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Chapter 2.1, Problem 21P
Expand Your Knowledge: Decimal Data The following data represent tonnes of wheat harvested each year (1894–1925) from Plot 19 at the Rothamsted Agricultural Experiment Stations, England.
- (a) Multiply each data value by 100 to “clear” the decimals.
- (b) Use the standard procedures of this section to make a frequency table and histogram with your whole-number data. Use six classes.
- (c) Divide class limits, class boundaries, and class midpoints by 100 to get back to your original data values.
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3. Use the data set below to find the following:
Data
Frequency
Item
30
8
35
2
40
45
50
4
3. The number of goals scored by Wayne Gretzky was recorded for seasons 1978 – 1999.
(Please note the data set has been ordered from smallest to the largest for your convenience).
5, 9, 11, 16, 23, 23, 31, 38, 40, 40, 41, 46, 51, 52, 54, 55, 62, 71, 73, 87, 92
A. Construct a stem-and-leaf display for the data and describe the shape of the distribution (symmetric,
skewed left, skewed right, bell-shaped, etc., any obvious outliers).
B. What is the fraction of the data that is less than or equal to 31?
C. Given that Ex, = 920 and Ex = 52 436 find the mean and standard deviation.
D. Find the (i) median, (ii) Q1, (iii)Q:, (iv) the interquartile range (IQR), (v) the lower and upper
fences.
E. Construct a Box-plot for the data. What are your conclusions about the shape of the distribution?
Compare with the results in Part A.
F. Would the mean or the median be the most suitable measure to use to represent the central location
of this distribution? Give reasons for your answer.
5.
Find range for the following data:
Classes
62-64
64-66
66-68
68-70
70-72
Frequency
Solution:
5
3
4
5
3
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