MQF 1033

1] What type of variables is the number of gallons of gasoline pumped by a filling station during a day?

Continuous quantitative variable.

2] What type of variables is the number of robberies reported in your city?

Discrete quantitative variable.

3] What type of variables is the price of an admission ticket to a movie theater?

Ratio – level

4] The final ranking of the top 20 NCAA college basketball teams are an example of which level of measurement?

Ordinal level

5]In a 2004 USA TODAY survey (USA TODAY , July 19, 2004) registered dietitians with the American Dietetic
Association were asked, “What is the major reason people want to lose weight?”The responses were classified as
Health (H), Cosmetic (C), and Other (O).Suppose a random sample of 20 dietitians is taken and these dietitians are
asked the same question. Their responses are as follow.

H H C H O C C H C O

O H C H H C H H O H

a]Prepare a frequency distribution table.

Major reason to lose weight Frequency

Health 10
Cosmetic 6
Other 4
Total 20

b] Compute the relative frequencies and percentage for all categories.

Major reason to lose Frequency Relative frequencies Percentage

weight
Health 10 0.5 50%
Cosmetic 6 0.3 30%
Other 4 0.2 20%
Total 20 1.0 100%

c] What percentage of these dietitians gave Health as the major reason for people to loss weight?

50%

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d] Draw a pie chart for the percentage distribution.

Reasons to lose weight

20%

Health
50% Cosmetic
Other

30%

6] A sample of the paramedical fees charged by clinics revealed these amount : $55, $49, $50, $45, $52, and $55.
What is mean, median charge and mode?

$45, $49, $50, $52, $55, $55

Mean = 306 = $51

6

Median = (50 + 52) = $51

2

Mode = $55

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7] The capacities of several metal containers are : 38, 20, 37, 64, and 27 liters. What is the range in liters?

Range = 64 – 20 = 44.

8] The mean, median, and variance of a distribution are as follows.

Mean = 15 Median = 16 Variance = 9

Find Pearson coefficient of skewness and comment on the result.

= 3(15 – 16) = -1 (considerable negative skewness)

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9] The mean, median, and standard deviation of a distribution are as follows.

Mean = 52.1 million Median = 45.2 million SD = 9.81

Find Pearson coefficient of skewness.

= 3(52.1 – 45.2) = 2.11 (moderate positive skewness)

9.81

10] The table below shows the years of working experience for 100 employees of Jimmy’s Company.
Calculate the mean, median, mode.

Years of experience Number of employees

1-5 10

6 – 10 20

11 – 15 28

16 – 20 24

21 – 25 12

26 - 30 6

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Answer:

Years of experience Number of employees (f) Midpoint (x) (fx)

1-5 10 3 30
6 – 10 20 8 160
11 – 15 28 13 384
16 – 20 24 18 432
21 – 25 12 23 276
26 - 30 6 27.5 165
Total 100 1,427

Mean = 1427 = 14.27

100

Median =
Years of experience Number of employees (f) Cumulative frequencies Position of data
1-5 10 10 1 – 10
6 – 10 20 30 11 – 30
11 – 15 28 58 31 – 58
16 – 20 24 82 59 – 82
21 – 25 12 94 83 – 94
26 - 30 6 100 95 – 100

= 11 + 50 – 30 x (15 – 11)
28
= 13.86

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Frequency

28

24

20

12
10
6

1 5 10 15 20 25 30

Year of experience

Mode = 13.5