ASSIGNMENT 1 (15%)

ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS

1. A statistics student is interested in finding out something about the average ringgit
value of cars owned by the faculty members of UNITAR International University.
Describe each of the four terms to be identified in this situation. (4 marks)
a) population
b) sample
c) variable
d) data value

2. Classify each as nominal level, ordinal level, interval level or ratio level measurement.
(4 marks)
a) Number of telephones per household.
b) Type of telephone primarily used.
c) Rankings of badminton players.
d) Temperature inside a classroom.

3. The amount of protein (in grams) for a variety of fast food sandwiches is reported
here. (6 marks)

a) Construct a frequency distribution with relative frequency.

b) Construct a histogram for the data using frequency distribution.

4. The following table shows the ungrouped frequency distribution for the number of
miles you have to travel from home to campus. (6 marks)

Class Frequency
5 24
10 16
15 10

a) Compute the mean, median and mode.

b) Compute the variance and standard deviation.