Quiz 1B (MAS202)

Problem 1
A sample of 10 mothers was taken. The mothers were asked the age of their oldest child. You are given their
responses below.

3 12 4 7 14 6 2 9 11 6

Using this data set, compute/determine

a. the mean.

b. the variance.
c. the standard deviation.
d. the mode.
e. the five-number summary

f. if there is any outlier with the Q1 − 1.5 × IQR and Q3 + 1.5 × IQR rules
g. whether the data is skewed or not? Show your work to support the answer.

Problem 2
Let’s assume you want to find the occurrences of certain bottlenecks in your business process. The data is gathering
and organizing in the following table

Bottleneck Types/ Days of the week

Event Occurrence Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Total
Bottleneck A 45 21 12 33 26 31 28 196
Bottleneck B 4 7 3 5 0 2 9 30
Bottleneck C 12 15 9 11 4 13 7 71
Bottleneck D 45 26 23 37 28 39 22 220
Bottleneck E 25 14 17 11 21 12 9 109
Total 131 83 64 97 79 97 75 626

Create a Pareto chart and identify the two main bottlenecks that require immediate attention.

Problem 3
A survey of 400 college seniors resulted in the following table regarding their undergraduate major and whether or
not they plan to go to graduate school

Undergraduate Major
Graduate School Business Engineering Others Total
Yes 35 42 63 140
No 91 104 65 260
Total 126 146 128 400

a. Which graph or chart type is appropriate for visualizing the income distribution table?
b. Are a majority of the seniors in the survey planning to attend graduate school?
c. Which undergraduate major constitutes the majority of the individuals in the survey?

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 d. Compute row percentages and comment on the relationship between the students’ undergraduate major and
their intention of attending graduate school.
e. Compute the column percentages and comment on the relationship between the students’ intention of going to
graduate school and their undergraduate major.

Problem 4
The grades of 10 students in their first management test are shown below.

94 61 96 66 92
68 75 85 84 78

1. Develop a frequency distribution and a percent frequency distribution for the grades. Let the first class be 60
- 69.
2. Develop a cumulative frequency and a cumulative percent frequency distribution for the above data.
3. What percentage of the grades that are at most 80?
4. What percentage of the grades are within 2 standard deviations of the mean?

Problem 5
The following data shows the yearly income distribution of a sample of 200 employees at Walmart, Inc.

Yearly Income Number of

(In $1, 000s) Employees
20 - 24 2
25 - 29 48
30 - 34 80
35 - 39 60
40 - 44 10

a. Name the variables and indicate whether they are categorical (nominal/ordinal) or numerical (discrete/continuous).
b. What measurement scale is used for each variable?
c. Which graph or chart type is appropriate for visualizing the income distribution table?

d. What percentage of employees have yearly incomes of $35, 000 or more?

e. Does the figure computed in part d exemplify statistical inference? If no, what kind of statistical information
does it represent?
f. Based on this sample statistic, the president of the company said that “45% of all our employees’ yearly incomes
are $35, 000 or more.” What kind of statistical information does the president’s statement represent?
g. What percentage of employees of the sample have yearly incomes of $29, 000 or more?