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1. Determine the type of data for all the categories (except 'name'):

Name

Age (years)

Gender

Country of Origin
Ethiopia Kenya
Tanzania Rwanda

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Female

Kito
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Male
Female

Weekly Contribution to Morning Tea Fund 5 Birrs 4 shillings

3 shillings
50 Francs

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Clerical Technical
Management

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statistician wishes to determine the average height of students in a university which contains 200 students. She samples 50 students and finds the average height to be 177.8 centimetres
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What is the population of interest?

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200 students

What is the sample? Solution: 50 students Is the value 177.8 cm a statistic or a parameter? Explain. Solution: Statistic. The mean belongs to the sample.
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3.

of his product is defective. He produces, on average, 1,000 floppy discs per dav. When 100 founffi floppy discs were drawn from a day's manufacture , 8%o

A manufacturer of floppy discs claims that less than

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The following data refers to the number of defective floppy discs produced by the manufacturer in Question 3 above for each day of a thirty day period.

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Use Excel to display an ogive based on the data in Question 4 above.

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IJsing the data in Question 4 above:

a) Draw a stem and leaf display

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Draw a histogram by hand

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Intervals 60 70 70803 80903

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