Assignment 1 Total marks :70 Due Date: 13- 02 - 2024

QUESTION 01

a) A survey was taken on how much trust people place in the information they read on the
Internet. S = trust in everything they read, H = trust in most of what they read, M = trust in about
one-half of what they read, A = trust in a small portion of what they read.

M M M A H M S M H M
S M M H M A M M A M
M M H A M M H M H M
A M M M H M M M M M
S H H A M A S M A S

Construct a relative frequency distribution for the data and interpret the results.

b) The salaries (in millions of dollars) for 30NFL teams for a specific season are given in this
frequency distribution.

Class limits Frequency

39.9-42.8 2
42.9-45.8 2
45.9-48.8 5
48.9-51.8 5
51.9-54.8 11
54.9-57.8 5
Construct a histogram for the data.

QUESTION 02

The SAT scores for the top 30 schools of engineering are listed below.

767 770 761 757 771 768 776 771 756 770
763 760 746 766 750 771 778 771 766 762
780 754 746 764 769 759 760 753 758 747

a) Construct categorical frequency distribution with 6 classes.

b) Construct a histogram for the data and describe its shape.
c) Construct frequency polygon and ogive.
QUESTION 03
The animal trainer selected another group of dogs who were much older than the first group and
measured their reaction times to the same stimulus.

Class limits Frequency

2.3-2.9 1
3.0-3.6 3
3.7-4.3 4
4.4-5.0 16
5.1-5.7 14
5.8-6.4 4

a) Construct a histogram.
b) Construct frequency polygon.

QUESTION 04

The following data are the measured speeds in miles per hour of 40 charging elephants. Using relative
frequencies

23 30 27 27 22 26 35 20 29 29
25 15 22 27 19 18 12 26 12 15
31 35 26 24 35 14 43 34 23 27
40 35 38 42 44 57 24 21 20 33

a) Construct categorical frequency distribution.

b) Construct a histogram.

QUESTION 05

Wellstone Inc. produces and markets replacement covers for cell phones in a variety of colors. The
company would like to allocate its production plans to five different colors: bright white, metallic black,
magnetic lime, tangerine orange, and fusion red. The company set up a kiosk in the Mall of America for
several hours and asked randomly selected people which cover color was their favorite. The results
follow:

Bright White 130

Metallic Black 104
Magnetic Lime 325
Tangerine Orange 455
Fusion Red 286

Construct Bar Chart and Pie Chart.

QUESTION 06

The Coastal Research Institute surveyed 50 randomly selected individuals and asked them about their
primary way of receiving daily news. They had the options of newspaper (N), television (T), radio (R), or
Internet (I).

N N T T T I R R I T
I N R R I N N I T N
I R T T T T N R R I
R R I N T R T I I T
T I N T T I R N R T

a) Construct a categorical frequency distribution for the data and interpret the results.
b) Construct a pie chart for the data and analyze the results.

QUESTION 07

A retail outlet for recreational items documented the sales of five products during a randomly selected
hour in a recent promotional event. (B: building blocks, G: gaming accessories, T: tech gadgets, S:
stationery, F: fashion items)

F B B B G T F
G G F S G T
F T T T S T
F S S G S B

a) Construct a categorical frequency distribution for the data and interpret the results.
b) Construct a relative categorical frequency distribution for the data and interpret the results.
c) Construct pie chart and analyze the results.