
425
425
448
448
535
632
N=14
Total= 5446

x-x
-179
-111
-81
-69
-67
-67
-19
14
36
36
59
59
146
243

(x-x)
32041
12321
6561
4761
4489
4489
361
196
1296
1296
3481
3481
21316
59049
155,138

x = 5446
14
= 389
a. standard deviation( sample)
s=
=
= 109.24
Standard deviation (population)
=
=
= 33.29
2. Job applicants are given an aptitude test and their results are 186, 159, 173,
176, 216, 197, 206, 168, 204, 213, 240, 190, 180, 233, 202.
Find:
a. range= HS-LS
=240-159
= 81
_
b. variance of sample = s=(X-X) / (n-1)
=7,668.4 / (15-1)
=7,668.4 / 14
= 547.74

Variance of population

_
O2 = (X-X) / (n)
= 7,668.4 / 15
=511.23

Standard deviation of a sample = 547.74

= 23.40
Standard deviation of a population = 511.23
= 22.61
MEASURES OF POSITION
1.

The scores on a test have a mean of 72 and a standard deviation of 8. For each
of the given test scores, find the corresponding z score. (a) 80, (b) 84, (c) 60,
(d) 52.

2.
a.Z=(80-72)/8
= 8/8
=1

b. Z=(84-72)/8
=12/8
=1.5

c. Z=(60-72)/8
= -12/8
= -1.5

d. Z=(52-72)/8
= -20/8
= -2.5

2. Arrange the given data in order from lowest to highest. Then find P50 (50percentile).
16
18
21
22
25

28
29
35
38
39

40
41
42
46
47

51
53
55
56
59

60
62
63
65
67

69
70
71
73
75

77
79
81
83
85

Percentile of Score
X = No.of score less than x X 100
Total no. of scores
Percentile of 50 = 15 X 100
40
=37.5
The score of 50 is the 37th .5 percentile

BY:
JOY D. OGERIO

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