Group Exercises:

(1) A partial relative frequency distribution is given.

Class Relative Frequency

A 0.22
B 0.18
C 0.40
D

a. What is the relative frequency of class D?

b. The total sample size is 200. What is the frequency of class D?
c. Show the frequency distribution.
d. Show the percent frequency distribution.

(2) In a recent report, the top five syndicated television programs were The Big Bang Theory (BBT), Jud
Half Men (THM). The preferred shows for a sample of 50 viewers are shown in the following table:

WoF Jep JJ Jep BBT

THM WoF BBT BBT BBT
Jep BBT WoF WoF WoF
WoF THM BBT THM WoF
BBT JJ JJ Jep BBT
BBT BBT JJ JJ BBT
JJ WoF THM WoF WoF
THM BBT WoF JJ JJ
Jep BBT WoF Jep Jep
WoF THM BBT BBT Jep

a. Are these data categorical or quantitative?

b. Provide frequency and percent frequency distributions.
c. On the basis of the sample, which television show has the largest viewing audience? Which one has th

(3) Consider a sample with data values of 10, 20, 12, 17, and 16.
a. Compute the mean and median.
b. Consider a sample with data values 10, 20, 12, 17, 16, and 12. How would you expect the mean and m
median for part a (higher, lower, or the same)? Compute the mean and median for the sample data 10,

(4) Consider a sample with data values of 53, 55, 70, 58, 64, 57, 53, 69, 57, 68, and 53. Com_x0002_pu
(5) Suppose that you initially invested $10,000 in the Stivers mutual fund and $5,000 in the Trippi mut
subsequent year is provided in the table:

Year Stivers ($) Trippi ($)

1 11,000.00 5,600.00
2 12,000.00 6,300.00
3 13,000.00 6,900.00
4 14,000.00 7,600.00
5 15,000.00 8,500.00
6 16,000.00 9,200.00
7 17,000.00 9,900.00
8 18,000.00 10,600.00

Which of the two mutual funds performed better over this time period?

(6) The average time that Americans commute to work is 27.7 minutes (Sterling’s Best Places, April 13

Albuquerque 23.3 Jacksonville 26.2

Altlanta 28.3 Kansas City 23.4
Austin 24.6 Las Vegas 28.4
Baltimore 32.1 Little Rock 20.1
Boston 31.7 Los Angeles 32.2
Charlotte 25.8 Louisville 21.4
Chicago 38.1 Memphis 23.8
Cincinnati 24.9 Miami 30.7
Cleveland 26.8 Milwaukee 24.8
Columbus 23.4 Minneapolis 23.6
Dallas 28.5 Nashville 25.3
Denver 28.1 New Orleans 31.7
Detroit 29.3 New York 43.8
El Paso 24.4 Oklahoma City 22
Fresno 23 Orlando 27.1
Indianapolis 24.8 Philadelphia 34.2

a. What is the mean commute time for these 48 cities?

b. What is the median commute time for these 48 cities?
c. What is the mode for these 48 cities?
d. What is the variance and standard deviation of commute times for these 48 cities?
e. What is the coefficient of variation for these 48 Cities?

(7) The results of a national survey showed that on average, adults sleep 6.9 hours per night. Suppose

a. Use the empirical rule to calculate the percentage of individuals who sleep between 4.5 and 9.3 hour
b. Use the empirical rule to calculate the percentage of individuals who sleep between 5.7 and 8.1 hour

(8)According to the National Education Association (NEA), teachers generally spend more than 40 hou
of hours worked per week for a sample of 13 high school science teachers and a sample of 11 high sch

High school science teachers 53 56 54

High school English teachers 52 47 50

a. What is the median number of hours worked per week for the sample of 13 high school science teach
b. What is the median number of hours worked per week for the sample of 11 high school English teach
c. What is the mode number of hours worked per week for the sample of 13 high school science teache

(9) A high school teacher at a small private school assigns trigonometry practice problems to be worke
log-in and log-off are automatically recorded for the teacher. At the end of the week, the teacher exam
data is provided below in minutes.
Data 15
28
25
48
22
43
49
34
22
33
27
25
22
20
39

a. Find the Mean, Median, and Mode for the above data
b. What does this information tell you about students' length of time on the computer solving trigonom

(10) Midterm exam scores for a small advanced neuroanatomy class are provided below. Scores repre

a. Find the Range, Standard Deviation, and Variance for the above data

b. What does this information tell you about the variability of students' performance on the midterm?
were The Big Bang Theory (BBT), Judge Judy (JJ), Wheel of Fortune (WoF), Jeopardy (Jep), and Two and a
are shown in the following table:

t viewing audience? Which one has the second largest?

ow would you expect the mean and median for these sample data to compare to the mean and
and median for the sample data 10, 20, 12, 17, 16, and 12.

3, 69, 57, 68, and 53. Com_x0002_pute the mean, median, and mode.
ual fund and $5,000 in the Trippi mutual fund. The value of each investment at the end of each

nutes (Sterling’s Best Places, April 13, 2021). The average commute times in minutes for 48 cities are as follows:

Phoeniz 28.3
Pittsburgh 25
Portland 26.4
Providence 23.6
Richmond 23.4
Sacramento 25.8
Salt Lake City 20.2
San Antonio 26.1
San Diego 24.8
San Francisco 32.6
San Jose 28.5
Seattle 27.3
St. louis 26.8
Tucson 24
Tulsa 20.1
Washington, 32.8

or these 48 cities?

s sleep 6.9 hours per night. Suppose that the standard deviation is 1.2 hours and that the number of hours of sleep fol_x0002_lows a be

who sleep between 4.5 and 9.3 hours per day.

 who sleep between 5.7 and 8.1 hours per day.

rs generally spend more than 40 hours each week working on instructional duties. The following data show the number
teachers and a sample of 11 high school English teachers.

54 55 58 49 61 54 54 52

46 47 48 49 46 55 44 47

ample of 13 high school science teachers?

ample of 11 high school English teachers?
mple of 13 high school science teachers?

metry practice problems to be worked via the net. Students must use a password to access the problems and the time of
he end of the week, the teacher examines the amount of time each student spent working the assigned problems. The

me on the computer solving trigonometry problems?

ass are provided below. Scores represent percent of items marked correct on the exam

ents' performance on the midterm?

sleep fol_x0002_lows a bell-shaped distribution
53 54
 (1) A partial relative frequency distribution is given.

Class Relative Frequency c. FREQUENCY d. PERCENTAGE FREQUENCY

A 0.22 44 22%
B 0.18 36 18%
C 0.40 80 40%
D 0.20 40 20%
total 1.00 200 100%

a. What is the relative frequency of class D? 0.20

b. The total sample size is 200. What is the frequency of class D? 40
c. Show the frequency distribution.
d. Show the percent frequency distribution.

(2) In a recent report, the top five syndicated television programs were The Big Bang Theory (BBT), Judge Judy (J
shown in the following table:

WoF Jep JJ Jep BBT

THM WoF BBT BBT BBT
Jep BBT WoF WoF WoF
WoF THM BBT THM WoF
BBT JJ JJ Jep BBT
BBT BBT JJ JJ BBT
JJ WoF THM WoF WoF
THM BBT WoF JJ JJ
Jep BBT WoF Jep Jep
WoF THM BBT BBT Jep

a. Are these data categorical or quantitative? A. Categorical Data

b. Provide frequency and percent frequency distributions.

c. On the basis of the sample, which television show has the largest viewing audience? Which one has the second

b. Consider a sample with data values 10, 20, 12, 17, 16, and 12. How would you expect the mean and median for
median for the sample data 10, 20, 12, 17, 16, and 12.

a. 10 b. 10
12 12
16 12
17 16
20 17
20
Mean 15 Mean 14.5
Median 16 Median 14

(4) Consider a sample with data values of 53, 55, 70, 58, 64, 57, 53, 69, 57, 68, and 53. Com_x0002_pute the mea
53 Mean 59.7273
55 Median 57
70 Mode 53
58
64
57
53
69
57
68
53

(5) Suppose that you initially invested $10,000 in the Stivers mutual fund and $5,000 in the Trippi mutual fund. T

Year Stivers ($) Trippi ($)

1 11,000.00 5,600.00
2 12,000.00 6,300.00
3 13,000.00 6,900.00
4 14,000.00 7,600.00
5 15,000.00 8,500.00
6 16,000.00 9,200.00
7 17,000.00 9,900.00
8 18,000.00 10,600.00

Which of the two mutual funds performed better over this time period?

(6) The average time that Americans commute to work is 27.7 minutes (Sterling’s Best Places, April 13, 2021). Th

Albuquerque 23.3 Jacksonville 26.2

Altlanta 28.3 Kansas City 23.4
Austin 24.6 Las Vegas 28.4
Baltimore 32.1 Little Rock 20.1
Boston 31.7 Los Angeles 32.2
Charlotte 25.8 Louisville 21.4
Chicago 38.1 Memphis 23.8
Cincinnati 24.9 Miami 30.7
Cleveland 26.8 Milwaukee 24.8
Columbus 23.4 Minneapolis 23.6
Dallas 28.5 Nashville 25.3
Denver 28.1 New Orleans 31.7
Detroit 29.3 New York 43.8
El Paso 24.4 Oklahoma City 22
 Fresno 23 Orlando 27.1
Indianapolis 24.8 Philadelphia 34.2

a. What is the mean commute time for these 48 cities? Mean

b. What is the median commute time for these 48 cities? Median
c. What is the mode for these 48 cities? Mode
d. What is the variance and standard deviation of commute times for these 48 cities?

e. What is the coefficient of variation for these 48 Cities?

COV 17.1528

(7) The results of a national survey showed that on average, adults sleep 6.9 hours per night. Suppose that the s

a. Use the empirical rule to calculate the percentage of individuals who sleep between 4.5 and 9.3 hours per day.
b. Use the empirical rule to calculate the percentage of individuals who sleep between 5.7 and 8.1 hours per day.

(8) According to the National Education Association (NEA), teachers generally spend more than 40 hours each wee
The following data show the number of hours worked per week for a sample of 13 high school science teachers an

a. High school Science Teachers b. High School English Teachers

49 44
52 46
53 46
53 47
54 47
54 47
54 48
54 49
54 50
55 52
56 55
58 MEDIAN 47
61
MEDIAN 54
MODE 54

a. What is the median number of hours worked per week for the sample of 13 high school science teachers?
The median number of hours worked per week for the sample of 13 High School Science Teachers is 5

b. What is the median number of hours worked per week for the sample of 11 high school English teachers?
The median number of hours worked per week for the sample of 11 High School English Teachers is 4
c. What is the mode number of hours worked per week for the sample of 13 high school science teachers?
Mode in statistics is the most common number in a data set. In the given data, 54 is the most commo
it appears 5 times.
(9) A high school teacher at a small private school assigns trigonometry practice problems to be worked via the n
the end of the week, the teacher examines the amount of time each student spent working the assigned problem
Data 15
28
25
48
22
43
49
34
22
33
27
25
22
20
39
A. MEAN 30.1333 or apprx. 30 minutes
MEDIAN 27
MODE 22

a. Find the Mean, Median, and Mode for the above data
b. What does this information tell you about students' length of time on the computer solving trigonometry proble
Based on the data, this tells us that the mean or the amount of time spent on answering the compu
Half of the pupils took more than 27 minutes to solve the tasks, while the other half took less time.
The students who spent the most time on the problems did so for 22 minutes.

(10) Midterm exam scores for a small advanced neuroanatomy class are provided below. Scores represent perce

87
99
75
87
94
75
35
88
87
93
Average 82
a. Find the Range, Standard Deviation, and Variance for the above data
 Max 99 STANDARD DEVIATION
Min 35 18.1720
RANGE 64

b. What does this information tell you about the variability of students' performance on the midterm?
This indicates that student performance on the midterm appears to be fairly high.
In addition, the standard deviation is roughly 18 and is almost two letter grades in size.
Bang Theory (BBT), Judge Judy (JJ), Wheel of Fortune (WoF), Jeopardy (Jep), and Two and a Half Men (THM). The preferred shows for a

B.
TV Programs Frequency Distribution
The Big Bang Theory BBT 15
Jeopardy Jep 8
Judge Judy JJ 8
Two and a Half Men THM 6
Wheel of Fortune WoF 13
TOTAL 50

ence? Which one has the second largest? C. Base on the data given, it can be identify that the Big Bang Theory
largest numbers of viers which has 15, then followed by Wheel and Fortune with
expect the mean and median for these sample data to compare to the mean and median for part a (higher, lower, or the same)? Comput
nd 53. Com_x0002_pute the mean, median, and mode.

5,000 in the Trippi mutual fund. The value of each investment at the end of each subsequent year is provided in the table:

g’s Best Places, April 13, 2021). The average commute times in minutes for 48 cities are as follows:

Phoeniz 28.3 23.3

Pittsburgh 25 28.3
Portland 26.4 24.6
Providence 23.6 32.1
Richmond 23.4 31.7
Sacramento 25.8 25.8
Salt Lake City 20.2 38.1
San Antonio 26.1 24.9
San Diego 24.8 26.8
San Francisco 32.6 23.4
San Jose 28.5 28.5
Seattle 27.3 28.1
St. louis 26.8 29.3
Tucson 24 24.4
 Tulsa 20.1 23
Washington, D.C 32.8 24.8

26.9063
25.95
23.4
Standard D. 4.6152
Variance 21.2997

urs per night. Suppose that the standard deviation is 1.2 hours and that the number of hours of sleep fol_x0002_lows a bell-shaped dis
A. Given
tween 4.5 and 9.3 hours per day. Mean
tween 5.7 and 8.1 hours per day. Standard Deviation

end more than 40 hours each week working on instructional duties.

13 high school science teachers and a sample of 11 high school English teachers.

gh school science teachers?

3 High School Science Teachers is 54.

gh school English teachers?

1 High School English Teachers is 47.
h school science teachers?
given data, 54 is the most common number because

e problems to be worked via the net. Students must use a password to access the problems and the time of log-in and log-off are autom
ent working the assigned problems. The data is provided below in minutes.

mputer solving trigonometry problems?

me spent on answering the computer solving was around 30 minutes.
hile the other half took less time.
problems did so for 22 minutes.

ed below. Scores represent percent of items marked correct on the exam

STANDARD DEVIATION VARIANCE
330.2222

ance on the midterm?

o be fairly high.
letter grades in size.
M). The preferred shows for a sample of 50 viewers are

% Frequency Distribution
30
16
16
12
26
100

tify that the Big Bang Theory

d by Wheel and Fortune with 13 viewers.
lower, or the same)? Compute the mean and
ded in the table:

26.2 28.3
23.4 25
28.4 26.4
20.1 23.6
32.2 23.4
21.4 25.8
23.8 20.2
30.7 26.1
24.8 24.8
23.6 32.6
25.3 28.5
31.7 27.3
43.8 26.8
22 24
 27.1 20.1
34.2 32.8

x0002_lows a bell-shaped distribution

6.9 hours
1.2 hours
f log-in and log-off are automatically recorded for the teacher. At