Homework-1

1. What are some benefits of representing data sets using frequency distributions?
2. What are some benefits of representing data sets using graphs of frequency
distributions?
3. What is the difference between class limits and class boundaries?
4. What is the difference between frequency and relative frequency?
in Exercises 5 and 6, use the given frequency distribution to find the
(a) class width.
(b) class midpoints.
(c) class boundaries.
5. Employee Age 10.
Class Frequency
20-29 10
30-39 132
40-49 284
50-59 300
60-69 175
70-79 65
80-89 25

6. Tree Height
Class Frequency
16-20 100
21-25 122
26-30 900
31-35 207
36-40 795
41-45 568
46-50 322

7. Use the frequency distribution in Exercise 5 to construct an expanded frequency

distribution, (Relative Frequency, Class Mark, Relative % Frequency Distribution,
Cumulative Distribution)
8. Use the frequency distribution in Exercise 6 to construct an expanded frequency
distribution, (Relative Frequency, Class Mark, Relative % Frequency Distribution,
Cumulative Distribution).

In Exercises 9 and 10, use the frequency histogram to

(a) determine the number of classes.
(b) estimate the frequency of the class with the least frequency.
(c) estimate the frequency of the class with the greatest frequency.
(d) determine the class width.
9 10.
Employee Age Tree Height

In Exercises 11, construct a frequency distribution for the data set using the indicated
number of classes. In the table, include the midpoints, relative frequencies, and
cumulative frequencies. Which class has the greatest frequency and which has the least
frequency?
11. Newspaper Reading Times (Number of classes: 5)
Data set: Time (in minutes) spent reading the newspaper in a day
7, 39, 13, 9, 25, 8, 22, 0, 2, 18, 2, 30, 7, 35, 12, 15, 8, 6, 5, 29, 0, 11, 39, 16, 15.

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