Measures of Dispersion(Statistics) Form 4

1. Table 1 shows the marks acquired by a group of students in a competition. Marks No. of students Find 2. (a) 1-5 12 6 - 10 7 (b) 11 - 15 16 - 20 21 - 25 5 4 2 the standard deviation [7 marks]

the median mark

Table 2 shows the frequency distribution of the marks for 40 students who sat for a quiz. Marks 10 - 19 20 - 29 30 - 39 40 - 49 50 - 59 Frequency 7 9 10 9 5 (a) (b) (c) Find the range of the distribution [1 mark] Without drawing an ogive, calculate the upper quartile. [3 marks] Find the standard deviation of the distribution. [3 marks]

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Table 3 shows the time taken for facial treatment by a beauty specialist to treat 50 customers. No. of customers 6 8 10 14 12 (a) (b) (c) Find the range of the distribution [1 mark] Without drawing an ogive, calculate the interquartile range. [3 marks] Find the variance of the distribution [3 marks]

Time(minutes) 55 - 59 60 - 64 65 - 69 70 - 74 75 - 79 4.

Given the mean and variance of the set of data and are and respectively. Find (a) the value of [2 marks](b) the value of and of [3 marks] The mean of 5 numbers, and is 6. (a) Find the value of [2 marks] (b) If the standard deviation of these 5 numbers is 4, find the possible values of and . [3 marks] The sum of 12 numbers is 156 and the sum of the squares of these 12 numbers is 2 496. Find the (a) mean (b) variance (c) standard deviation

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Measures of Dispersion(Statistics) Form 4

7. The standard deviation of five numbers is 2 and the sum of squares of these numbers is 145. Find the mean of these numbers. [3 marks] A set of 15 numbers . Find (a) the mean (b) has a variance of 54 and it is given that the value of [3 marks]

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The sum of the squares of numbers is . The mean of the numbers is and the standard deviation of the numbers is . Find the sum of the numbers.[3 marks] A set of numbers is defined by , find the value of and . If the [4 marks]

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standard deviation of the numbers is 11.

A set of data consists of five numbers. The sum of the numbers is 62 and the sum of the squares of the numbers is 786. The two new numbers , 9 and 13, are added to the set of data. Find, for the seven numbers, (a) the mean (b) the standard deviation [4 marks] A set of six numbers has a mean of 9 and a variance of 3. When a number is added to this set, the mean remains unchanged. (a) Find the value of (b) Calculate the new variance [4 marks] A set of data consists of 9 numbers. The sum of the numbers is 108 and the sum of the squares of the numbers is 1 521. (a) Find the mean and standard deviation of the 9 numbers. [3 marks] (b) One of the 9 numbers is removed thereby reducing the mean by 1.5.Find (i) the value of the number removed. [2 marks] (ii) the variance of the remaining set of 8 numbers. [2 marks] A set of 8 numbers, has a mean of 3.5. (a) Find (b) A second set of 6 numbers with a mean of 4 is added to this first set of 8 numbers. Find the new mean of the combined set of numbers [3 marks] A set of 40 numbers has a mean of 10 and a standard deviation of 2. Calculate (a) the sum of the numbers (b) the sum of the squares of the numbers (c) Another set of 20 numbers with a mean of 8 and a standard deviation of 1.5 is added to the set. Find the new mean and new standard deviation of the combined set of numbers.

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