Descriptive Statistics:

1. Two candidates A and B at the BSCS (Hons) Examination obtained the following
marks in ten papers. Which of the candidate showed a more consistent performance?

Paper I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X

A 58 49 76 80 47 72 61 59 77 48

B 39 38 86 72 75 69 57 49 83 66

2. The cholesterol level of 20 patients in PIMS hospital were recorded by a medical

research student as given below. Find Mean, Median, and Mode of data given below.

Cholesterol 200-204 205-209 210-214 215-219 220-224

level
No of Patients 3 4 7 5 1

3. A tire manufacturer wants to determine the inner diameter of a certain grade of tire.
Ideally the diameter would be 570 mm. The data are follows;
572, 572, 573, 568, 569, 575, 565, 570
i. Find the sample mean & Median
ii. Find the sample Variance, Standard Deviation, and Range.

4. A frequency distribution, on the length of telephone calls given below. Compute Arithmetic
Mean G.M and H.M of calling time.
Length of calls 0-2 2-4 4-6 6-8 8-10
Number of calls 5 10 40 30 15

5. The cost per load (in cents) of 35 laundry detergents tested by a consumer
organization is shown below. Calculate the coefficient of skewness Using Karl
Pearson’s Method, also interpret your result. (10)

Class Limits 13 – 19 20 – 26 27 - 33 34 - 40 41 - 47 48 – 54 55 - 61 62 - 68
Frequency 2 7 12 5 6 1 0 2
 5. The nicotine contents in milligrams, for 40 cigarettes of a certain brand were
recorded as follow:

1.09 1.92 2.31 1.79 2.28

1.74 1.47 1.97 0.85 1.24
1.58 2.03 1.70 2.17 2.55
2.11 1.86 1.90 1.68 1.51
1.64 0.72 1.69 1.85 1.82
1.79 2.46 1.88 2.08 1.67
1.37 1.93 1.40 1.64 2.09
1.75 1.63 2.37 1.75 1.69

i. Make a frequency distribution of above data, also indicate the class boundaries.
ii. Set up a relative and cumulative frequency distribution of above data.
iii. After grouping data, find Mean, Median, and Mode of data given above.
iv. Comment about symmetry of data, if there is skewness in data, then find what
kind of skewness.

6. Following is the data of car batteries life per year,

2.2 4.1 3.5 4.5 3.2 3.7 3.0 2.6

3.4 1.6 3.1 3.3 3.8 3.1 4.7 3.7
2.5 4.3 3.4 3.6 2.9 3.3 3.9 3.1
3.3 3.1 3.7 4.4 3.2 4.1 1.9 3.4
4.7 3.8 3.2 2.6 3.9 3.0 4.2 3.5

i. Group this data in to frequency distribution.

ii. Find relative cumulative frequencies
iii. Calculate skewness of above data using Karl Pearson formula
iv. Find Kurtosis also

7. Find average rate of increase of income, if the income of a worker increase by 25%
during 1st year and 40% during 2nd year and 50% during 3rd year.