Assignment #1

Introduction to Statistics

Due date: Tuesday March 4, 2014
Use full size double sheets
Properly filed or clipped
Columns should be made properly
Submitted to CR till 1 PM

Q1. Followings are the prices of 100 items in Rs.

59 29 76 26 50 86 87 97 61 21
73 72 13 49 97 103 20 78 102 39
5 21 70 23 54 22 22 96 48 93
102 53 96 8 101 6 84 91 90 100
69 101 21 58 66 51 57 14 33 25
69 72 27 47 59 46 78 93 52 82
18 58 79 84 65 52 20 21 55 41
103 104 68 31 85 15 8 6 53 96
65 6 27 8 18 57 50 56 41 95
79 15 22 93 19 12 29 47 40 66

Construct a frequency distribution of the data given above using a class interval of
12 with starting value 5. Also construct the two cumulative frequency distributions,
relative frequency distribution, cumulative relative distribution, and percentage
relative distribution.

Q2. Find AM, median and mode from the frequency distribution constructed in question
1. Also draw histogram, frequency polygon, frequency curve, and the two Ogives.

Q3. The numbers x-5, x and x+5 have frequencies 12, 40, and 8 respectively. If their
arithmetic mean is 10 find the value of x.

Q4. A population of 2000 is divided in 3 sub-populations with frequencies 700, 800 and
500. The sub-population means are 8.5, 7.5 and 8.0 respectively. Find out the mean
of population.

Q5. The mean weight of 150 students in a class is 60 kg. The mean weight of boys in the
class is 70 kg and that of the girls is 55 kg. Find the number of boys and girls.












Q6. The Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation publish a
compilation on crime statistics for the United States in Crime in the United States.
The following table provides a frequency distribution for robbery type during a one-
year period.



a. obtain a relative-frequency distribution.
b. draw a pie chart.
c. construct a bar chart.


Q7 Following bivariate data on age (in years) and gender were obtained from the
students in a freshman Statistics course. The data show, for example, that the first
student on the list is 21 years old and is a male. Construct a bivariate frequency
table (Contingency table) using 3 intervals for age (less than 21, 21-25 and above
25) and two categories males and females