Department of Economics
Assignment 1- Spring 2008
Points: 10
No. Of Employees
5
18
25
30
15
12
8
6
4
2
Q3. Find the median from the following frequency distribution of the student's heights of KIMEP.
Class Intervals
150-155
155-160
160-165
165-170
170-175
175-180
180-185
185-190
Frequency
10
15
20
30
12
8
5
2
Q4. The following table gives the yearly profits in million USD in a certain commercial organizations;
Profits (in Million USD)
0-10
10-20
20-30
30-40
40-50
No. Of Organizations
2
5
12
18
25
50-60
60-70
70-80
80-90
90-100
22
17
9
6
3
Find the mode value from the above given frequency distribution
Q5. The following frequency distribution indicates the annual rates of growth as percentage of output of 70
factories in a year.
Growth Rates (in Percentage)
0-2.5
2.5-5.0
5.0-7.5
7.5-10.0
10.0-12.5
12.5-15.0
No. Of Factories
12
15
25
10
6
2
No. of Companies
8
12
20
13
6
2
Q7. The following table shows the distribution of 166 families according to their expenditure per week in USD
of the households of Republic of Kazakhstan.
Expenditure
250 -500
500-750
750-1000
1000-1250
1250-1500
1500-1750
1750-2000
2000-2250
2250-2500
2500-2750
2750-3000
No. Of Families
14
22
32
35
20
12
10
8
6
4
3
Q8. The Find table shows the daily wages of workers of a mine industry
Frequencies ( f i )
8
16
20
25
18
12
8
6
4
3
Wages in USD
100-120
120-140
140-160
160-180
180-200
200-220
220-240
240-260
260-280
280-300
(a) Calculate range
(b) Calculate mean deviation from mean, median and mode
(c) Calculate the quartile deviation
(d) Calculate the standard deviation
Q9. A final exam in a course in Mathematical Statistics of public and private Universities were taken by a
number of students with the following results.
(i) Public University
45, 50, 55, 60, 63, 62, 58, 72, 63, 68, 67, 60, 63, 60, 62, 58, 66, 62, 60, 65, 65, 56, 48, 55, 68, 57, 46, 45, 61, 75,
48, 66, 61, 48, 55, 50, 63, 65, 49, 65, 60, 61, 63, 60, 65, 58, 66, 62, 60, 65
(ii) Private University
70, 75, 65, 60, 73, 72, 58, 59, 75, 74, 69, 68, 46, 45, 62, 74, 76, 72, 45, 55, 55, 46, 48, 65, 70, 77, 46, 45, 71, 40,
44, 46, 41, 49, 45, 50, 73, 75, 45, 55, 75, 61, 64, 40, 45, 68, 46, 66, 69, 75
Find, which university's students results may be considered to be a more consistent?
Q10. Find the coefficient of mean deviation from the mean value and also find the coefficient of
quartile deviation of problem 9 for both universities.