EXERCISE CHAPTER 2

1. The following data represents the number of cars repaired per week in a workshop in Petaling
Jaya over a period of 15 weeks.

Table 1: Cars repaired per week

Week Number Of Cars Week Number Of Cars

1 81 9 56

2 61 10 122

3 77 11 86

4 71 12 133

5 69 13 91

6 83 14 113

7 105 15 86

8 111

a) Construct a steam-and-leaf plot and box and whisker plot for the above data.
b) From the (i), Determine the mean, mode and median the number of cars repaired per
week? Interpret the values.
c) By using appropriate calculation, identify the shape of distribution for the above data.
2. The following chart shows the age (in years) of all employees at ONE Hotel.

1 7 8 8 8 9 9

2 0 0 1 2 2 3 4 5 6

3 2 2 2 3 5 5 5 5

4 0 0 3 4 5 6

5 2 2 8 9

6 0 1 1

7 1 2

i. List the actual values from the above data

ii. How many employees were involved in the study
iii. What are the mean, mode and median age of the employees? Interpret the values.
iv. State the skewness of the above distribution and explain what it means.
3. The number of stories in two selected samples of tall buildings in Atlanta and Philadelphia is
shown.
Table 2: Number of Stories in Tall Buildings

Atlanta Philadelphia

55 70 44 36 40 30
61 40 38 32

63 40 44 34 38 30
58 40 40 25

60 47 52 32 32 30
54 40 36 37

50 53 32 28 31 33
53 39 36 34

52 32 34 32 50 32
50 38 36 39

26 29

Table 3 shows descriptive statistics obtained from computer output analyzed based on data
in Table 2.
Table 3: Desciptive Statistics

Atlanta Philadelphia

N Valid 27 25

Missing 0 2
Mean K L
Median 40.00 M
Mode 32 N
Std. Deviation O 9.352
Range P Q
Minimum R 25
Maximum 70 S

Based on the information provided,

a) Determine the values of K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, and S
b) Interpret the meaning of the value K, L, M, N
c) Compute and interpret the meaning of the Pearson coefficient of skewness for the
number of stories in tall buildings for both buildings.
d) Using an appropriate measure, determine which buildings are more consistent, in the
number of stories.
e) Construct the stem and leaf plot for Atlanta and box plot for Philadelphia