De La Salle University – Dasmariñas

COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND COMPUTER STUDIES

MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT
City of Dasmariñas, Cavite

SMATH001LA – Data Analytics for Engineering

2nd Semester / Midterm Period / S.Y. 2020-2021

LABORATORY ACTIVITY #1
Descriptive Statistics
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NAME: __________________________________ DATE: ____________________

COURSE/YEAR & SECTION: __________________ PROF.: ____________________

OBJECTIVES:
1. Create a pivot table and data visualization in Microsoft Excel.
2. Clearly organize and compute detailed information about the three data sets.
3. Graph and calculate several descriptive measures of the data set using a variety of methods

Data Set 1: Categorical Data

The class levels of a simple random sample of students are as follow:
Senior Senior Senior Freshman Junior Senior Senior
Sophomore Junior Junior Senior Senior Freshman Senior
Senior Senior Sophomore Sophomore Sophomore Sophomore Senior
Senior

Tasks:
a. Construct a table that gives the frequency distribution of this data. Interpret the result.
b. Construct a table that gives the relative frequency distribution of this data. Interpret the result.
c. Construct a pie chart of this data that displays the percentage of students at each class level. Interpret the
result.
d. Construct a bar graph of this data that displays the frequency of students at each class level. Interpret the
result.

Data Set 2: Discrete Data

A sample of clutch sizes (number of eggs produced) for a certain type of duck is given as follows:
13 11 9 8 11 7 9 9 10 6
10 10 12 10 10 7 10 11 10

Tasks:
a. Construct a table that gives the frequency distribution of this data. Interpret the result.
b. Construct a table that gives the relative frequency distribution of this data. Interpret the result.
c. Construct a frequency histogram of this data. Interpret the result.

Data Set 3: Continuous Data

The low temperature on February 1st in Denver for the last 26 years is given by the table below.

Tasks:
a. Construct a table that gives the frequency distribution of this data.
b. Find the sample mean for this data set.
c. Find the median of this data set.
d. Find the sample standard deviation of this data set.
e. Summarize and interpret the results obtained from Task a to Task d.