Practice Problem 3 (Data Description) Sol 1. The following data give the number of text messages sent on 10 randomly selected days in 2013 by a USP student: 32.37 41 42 44 44 47 47 47 48 ‘a. Compute the mean, median, mode and the standard deviation Solution: Mean=42.9, median=44, mode=47, SD=! 1 b. Calculate the values of three quartiles, 40th percentile and the percentile rank of 44. Solution: ‘tet quartile median 3rd quartile 4 44,00 47.00 40" percentile: =(40x10)/100=4, this implies the average of the 4" and 5"* terms, (a2+44)/2=43 Percentile rank of 44=(4+0.5)/10*100=45 2. The following frequency distribution table gives the number of hours spent last week on cell phones (making phone calls and texting) by all 100 paticnts in Suva Private Hospital. a, Calculate the mean, modal group and variance Hours per week | Frequency OF 4 48 Is 8-12 2s 12-16 18 16-20 16 20-24 9 of the number of hours spent last week on cell phone by the patients. fifours per week ffPemerey Tin [em [mee fie 04 7 z 8 4 56 ey 18 6 108 | 36 | oes ez By 70 [250 | 100 [2500 12-16 is 74252 [196 [3528 16-20 16 18__[28s__—[324 [Sasa 20-24 9 2 [iss [see [4386 1124 16272ua Dati _ 124 1.24, modal group is 8-12 group. N 100 . mip Sat) 6272-1124 N 100 b. Calculate the 70™ percentile of the distribution above. 3. An analysis of monthly wages paid to the workers of firm A and B belonging to the same industry gives the following results: ‘Number of Workers Average monthly wage Variance of distribution of wages Firm A 100 S196 S81 Firm B 200 $185 3144. 2. Which firm, A or B has a larger wage bill? b, In which firm, A or B is there greater variability among individual wages? Solution: a) Firm B has a larger wage bill since it has to bill 200xS185-$37000, while Firm B has to bill 100x$196=$19600 B. b) In which firm, A or B is there greater variability among individual wages? Firm B has greater variability.4. The following stem and leaf plot give the waiting times (in minutes) for 29 patients to see the doctor in the CWM Hospital. Stem | Leaf o| 2355 1| 345588999 2| 0015789 3| 012259 4| 126 a. Find IQR and the percentile rank for the score 29. 29x25 29x75 ):0= =21.8= 22nd term=31, Q,:0= = 2, Too fem: eee Tg 1-15=16 3 8thterm>15 number ofscores less than 29-+0.5 2 Percentile rank for 20 = 1940.5 100 %100=67% b. Are there any outliers in the data? Use an appropriate numerical test involving the IQR to identify outliers, if any, and clearly state your conclusion. from above, we have IQR = Q,—0, =31-15= 16then IORx1.5=1.5(19= 24 = the interval in whieh the outlicr lies outside is[15~ 2432+ 24] = [9,56] = hence no outlier since all the data lies within the interval. c. Ifa data value is identified as an outlier, what should be done about it? Ans: ‘The outlier should be investigated to see if there is an error or some other problem in the data; then a decision whether to include or exclude it should be made based on the particular situation. If it was a correct value then the data value should remain in the data set. If there is a problem with this data value, then it should be corrected or removed from the data. For example: If the data was recorded incorrectly (perhaps a 9 was miscoded and the correct value was 6) then the data should be corrected. If it was an error but the correct value is not known it should be removed from the data set.5. The number of teacher strikes over a 13-year period in Fiji is shown below. 20 18 7 13 7 14 5 9 9 9 10017) 15 a. Find the Five-Number summary b. Construct a box-plot for the above data. . Using the box-plot, what can you say about the distribution of the data? Solution: a. LV-5, QI-9, Q2=10, Q3-15, HV-20 b. Teacher Strike 0 5 10 15 20 25 number of teacher ¢. The distribution is positively skewed as the median falls to the left of the box.