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EXERCISE 8
Consider the following data:
14, 21, 23, 21, 24, 24, 25, 19, 16, 17, 18, 23, 24, 26, 15, 22, 16, 19, 22,
25, 16, 16, 16, 19, 18, 19, 21, 12, 25, 20, 23, 16, 20, 19, 24, 20, 22, 24,
22, 20.
a. Construct a frequency distribution using classes of 1214, 1517, 1820, 2123 and
2426.
b. Construct a relative frequency distribution and a percentage frequency distribution
using the classes in (a).

SOLUTION

RELATIVE PERCENTAGE
CLASS FREQUENCY
FREQUENCY FREQUENCY
12-14 2 0.050 5.0
15-17 8 0.200 20.0
18-20 11 0.275 27.5
21-23 10 0.250 25.5
24-26 9 0.225 22.5
TOTAL 40 1.000 100.0

EXERCISE 9
Consider the following frequency distribution. Construct a cumulative frequency distribution
and a cumulative relative frequency distribution.

CLASSES FREQUENCY
10 19 10
20 29 14
30 39 17
40 49 7
20 59 2

SOLUTION

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 CUMULATIVE CUMULATIVE RELATIVE
CLASS
FREQUENCY FREQUENCY
less than or equal to 19 10 0.20
less than or equal to 29 24 0.48
less than or equal to 39 41 0.82
less than or equal to 49 48 0.96
less than or equal to 59 50 1.00

EXERCISE 14
A doctors office staff studied the waiting times for patients who arrive at the office with a
request for emergency service. The following data with waiting times in minutes were
collected over a one-month period.
2, 5, 10, 12, 4, 4, 5, 17, 11, 8, 9, 8, 12, 21, 6, 8, 7, 13, 18, 3
Use classes of 04, 59 and so on in the following:
a. Show the frequency distribution.
b. Show the relative frequency distribution.
c. Show the cumulative frequency distribution.
d. Show the cumulative relative frequency distribution.
e. What proportion of these patients wait nine minutes or less?

SOLUTION

a/b.
WAITING RELATIVE
FREQUENCY
TIME FREQUENCY
0-4 4 0.20
5-9 8 0.40
10 - 14 5 0.25
15 - 19 2 0.10
20 - 24 1 0.05
TOTALS 20 1.00

c/d.

CUMULATIVE CUMULATIVE RELATIVE

WAITING TIME
FREQUENCY FREQUENCY
Less than or equal to 4 4 0.20
Less than or equal to 9 12 0.60
Less than or equal to 14 17 0.85
Less than or equal to 19 19 0.95
Less than or equal to 24 20 1.00

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e. 12/20 = 0.60

EXERCISE 18
The Nielsen Home Technology Report provided information about home technology and its
usage by individuals aged 12 and older. The following data are the hours of personal
computer usage during one week for a sample of 50 individuals.
4.1, 1.5, 5.9, 3.4, 5.7, 1.6, 6.1, 3.0, 3.7, 3.1, 4.8, 2.0, 3.3, 11.1, 3.5, 4.1,
4.1, 8.8, 5.6, 4.3, 7.1, 10.3, 6.2, 7.6, 10.8, 0.7, 4.0, 9.2, 4.4, 5.7, 7.2,
6.1, 5.7, 5.9, 4.7, 3.9, 3.7, 3.1, 12.1, 14.8, 5.4, 4.2, 3.9, 4.1, 2.8, 9.5,
12.9, 6.1, 3.1, 10.4,.
Summarize the data by constructing the following:
a. A frequency distribution (use a class width of three hours).
b. A relative frequency distribution.
c. A histogram.
d. Comment on what the data indicate about personal computer usage at home.

SOLUTION

a/b.
COMPUTER
RELATIVE
USAGE FREQUENCY
FREQUENCY
(HOURS)
0.0 2.9 5 0.10
3.0 5.9 28 0.56
6.0 8.9 8 0.16
9.0 11.9 6 0.12
12.0 14.9 3 0.06
TOTAL 50 1.00

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c.

d.

e. The majority of the computer users are in the 3 to 6 hour range. Usage is somewhat
skewed toward the right with 3 users in the 12 to 15 hour range.

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