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The document provides a series of statistical exercises focusing on descriptive statistics, including determining levels of measurement for various data types, calculating mode, median, mean, standard deviation, and skewness for different datasets. It includes specific data on cars owned by households, daily allowances of workers, ages of individuals, and lengths of fish. The document concludes with calculated statistical measures and their interpretations.

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The document provides a series of statistical exercises focusing on descriptive statistics, including determining levels of measurement for various data types, calculating mode, median, mean, standard deviation, and skewness for different datasets. It includes specific data on cars owned by households, daily allowances of workers, ages of individuals, and lengths of fish. The document concludes with calculated statistical measures and their interpretations.

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Statistics AQ056-0-M Descriptive Statistics

1. For the below random variables, determine the level of measurement:


(a) marks scored by students in a class test.
(b) types of machines used in a factory.
(c) credit rating for bonds issue in a country.

2. The table below shows the number of cars owned by 30 houses in a housing area.

Number of cars 0 1 2 3 4
Frequency 2 15 10 2 1

Find mode, median and mean.

3. The following table shows the daily allowance, correct to the nearest RM1, of 60
workers of a company.
Daily allowance (RM) Frequency
50 – 59 6
60 – 69 10
70 – 79 16
80 – 89 14
90 – 99 10
100 - 109 4
(a) find the mode.
(b) Determine the mean and standard deviation.
(c) Calculate the Psk and determine the shape of the distribution.

4. The ages of 75 persons under the age of 60 years are shown in the table below.

Age at last birthday (in years) 0 - 9 10 - 19 20 - 29 30 - 39 40 - 49 50 - 59


Number of persons 3 6 15 25 16 10

(a) Calculate the mean, mode and standard deviation.


(b) Using the values obtained from (a), calculate the Personian measure of
skewness and comment on the result.
(c) find the mean, mode, median, standard deviation and PSK.

5. The table below shows the lengths of 200 fish of a certain type of tropical fish that are
randomly selected in a study carried out at a fresh-water fish rearing centre.

Length of fish (x Frequency


mm)
0 < x 29 10
29 < x 34 26
45
34 < x 39
85
39 < x 44 34
(a) find 44 < x 49 the mode
(b) Calculate the mean and standard deviation for the length of fish.
(c) Calculate Psk and state the shape of the distribution of the data above.

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Statistics AQ056-0-M Descriptive Statistics

Answer

1. (a) scale.
(b) nominal
(c) ordinal

2. Mode = 1, Median = 1, Mean = 1.5


3. (a) Mode =
(b) Mean =78.5, Standard deviation = 13.81
(c) PSk = 0.109

4.
Mode 34.76316
Mean 34.5
SD 12.75408
Psk -0.02063
Median 34.9

5.
Mode 41.1978
Mean 38.575
SD 7.125263
Psk -0.3681 Left Skewed

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