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Descriptive statistics

Answers

Number of crisps
88
89
90
91
92

Number
1
2
3
4
5
6

Exercise 2A
1

Discrete

Continuous

Discrete

Discrete

Continuous

Discrete

Continuous

Continuous

Continuous

Discrete

Continuous

Discrete

Biased

Random

Biased

Random

Biased

Number of goals
0
1
2
3
4
5
Number of heads
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Age
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16

Frequency
4
9
8
7
4
1
4
3

Frequency
7
9
11
6
7
10

m = 6, n = 3

Exercise 2C

Exercise 2B
1

Frequency
3
6
16
3
2

1
Frequency
4
7
7
4
1
2
Frequency
1
1
4
4
3
7
9
4
5
2
4
3
3

Answers will depend on width of class intervals

chosen. Example:
a

Number
0x<5
5 x < 10
10 x < 15
15 x < 20
20 x < 25
25 x < 30
30 x < 35
35 x < 40
40 x < 45
45 x < 50

Frequency
1
7
3
4
6
1
5
0
2
1

Number
10 x < 20
20 x < 30
30 x < 40
40 x < 50
50 x < 60
60 x < 70
70 x < 80
80 x < 90
90 x < 100

Frequency
7
5
7
5
7
5
5
2
2

Number
1x<3
3x<5
5x<7
7x<9
9 x < 11
11 x < 13
13 x < 15
15 x < 17
17 x < 19
19 x < 21

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Frequency
3
7
4
3
6
3
4
3
1
1

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Exercise 2D
Class

Lower
boundary
8.5
12.5
16.5
20.5

912
1316
1720
2124
b

Time
(t seconds)
2.0 t < 2.2
2.2 t < 2.4
2.4 t < 2.6

Upper
boundary
12.5
16.5
20.5
24.5

Lower
boundary
2.0
2.2
2.4

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1011
Length (cm)

Number
0 x < 10
10 x < 20
20 x < 30
30 x < 40
40 x < 50
50 x < 60
60 x < 70
70 x < 80
80 x < 90

Upper
boundary
2.2
2.4
2.6

Exercise 2E
f
26
24
22
20
18
16
14
12
10
8
6
4
2

10

20

30

40

50 c

Lower boundaries are 20, 30, 40, 50, 60

Upper boundaries are 30, 40, 50, 60, 70

f
12
10
8
6
4
2

a
b

20 40 60 80
Number of times traveled
by train

Number of
weeds
0 x < 10
10 x < 20
20 x < 30
30 x < 40
40 x < 50
50 x < 60
60 x < 70
70 x < 80

20

40
Age

60

16
12
8
4

f
40

20 40 60 80
Number of weeds

30

20
10

10
21
14
12
10
7
3
3

20

80 x

Lower boundary of the third class is 0.8 and

the upper boundary is 1.0

frequency

Frequency

6
a

Frequency
8
10
7
6
3
6
5
4
1

10

Frequency

30
25
20
15
10
5

Frequency

1 a

0.4

0.8

1.2

1.6

2 x

Lower boundaries are 3.5, 4.5, 5.5, 6.5, 7.5,

8.5, 9.5
Upper boundaries are 4.5, 5.5, 6.5, 7.5, 8.5,
9.5, 10.5

The lower boundary of the fourth group is

15.5 and the upper boundary is 20.5

f
32
28
24
20
16
12
8
4
0

10

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20

30

40

50 x

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8

600

(76 + 54 + 65)

Number of visitors

400

6
10

12

14 16
Time

18

Exercise 2F
a

= 68

So, 195 + x = 68(4) = 272 x = 77

200
100

(195 + x )

300

Zoes total = 5 81 = 405

Shuns total = 78 3 = 234
405 + x = 80(6) = 480 x = 75
234 + x = 80(4) = 320 x = 86

Exercise 2G

Arrange in order: 1 1 3 7 8 9 10

Mode = 1

Modal score = 4 (it has the highest frequency)

Median =

Median = 4th entry = 7

Mean =

1  1  3  7  8  9  10

39

= 5.57 (3 sf)

Arrange in order: 2 3 3 4 5 5 5 6 6 8 11 13

Mode = 5
Median = 6.5th entry = 5
Mean =

2  3  3  4  5  5  5  6  6  8  11  13
12
71
12

Arrange in order: 1.52 1.52 1.67 1.74 1.83 1.91

1.67  1.74

3.41

= 7.71(3 sf)

Mode = 1.52

Mean =

Arrange in order: 48.6 48.6 54.7 55.1 63.2

77.9

21  34  17  22  56  38

Median = 3.5th entry =

473852

Number of children = 4 + 3 + 8 + 5 + 4 + 1
= 25

Highest frequency = 8, therefore modal

number of visits = 2

Mean =

0 u 4  1u 3  2 u 8  3 u 5  4 u 4  5 u1

n = 30 (4 + 5 + 3 + 6 + 5) = 7

Mean =

1u 4  2 u 5  3 u 3  4 u 7  5 u 6  6 u 5
453765

4 because it has the highest frequency.

Mean =

54.7  55.1

22.6  26.3

b
c

= 54.9
= 58.0

544

= 24.45

3
26.3  12.6  33.5  8.9  18.7  22.6  31.8  45.3

(34 + 32)
120

24 t < 26

Use GDC. See Chapter 12 for help.

70 s < 80

Use GDC. See Chapter 12 for help.

40 x < 50

Use GDC. See Chapter 12 for help.

Exercise 2I

If the mean is 6.5 then

(1 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 5 + 5 + 5 + 7 + 8 + 9 + 10 + t + 12 + 12)

= 6.5
80 + t = 6.5 14 = 91

100 = 55%

4 because it has the highest frequency

If the mode is 5 then s = 5 because we need more

5s than other numbers.

14

= 4.53

Exercise 2H

= 25.0

So, t = 11

= 3.7

120

= 2.2

1 u 1  2 u 6  3 u 19  4 u 34  5 u 32  6 u 18  7 u 10

Arrange in order: 8.9 12.6 18.7 22.6 26.3 31.8

33.5 45.3

Mean =

= 3.31

= 31.3

2
48.6  48.6  54.7  55.1  63.2  77.9

Median = 4.5th entry =

b

=15th entry = 4

1u 4  2 u 7  3 u 3  4 u 8  5 u 5  6 u 2

Mean =

1  6  19  34  32  18  10

Mean =

29  1

4 3  8  5  4 1

= 5.92 (3 sf)

Median = 3.5th entry =

= 65

500

N = the total number of times = 50

6 + a = 14

a=8

b = 50 (6 + 8 + 10 + 5 + 7) = 14
c = 24 + 14 = 38
Questions 26:

All the answers can be read from the

graphs.

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Exercise 2J

IQR (from GDC) = 12 8 = 4

All the answers can be read from the graphs.

Exercise 2K

range = 16 3 = 13

range = 25 18 = 7
IQR (from GDC) = 23.5 19 = 4.5

All the answers can be read from the graphs.

Exercise 2L
1

range = 21 2 = 19

Exercise 2M
Use GDC. See Chapter 12 in the book for help.

IQR (from GDC) = 11 2 = 9

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