Assignment 15 Pre IB Statistics To be handed in: Thursday 22nd March

Please write your solutions on A4 squared or lined paper. You MUST show the stages of your working out and answer all questions. Please use square paper or graph paper for graphs, box-plots, histograms etc.. Graphs drawn on lined paper will not be accepted. Statistical Terminology Please read pages 170 172. 1. Classify the following variables as either categorical or numerical: (a) the nationality of a person (b) the weight of babies aged 1 year. 2. State whether a census or a sample would be used for these investigations:

(a) the amount of rain each month in Birkerd

(b) the height of trees in Bistrup Hegn Quantitative (Numerical) Data Please read pages 176 - 178 3. A class of 20 students was asked How many children are there in your household? and the following data collected: 1 2 3 5 1 1 3 4 6 1 2 4 8 6 1 1 4 2 2 2 (a) (b) (c) (d) Is the data discrete or continuous? Construct a dot plot on square paper to display the data. Remember a title, scale and labelled axes. How would you describe the distribution of the data? Are there any outliers?

Continuous Data Please read pages 181 - 183

4. The following table shows the age distribution of teachers who smoke at Laughlin High School.
Ages 20 x < 30 30 x < 40 40 x < 50 50 x < 60 60 x < 70 Number of smokers 5 4 3 2 3

Construct a histogram to represent this data. Use square or graph paper and remember a title, scale and labelled axes. Measuring the centre Please read pages 184 186

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5. For the set of {8, 4, 2, 10, 2, 5, 9, 12, 2, 6, 6}

(a) (b) (c) calculate the mean; find the mode; find the median.

Calculating mean from frequency table Please read pages 188 189 about the mean only 6. The data shows the distribution of grades for a 2u English test. Grades Number of students 3 4 5 6 5 4 4 4

7 3 Calculate the mean grade. Remember to show your working out. Cumulative Data Please read pages 191 192

7. A marine biologist records as a frequency distribution the lengths (L), measured to the nearest centimetre,
of 100 mackerel. The results are given in the table below. Length of mackerel Number of (L cm) mackerel 27 < L 29 29 < L 31 31 < L 33 33 < L 35 35 < L 37 37 < L 39 39 < L 41 41 < L 43 2 4 8 21 30 18 12 5 100 (a) (b) Construct a cumulative frequency table for the data in the table. Draw a cumulative frequency graph. Hint: Plot your cumulative frequencies at the top of each interval and use square or graph paper. Put on a scale on label your axes. (c) Use the cumulative frequency curve to find an estimate, to the nearest cm for the median length of mackerel.

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Measuring the Spread Please read pages 194 - 195 8. For the data set: 3, 6, 2, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 6, 7, 5, 6, 4, 5, 3 (a) range (d) upper quartile (b) median (e) interquartile range find the: find the: (c) lower quartile

9. For the data set: 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 6, 6, 6, 7, 7, 8, 8, 8, 9, 9 (a) range (d) upper quartile Box-and-Whisker Plots Please read pages 196 197 10. For the data set: 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 6, 6, 7, 8, 8, 8, 9, 9, 10, 10 (b) median (e) interquartile range

(c) lower quartile

(a) construct the five-number summary scale) (c) find the (i) range and (ii) interquartile range. Parallel Boxplots Please read 198 199

(b) draw a boxplot (use squared paper and include a

11. Johns year 10 class has 15 boys and 14 girls. He measures the height of each pupil. These are the heights to the nearest centimetre.

Heights of girls
130 165 165 179 170 142 148 168 180 180 150 158 160 175

Heights of boys
182 185 145 150 154 180 170 175 161 146 149 156 158 160 182

(a) Construct the five-number summaries for the boys and girls heights (b) Draw parallel boxplots using the same scale (draw on squared paper) (c) Compare the heights of the girls and boys in the class.

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