Associate Degree 2017 – 2018 First Semester

CCMA4001 Quantitative Analysis I

Exercise 2

1. The following data pertains to the number of times per week that the departure of an airline’s 48 daily
flights was delayed.

2 1 5 0 1 3 2 0 7 1 3 4
2 4 1 2 2 5 1 3 4 3 1 1
3 2 6 4 1 0 2 2 3 5 2 3
0 2 4 1 1 3 2 3 5 2 4 4

Construct a dot diagram for these data.

2. Forty people taking a brunch were offered a drink. The followings are their choice of drinks.

Sparkling Orange Hot Iced Sparkling Iced Orange

Coffee Coffee Coffee
Water Juice Chocolate Tea Water Tea Juice
Orange Iced Sparkling Orange Sparkling Orange
Coffee Coffee Coffee Coffee
Juice Tea Water Juice Water Juice
Iced Iced Iced Hot Orange Sparkling Hot Sparkling
Coffee Coffee
Tea Tea Tea Chocolate Juice Water Chocolate Water
Hot Sparkling Orange Iced Iced Iced
Coffee Coffee Coffee Coffee
Chocolate Water Juice Tea Tea Tea

(a) Construct a frequency table for these data.

(b) Draw a dot diagram with the largest value plotted on top and the remaining values plotted below
in descending order.

3. The following are the weights of 24 applicants for jobs in the fire department.

216 170 194 212 194 205 186 190 181 198 204 223
169 226 196 175 207 183 199 187 203 218 187 192

Construct a stem-and-leaf diagram for these data.

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4. The ages of male and female staffs in a company are shown below.

Male
27 31 47 48 41 30 54 52 24 42
37 33 32 49 49 24 40 30 39 29

Female
25 31 36 27 40 36 33 42 42 40
37 30 41 29 38 24 25 43 44 40

Construct a back-to-back stem-and-leaf diagram to present these data.

5. The following are the ages of 30 persons in a residential care home.

68 81 61 62 76 65 69 73 78 60 64 74 57 70 53
66 83 71 59 66 61 65 85 92 76 65 67 73 72 67

(a) Construct a stem-and-leaf diagram for these data.

(b) Construct a double-stem diagram for these data.

6. A group of adults take part in a reaction timing experiment. Their results are measured to the nearest
hundredth of a second.

0.14 0.17 0.21 0.20 0.20 0.22 0.14 0.24 0.26 0.17
0.14 0.17 0.21 0.20 0.22 0.14 0.24 0.26 0.17 0.18
0.17 0.21 0.20 0.23 0.17 0.23 0.21 0.23 0.24 0.23

(a) Construct a stem-and-leaf diagram for these data.

(b) Construct a double-stem diagram for these data.

7. A consumer group checked the prices of a kilogram of beef in 15 stores.

The results of the survey are as follows.
$34 $37 $32 $36 $41 $29 $34 $31 $50 $38 $32 $35 $34 $35 $30
(a) Find the mean, median and mode of the prices.
(b) Which of the statistics in (a) best illustrates the average price of a kilogram of beef?
(c) Among the prices, the figure $50 is much higher than the rest. Can you suggest an explanation?

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8. The age of 6 staff members in a company are 27, 42, 22, 60, 36 and x. The mean of their ages is 37.
(a) Find the value of x.
(b) Find the median of their ages.
(c) If a staff member age 60 retires and is replaced by a new one aged 30, find the new mean
and median of their ages.

9. The following are the numbers of passengers on 25 runs of a ferryboat.

52 84 40 57 61
65 77 64 62 35
82 58 50 78 103
71 75 41 51 66
60 95 58 49 89

(a) Draw the stem-and-leaf diagram for these data.

(b) Find the median, the lower and upper quartiles of the number of passengers.
(c) Draw a box-and-whisker diagram to present the data.
(d) Comment briefly on the skewness of the data.

10. The blood pressures (in mmHg) of 20 patients are as follows.

125 138 146 117 126 150 144 123 135 130
168 129 132 133 158 139 124 148 155 159

(a) Draw the stem-and-leaf diagram for these data.

(b) Find the median, the lower and upper quartiles of the blood pressures.
(c) Draw a box-and-whisker diagram to present the data.
(d) Comment briefly on the skewness of the data.

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11. The scores on an aptitude test obtained by a random sample of 50 job applicants are shown below.

39 53 63 75 90 35 51 63 72 85
25 44 57 68 78 31 48 60 71 82
34 49 61 72 83 28 46 59 69 80
22 44 56 68 78 39 53 63 74 88
42 55 66 76 96 40 55 65 75 92

(a) Construct a stem-and-leaf diagram to represent the data.

(b) Find the mean, median and mode of the scores.
(c) Find the range of the scores.
(d) Find the first and third quartiles and hence the inter-quartile range.
(e) Draw a box-and-whisker diagram to represent the data.
(f) Comment briefly on the skewness of the data.

12. The time, to the nearest minutes, that a random sample of 45 trains from city A were late arriving at
the central station are shown below.

47 05 33 23 06 23 14 38 15
16 02 04 26 07 06 35 22 41
10 18 19 03 13 06 06 21 14
16 10 12 04 13 39 54 06 19
08 17 05 08 34 07 09 49 05

(a) Draw the stem-and-leaf diagram for these data.

(b) Find the median, the first and third quartiles.
(c) Draw a box-and-whisker diagram for these data.
(d) Comment on the skewness of the distribution.
(e) A random sample of trains arriving at the same central station from city B had a minimum value of
15 minutes late and a maximum value of 30 minutes. The quartiles were 19, 23 and 28.
On the same graph paper and using the same scale, draw a box-and-whisker diagram for these data.
(f) Compare and contrast the train journeys from city A and city B based on these data.

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13. The scores of 10 quizzes of John and Peter are as follows.

John 70 53 60 63 71 68 75 50 51 72
Peter 53 57 55 50 76 66 55 35 50 48

(a) Find the mean and the standard deviation of the scores of John.
(b) Find the mean and the standard deviation of the scores of Peter.
(c) Whose performance was more consistent? Explain the answer briefly.

14. The test results obtained by Class A and B are given as follows.

Class A
30 31 32 32 33 38 38 45 53 54 56 57
59 60 61 64 64 66 66 67 68 69 69 73
73 74 74 75 86 92 94 94 96 98 99 99

Class B
30 30 42 42 44 44 46 48 52 52 53 54
55 57 60 63 64 64 65 66 67 69 75 75
76 77 77 79 81 81 83 83 85 88 92 99

(a) Represented the two sets of data by a back-to-back stem-and-leaf diagram.

(b) Find the range and inter-quartile range of the test results of each class.
(c) Find mean and the standard deviation of the test results of each class.
(d) Which class has a more consistent performance? Explain the answer briefly.

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15. The following are the number of cheese cakes sold each day in this month of a bakery.

236 243 280 275 284 255

267 272 281 273 302 260
299 279 291 245 275 243
281 249 253 269 251 276
232 268 262 252 250 272

(a) Draw the stem-and-leaf diagram for these data.

(b) Find the median, the first and third quartiles.
(c) Draw a box-and-whisker diagram for these data.
(d) Comment on the skewness of the distribution.
(e) Find the population mean.
(f) Find the variance and standard deviation.

16. The times taken, in minutes, for 24 students to finish a certain task are as follows.

32 27 26 40 19 38 22 24 23 29 30 33
26 22 30 36 34 26 23 25 33 20 41 37

(a) Draw the stem-and-leaf diagram for these data.

(b) Find the mean, median and mode of the finishing times.
(c) Find the range of the finishing time.
(d) Find the first and third quartiles and hence the inter-quartile range.
(e) Draw a box-and-whisker diagram for these data.
(f) Find the variance and standard deviation.

17. The following are the number of minutes spent shopping by 20 randomly selected customers in
a certain department store.

31 75 45 26 63 125 33 80 18 103
89 49 44 80 61 40 96 125 12 28

(a) Find the median, the first and third quartiles of the lengths of shopping time.
(b) Find the range and inter-quartile range.
(c) Draw a box-and-whisker diagram for these data.
(d) Find the sample mean.
(e) Find the sample variance and sample standard deviation.

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18. The table below shows the percentage returns for 25 largest Mandatory Provident Funds (MPF)
for a particular day.

12.7 11.5 9.3 10.0 12.1

12.4 8.6 9.2 9.9 8.7
10.2 12.9 10.5 10.9 9.8
9.4 12.1 10.8 12.3 10.2
9.6 8.7 9.2 12.2 11.8

(a) Draw the stem-and-leaf diagram for these data.

(b) Find the median, the first and third quartiles.
(c) Find the range and inter-quartile range.
(d) Draw a box-and-whisker diagram for these data.
(e) Comment on the skewness of the distribution.
(f) Find the sample mean.
(g) Find the sample variance and standard deviation.

19. During a period of one month, a random sample of 27 approved policies was selected and
the total processing time in days were recorded as follows.

17 16 69 51 50 63 92 91 17
17 17 48 45 73 19 16 64 28
28 31 90 60 56 31 56 22 18

(a) Draw the stem-and-leaf diagram for these data.

(b) Find the median, the first and third quartiles.
(c) Find the range and inter-quartile range.
(d) Draw a box-and-whisker diagram for these data.
(e) Comment on the skewness of the distribution.
(f) Find the sample mean.
(g) Find the sample variance and standard deviation.

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20. The percentage of silk in a material used to manufacture women’s dress is given as below.

34.2 33.6 33.8 34.7 36.8 32.6 35.8 34.6

33.1 34.7 34.2 33.6 36.6 33.1 35.6 33.6
34.5 35.3 33.4 32.5 35.4 34.6 36.3 34.1

(a) Draw the stem-and-leaf diagram for these data.

(b) Find the mean, median and mode.
(c) Find the range.
(d) Find the first and third quartiles and hence the inter-quartile range.
(e) Draw a box-and-whisker diagram for these data.
(f) Comment on the skewness of the distribution.
(g) Find the sample variance and standard deviation.

21. The weights in grams of 11 bags of sugar are as follows.

2008 1983 2014 1968 1961 1994 2011 2017 1977 1984 1989

(a) Construct a stem and leaf diagram to represent these data.

(b) Find the mean and median.
(c) Find the quartiles.
(d) Find the sample standard deviation and the sample variance.
(e) Comment on the skewness of these data. Explain briefly.

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22. The following stem-and-leaf diagram shows the distribution of the ages of 22 randomly selected
members of a fitness club.

Stem Leaf
(Tens) (Units)
1 889
2 01224445689
3 12457
4 03k

(a) It is known that the age of the eldest and the youngest members in the sample is differenced by 26.
Find the unknown digit k.
(b) Find the mean of the above data.
(c) Find the sample standard deviation and variance.
(d) Find the mode and quartiles.
(e) Find the inter-quartile range.
(f) Comment on the skewness of the above data. Explain briefly.

23. Tommy records the time he spends per day surfing the internet for the first three weeks of March.
The times, given to the nearest minutes, are as follows.

35 12 0 26 13 5 18
15 0 24 61 16 10 26
0 32 73 42 21 17 16

(a) Construct a stem and leaf diagram to represent these data.

(b) Find the mode, mean and median.
(c) Find the quartiles.
(d) Find the sample standard deviation and the IQR.
(e) Comment on the skewness of these data. Explain briefly.
(f) Tommy’s daddy claims that he is spending too much time on the internet. He tells Tommy to
reduce his usage so that the mean daily time for March is 20% less than the current mean.
What is the maximum total time Tommy can spend surfing the internet for the remaining
10 days of March?

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24. Given the following sample of test scores of 8 students.
52, 50, 56, 68, 65, 62, 57, 70
(a) Find the sample mean and sample standard deviation.
(b) Add 6 to each score and find the new sample mean and sample standard deviation.
(c) Subtract 50 from each score, and find the new sample mean and sample standard deviation.
(d) Multiply each score by 5 and find the new sample mean and sample standard deviation.
(e) Do you discover any characteristics of mean and standard deviation from your calculations?

25. Fifteen numbers are given below:

92 51 87 78 74
71 83 27 77 77
89 18 62 73 80

(a) Find the following statistical measurements for the numbers:

(i) mean;
(ii) mode;
(iii) median;
(iv) range;
(v) sample standard deviation.

(b) If the numbers are transformed by using the following formula:

Y = 2 + 3X

where X represents the numbers before the transformation and Y represents the numbers after
the transformation. Find the statistical measurements in (a) for the numbers after the transformation.

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26. The following stem-and-leaf plot shows the test scores of a class studying Mathematics.

Stem Leaf
(Tens) (Units)
2 8
3 69
4 146
5 048
6 0469
7 03555
8 2
9 5

(a) Find the following statistical measurements

(i) range;
(ii) median;
(iii) mean;
(iv) population standard deviation;
(v) population variance.
(b) If the passing mark is one standard deviation less than the mean, find
(i) the passing mark of the test;
(ii) the passing rate of the test.
(c) Later the student with 95 marks is discovered cheating in the test, therefore, zero mark is given to him.
Find the new mean and the new population standard deviation of the twenty students.

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27. There are 20 students in a class; each of them has been assigned a number from 01 to 20.
The heights of the students are as shown in the following table.

Student Height Student Height Student Height Student Height

Number (cm) Number (cm) Number (cm) Number (cm)
01 165 06 160 11 163 16 168
02 160 07 173 12 168 17 175
03 163 08 164 13 178 18 166
04 170 09 169 14 179 19 163
05 165 10 157 15 159 20 163

(a) Find the population mean and standard deviation of the heights.
(b) Using the random number table below, describe briefly how a sample of 5 students can be selected.

Extract from Random Number Table

8701 5910 8936 4317 6502 6489 1745 1821 6984 7606
3612 0465 8414 5631 7420 5273 7295 9606 5683 8522

(c) Using the sample drawn in (b), find the sample mean and sample standard deviation.
(d) Draw a further sample of 5 students and pool together with the sample in (b) to form
a sample of 10 students. Using the pooled sample, find the sample mean.
(e) Which sample mean is better in estimating the population mean?

28. A random sample of 11 students was drawn from a school and the weight of each student was measured.
The sample mean and sample standard deviation of these weights were then calculated to be 48.90 kg
and 15.75 kg respectively. On checking the data, it was found that the weight of Bonnie, one of the
students, was wrongly recorded. After making the necessary correction, the sample mean and sample
standard deviation were found to be 49.08 kg and 15.68 kg respectively.
Find the actual weight of Bonnie.

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