Practice Problem –Set 1 Description of Data Spring 2021

Assignment Ex. Sec title/ Page # Problems (15)

Chapter 1 -Reading -
Chapter 2 . Graphs/ p. 22 4,10,16,22
Measures/p. 36 34, 44,45,53,54,55,
For Prob.59(use Excel)
Review / p. 42 68-72

Tutorial Exercise :
- Part 1. Review set theory .
- Part 2. Solve the following
1) Represent the following data by a histogram plot :

Waiting Time in seconds (n=20)

43.1 45.3 47.3 30.3 45.6

35.6 43.5 31.2 31.4 36.5

37.6 40.3 42.2 35.6 43.1

36.5 50.2 45.5 45.2 54.1

Use 5-seconds bins .

2) The heights of a sample of 15 students are found in table
Height in cms (n=15)
141 145 143 141 145
143 147 144 138 148
145 152 149 143 145
Use 6 bins. State what kind of distribution this is?
3) Find the frequency of Drug prices in the market,
Drug No. Prices
A 190
B 250
C 171
D 190
E 500
Practice Problem –Set 1 Description of Data Spring 2021

F 301
G 222
H 100
I 1000
J 310
K 800
L 500
M 200
N 510
use histogram and state what kind of distribution this is ?
4) Consider the data in problem 1 – 3 . Calculate
i. Mode, median and mean
ii. standard deviation
iii. range
iv. quartiles 1-4 and interquartile range.
v. Outliers
Mark these values on the graph, if it is possible.