Tutorial 4(i)

Tutorial 3(i)
Numerical Descriptive Measure

1. Find the mean, median, mode of the data set.

12 14 8 20
26 25 13 14
16 5 8 20
14 13 10

2. The number of the detective parts observed in 15 different days in the quality inspection
section of a plant are shown below.

12 13 23 21 11 20 22 24 5 22 23 12 22 12 10

Compute the mean, median and mode.

3. The masses (in kg) of chicken sold in market are recorded below.

12 6 14 8
13 5 3 10
11 7 10 9

a) Find the sample mean and standard deviation

b) Find the first quartile and third quartile.

4. A researcher recorded the number of pick-up trucks that pass a certain stretch of road
during the day, for 45 conservative days.

Number of pick-up Number of days

trucks
31-40 3
41-50 9
51-60 15
61-70 10
71-80 6
81-90 2

a) Find the mean and standard deviation

b) Determine the median and mode, interpret its meaning
c) Describe the shape of distribution.
d) Mean=58.39
e) Median=57.5
 f) Mode=55.95
g) Since Mean> Median> mode, hence the distribution is skewed to the right.

5. Table below shows the weight of 100 watermelons produced from a farm.

Weight (’00 g) Frequency

4-6 4
6-8 14
8-10 34
10-12 28
12-14 20

a) Calculate the mean and standard deviation

b) Find median and mode
c) Find the first quartile and third quartile.

6. The data below show the number of vehicles that arrive at Shah Alam toll booth during 16
intervals of the 10 minute-duration.

25 55 34 32 25 18 25 32 29 28
44 40 34 28 25 42

a) Compute the mean, median and mode for the data given.
b) Find the first quartile and third quartile

7. The number of self study hours per week of 10 students are given below:

13 7 8 11 8 5 9 7 8 10

a) Find the mean, mode and median. Interpret the value of median obtained.
b) Find the first and third quartiles

8. The distribution of the scores of 100 students taking their final English examination.

Scores Number of students (f)

30-39 6
40-49 9
50-59 20
60-69 35
70-79 20
80-89 6
90-99 4

a) Find the mean and standard deviation.

b) Find median and mode
 c) Find the first quartile and third quartile.

9. The agricultural department in Kampung Merang obtained the following information on the
monthly net income received by 50 farmers selected at random from the village.

Net Income (RM) Number of Farmers

400-599 3
600-799 9
800-999 15
1000-1199 10
1200-1399 8
1400-1599 5

a) Find a mean and median

b) Calculate the standard deviation and the third quartile.

10. 60 randomly selected shoppers have rates a new bottle design for a popular soft drink. The
data are given below.

Rating Frequency
20-22 2
23-25 3
26-28 9
29-31 19
32-34 26
35-37 1

a) Find the mean, median and mode.

b) Calculate the standard deviation and interquartile range.