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ST. PAUL’S UNIVERSITY

COM 302: STATISTICS FOR COMMUNICATION RESEARCH
DISTANCE LEARNING (DL). MAY-AUG SEM 2019
CAT 1
Instructions: Answer all the questions. Show your working clearly.
1. The following scores were obtained during an interview.

(Q1) 111 117 93 110 83 137 109 128 144 87 122 114 97 139 108 139 144 127

104 93 104 109 101 76 83 102 158 83 118 87 121 107 94 101 115 116

96 113 127 91 83 79 118 103 121 129 101 105 92 91 111 91 129 103

131 111 119 107 94 103 108 139 117 115 102 118 97 111 76 79 103 102

103 116 97 107 101 121 82 91 109 119 101 83 111 103 91 118 85 84

(i) Construct a frequency distribution table beginning with the class 70-79 (4mks)

(ii) Calculate the measures of central tendency. ( mean, mode and median) (9mks)

2. There are two types of statistical presentation of data - graphical and numerical. Describe the
various graphical methods that are used to represent statistical data (5mks)

3. Goals scored by two teams during a football tournament are recorded below

Team blue

Goals ( x) 0 1 2 3 4 5
Frequency (f) 2 4 5 6 2 1

Team yellow

Goals ( x) 0 1 2 3 4 5
Frequency (f) 1 5 4 5 1 4
 Calculate the standard deviation and coefficient of variation for each team, hence state which team was
more consistent in the way they play during the tournament. (8 mks)