ANSWERS TUTORIAL B

1. a)

b)

2.
Class

Midpoint, xi

Frequency, fi

fi(xi)

14
58
9 12
13 16
17 20
21- 24

2.5
6.5
10.5
14.5
18.5
22.5

5
13
31
19
8
4
80

12.5
84.5
325.5
275.5
148
90
936

Mean sample,
=

11.7

3. a = 10.5 n=10
xi
10.5
10.7
10.8
10.8
10.3
10.6
10.9
10.6
10.0
10.4

(xi-a)
0.0
0.2
0.3
0.3
-0.2
0.1
0.4
0.1
-0.5
-0.1
0.6

samplemean =

10.56

4. a=5, n= 70
xi
5
6
7
8

fi
15
25
20
10
70

(xi-a)
0.0
1.0
2.0
3.0

fi(xi-a)
0
25
40
30
95

6.357143

5. a) -16, -10, 8, 8, 11, 14

median

=
=
=8

b) -7, -2, 6, 9, 14, 16. 23

median

=
=9

6.
Class

Class Boundary

Frequency, fi

12
34
56
78
9 10
11 12
13 14
15 16

0.5 2.5
2.5 4.5
4.5 6.5
6.5 8.5
8.5 10.5
10.5 12.5
12.5 14.5
14.5 16.5

5
8
22
18
36
29
20
11

M=
= 9.694

Cummulative Freuency
0
5
13
35
53
89
118
138
149

7.
Class

Class Boundary

Frequency, fi

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

-0.5 4.5
4.5 9.5
9.5 14.5
14.5 19.5
19.5 24.5
24.5 29.5
29.5 34.5
34.5 39.5
39.5 44.5
44.5 49.5

7
27
35
54
63
43
25
17
9
3

M=

= 20.968

8. a) 8
b) none

9.
Class
30 x 39
40 x 49
50 x 59
60 x 69
70 x 79
80 x 89
90 x 99

Class Boundary
29.5 39.5
39.5 49.5
49.5 59.5
59.5 69.5
69.5 79.5
79.5 89.5
89.5 99.5

[
= 47.5

Frequency, fi
5
9
8
4
3
0
1

Cumulative Frequency
0
7
34
69
123
186
229
254
271
280
283

10. a)

= 5.7

b) 0, 0, 2, 4, 5, 7, 7, 8, 10, 14
M=

=6

c)
11. a)
30, 30, 33, 33, 34, 40, 44, 47, 48, 129
=
b) Yes. Drop 129

Diff |
Diff |

= |37.667-46.8| = 9.1333
= | 34 37 | = 3

# Mean changes by a larger amount when drop outlier

c) Median.