Programme Degrees Generic

Module Quantitative Techniques

Module Code QTE 210/QTE 310
NQF Level 6
Credits 10
Assessment Type Individual Assignment
Semester 1
Due Date 07 April 2023

Total marks 50
Pass mark 50%
Weighting 10%
Examiner MS Y.PILLAY

This assignment consists of 03 pages including the cover page.

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 QUESTION 1 (25 marks)
During the first two weeks of March this year the daily millimetres of rain recorded in Durban is as follows:

22 24 25 15 20 13 25 18 26 16 19 18 31 22

You are required to calculate the following measures of central location and dispersion:
1.1 The mean daily rainfall. (3)
1.2 The median daily rainfall. (3)
1.3 The mode daily rainfall. (2)
1.4 The range of the daily rainfall. (2)
1.5 The lower and upper quartile values of the daily rainfall. (5)
1.6 The quartile deviation. (2)
1.7 The standard deviation. (6)
1.8 The coefficient of variation. (2)

QUESTION 2 (25 marks)

A company is concerned about the misuse of its company’s telephones. The time of 300 calls were collected, the
data is summarised in the following frequency distribution:

Time duration (Minutes) Number of Calls

2 to < 5 19
5 to < 8 61
8 to < 11 93
11 to < 14 67
14 to < 17 49
17 to < 20 11

Use the data above to calculate:

2.1 The Mean time of a call. (4)

2.2 The Median time of a call. (6)
2.3 The Mode time of a call. (6)
2.4 The upper quarter time of a call. (4)
2.5 The standard deviation time of a call (5)

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Cover Sheet

Student’s name

Student number
Name of
Campus
Year of Study Semester

Programme
Module
Module Name
Code
Lecturer
Date
Due date submitted

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• I have not used work previously produced by another student or any other persons to hand
in as my own.
• I have not allowed, and will not allow, anyone to copy my work with the intention of
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