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STA104/108 – INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICS
TUTORIAL 2
QUESTION 1
QUESTION 2
QUESTION 3
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QUESTION 4
QUESTION 5
QUESTION 6
The age distribution of the workers in Chenderoh Factory is as follows:
Age (in years) No. of workers
21 -25 10
26-30 35
31 -35 16
36-40 14
41 -45 12
46- 50 10
51 -55 3
a) Calculate the mean and standard deviation of the above data.
b) Draw a histogram from the above data and determine the shape of the distribution.
c) From the histogram, find the modal value and explain its meaning.
d) Using appropriate measure, determine the skewness of data.
e) The mean and variance of the age distribution of workers from Chantas Factory are
35 and 102 respectively. Determine which age distribution (between Chenderoh and
Chantas Factory) is relatively more consistent.
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QUESTION 7
a) An urn consists of screws with different sizes is shown in the table below:
Length(mm) 10 15 20 25 30 35 40
Number of screws 2 4 4 7 12 3 8
i. Find the mode.
ii. Calculate the mean for the different sizes of screws.
iii. Find the number of screws which has a length longer than its mean.
iv. Calculate the variance.
b) The table below shows the frequency distribution of the weights of 52 female students at
a college. Measurements have been recorded to the nearest kilogram (kg).
Weights (kg) Number of students
40—44 3
45—49 2
50—54 7
55—59 18
60—64 18
65—69 3
70-74 1
i Construct a ‘less-than’ ogive.
ii. From the ogive:
a) Estimate the median weight of the students.
b) Find the number of students whose weights are greater than 61kg.
c) If 25% of the students have weights less than x kg, find x.
c) Sales (RM) of the Econ MiniMart for a week are as follows:
5500, 7000, 5500, 3000, 4700, 6800, 5500
i Find the range of sales.
ii. Find the modal value of the sales and explain its meaning.
iii. Calculate the mean sales and standard deviation for the Econ MiniMart.
iv. Using the appropriate measure, state the shape of the distribution.
v. The mean sales and the standard deviation for Segar MiniMart are RM4489 and
RM550 respectively. Which MiniMart has higher variation in sales?
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QUESTION 8
a) A company that sells mail-order computer systems needs to know the typical weekly
sales in order to plan for inventory and staffing. The company selects 10 weeks at
random from the past year and obtains the data (thousands of dollars) shown below:
218 222 222 223 223
225 227 228 231 235
i Find the first, second and third quartiles for the above data.
ii. Draw the box-and-whisker plot using the answers obtained in (i)
iii. By referring to the answer in (ii), comment on the distribution.
iv. Calculate the interquartile range and quartile deviation.
v. Calculate the standard deviation.
QUESTION 9
QUESTION 10
Table below depicts the frequency distribution of the amount of electricity bills for 70 families
in January 2018 from Kampung Desa A.
Amount of Electricity Bill (RM) Number of Families
41-45 10
46-50 12
51-55 29
56-60 12
61-65 7
a) Calculate the mean and variance for the amount of the electricity bills.
(5 marks)
b) Find the modal value of the bill and explain its meaning.
(4 marks)
c) Draw a less than ogive for the data above.
(4 marks)
d) The standard deviation and mean of the bill for Kampung Desa B are 9.87 and 70.25
respectively. Determine which village has a more spread distribution.
(3 marks)
QUESTION 11
PYQ Dec & June 2019, PYQ 2018
