MAT 161

ASSIGNMENT II
2023/2024 SESSION
Instructions:
1. Answer all the questions below in handwritten and scan to pdf file using Scan apps on
your mobile phones. Equations should be properly written and cross referenced if
necessary.
2. The assignment should be submitted in pdf file and equally uploaded via the VLP
platform on before the deadline indicated on the platform.

Questions.

1. Summarised below are the values of the orders (to the nearest N' 00) taken by a sales
representative for a wholesale firm during a particular year.
Table 1:
Value of Order (N'00) 1 - 9 10 - 19 20 - 29 30 - 39 40 - 49 50 - 59 60 - 69 70 - 79
Number of Orders 4 10 15 27 42 32 19 18

Using your data,

(a) Prepare a cumulative frequency table
(b) Calculate the:
i. Q1 , Q2 andQ3
ii. interquartile range
iii. P10 andP90
iv. 80% percentilerange
v. A. quartile and percentile coefficients of skewness
vi. percentile coefficient of kurtosis
(c) how well would the data be approximated by a normal distribution?
(d) coefficient of standard deviation
(e) quartile deviation
(f) percentile deviation
(g) mean deviation
(h) coefficient of quartile deviation
(i) What is variability? Which variability measure is most useful for comparing variability in
two different situations, adjusting for the fact that the situations have different average values?
Justify.

Dr. A . L. Olutimo
Course Co-ordinator