Tutorial 2: Measures of Dispersion

Question 1: The Statistics test marks of a university are as follows

52, 45, 25, 75, 63, 86, 72, 85, 55, 65, 70, 82, 90, 48, 68, 86, 65, 64, 78, 75, 32, 42.

Find the inter quartile range.

Question 2: Find the standard deviation of the data set 5, 10,15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50.

Question 3: Calculate the variance and also standard deviation for the following values: 1, 3, 5,
6, 6, 8, 9, and 10.

Question 4 : Find an estimate of the variance and standard deviation of the following data for
the marks obtained in a test by 88 students.

Marks (x) 0 ≤ x < 10, 10 ≤ x < 20, 20 ≤ x < 30, 30 ≤ x < 40, 40 ≤ x < 50

Frequency (f) 6 16 24 25 1

Question 5: Find the variance and the standard deviation for the frequency distribution of the
data. The data represent the average profitability of the sales outlet ( in Rs. Mn) during one
week.

Class Frequency Midpoint

5.5-10.5 1 8

10.5-15.5 2 13

15.5-20.5 3 18

20.5-25.5 5 23

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25.5-30.5 4 28

30.5-35.5 3 33

35.5-40.5 2 28

Question 6: The mean of the number of sales of cars over a 3 month period is 87, and the
standard deviation is 5. The mean of the commissions is $5225, and the standard deviation is
$773. Compare the variations of the two. Which is having more variation?

Question 7: John took two tests last week. The average for the Stat test was 61.3 and the
standard deviation was 2.94. The average for the Economics test was 81.5 and the standard
deviation was 3.14. Compare the variation for the two tests. Which test marks are more
variable?

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