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QUESTIONS OS LECT. 26-28

Lecture 26
Question1:

Calculate the Harmonic and Geometric Mean of the following data sets 11, 10,9,8,7.

Solution:

Rearranging 7, 8, 9, 10, 11

n= 5, x1=7, x2= 8, x3=9, x4=10, x5=11

HM= (1/x1 +1/x 2 +....+1/x n )

HM= 5/0.5698

= 8.787

n= 5, x1=7, x2= 8, x3=9, x4=10, x5=11

GM= (x1.x2.x3…xn) ^ (1/n)

GM = (7*8*9*10*11) ^ (1/5)

GM = (55440) ^(.2)

=8.8872

Question2:

Find the geometric mean and harmonic mean of 80, 85, 90, 95, and 100.
Given Data: 80, 85, 90, 95, 100

n = 5, x1=80, x2= 85, x3=90, x4=95, x5=100

GM= (80*85*90*95*100) ^ (1/5)
= (5814000000) ^ (.2)
= 89.7211
 HM = 5 / (1/80 + 1/85 + 1/90 + 1/95 + 1/100)
= 5 / (0.0125+0.011765+0.01111+0.010526+0.01)
= 5 / .055902
= 89.44

Question3:

Find mean using the empirical relationship if

Median=8.97

Mode=14.5

Solution:
Empirical relationship is defined as
Mean-Mode=3(Mean-Median)
Mean-Mode=3Mean-3Median
Rearranging the expression
3Mean-Mean=3Median-Mode
Mean = {(3*Median) – (Mode)} / 2
= {(3*8.97)-(14.5)}/2
= (26.91-14.5) / 2
= 12.41/2
Mean= 6.205

Question4:

Find the median, lower quartile and upper quartile for the following data:
12, 16, 36, 34, 89, 7, 22, 28, 10, 6, 10

Solution:

Rearranging data 6, 7, 10, 10, 12, 16, 22, 28, 34, 36, 89

n =11
Median =16 (Middle value of 11 value is 6th value.)
Lower Quartile is Q1
Q1= (n+1)/4
= (11+1)/4= 3
As 3rd value is 10, so first/lower quartile is 10.
The lower quartile is 10
Upper quartile is Q3
Q3 = 3(n+1) / 4
= 3 (11+1) /
= 3*12 / 4
Q3 = 9
As 9th value of data is 34.
The upper quartile is 34

Question5:

Write down the names of terms which are used to calculate dispersion of data of absolute
measures.

Solution:

 Range
 Quartile Deviation
 Mean Deviation
 Standard Deviation or Variance

Lecture 27
Question1:

Find first and third quartiles of the following data

43, 3, 17, 39, 6, 14, 35, 29, 31
Solution:

Arrange in ascending order,

3, 6, 14, 17, 29, 31, 35, 39, 43
Position of Q1 = (n+1)/4
= (9+1)/4=10/4
=2.5
Therefore Q1=2nd value+0.5(3rd value -2nd value)
=6+0.5(14-6)
=10
Position of Q3=3(n+1)/4
=3(9+1)/4=30/4
=7.5
Therefore Q3=7th value+0.5(8th value-7th value)
=35+0.5(39-35)
=37

Question2:

Find quartile deviation of 19,12,21,6,9,25,8,34,28,16

Solution:
Rearranging the data
6, 8, 9, 12, 16, 19, 21, 25, 28, 34
n = 10

To find position of Q1= (10+1)/4 = 11/4 = 2.75

Q1 = 2nd Value + 0.5(3rd Value – 2nd Value)
= 8 + {0.75(9-8)}
Q1 = 8 +0.75 = 8.75
To find position of Q3 = 3(n+1)/4
= 3(10+1)/4
= 33/4= 8.25
Q3 = 8th Value + 0.25(9th Value – 8th Value)
= 25 + {0.25 (28-25)}
= 25 + 0.75= 25.75

Q.D = (Q3-Q1)/2 = (25.75-8.75)/2= 17/2

= 8.5

Question3:

Calculate the range median, mode and mean for the following set of values:
5, 8, 5, 7, 3

Solution:

Mean
= 28/5
Mean= 5.6
Median
Arranging the data in ascending order
3, 5, 5, 7, 8
Median =5
Mode
Mode=5
Range
Range=Largest value-Smallest value =8-3=5
Question4:

Find all the quartiles for the following data set

18, 20, 23, 20, 23, 27, 24, 23, 29

Rearranging data

18, 20, 20, 23, 23, 23, 24, 27, 29

n=9

To find position of first quartile = (n+1)/4= (9+1)/4= 2.5

Q1= 2nd Value + {0.5 (20-20)}= 20+0

Q1=20

To find position of Q2=2(n+1)/4

= 2(9+1)/4= 2(10)/4= 20/4=5

Q2 is the fifth value of data, which is 23

Q2 = 23

To find position of Q3 = 3(n+1)/4

= 3(9+1)/4=3(10)/4=30/4

= 7.5

Q3= 7th Value + 0.5 {8th Value – 7th Value)

= 24 + 0.5 (27-24)

Q3 = 24 + 1.5 = 25.5

Answer: Q1=20, Q2=23 and Q3=25.5

Question5:

Speed of 8 cars on motorway

45kmph,48kmph,89mph,77kmph,55kmph,56kmph,52kmph.

Find range and midrange of their speeds.

Solutions:

Rearranging data

45, 48, 52, 55, 56, 77, 89

n=7

Range = 89-45 = 44
Midrange= (Largest value + Smallest value) / 2
=67

Lecture 28
Question1:

Team A scored the following number of goals in their last 20 matches:

3, 0, 1, 5, 4, 3, 2, 6, 4, 2, 3, 3, 0, 7, 1, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6

Calculate the mean deviation about the mean.

Solution:

Mean  X =
 x  60  3
n 20
 x x−x́ |x− x́|
3 0 0
0 -3 3
1 -2 2
5 2 2
4 1 1
3 0 0
2 -1 1
6 3 3
4 1 1
2 -1 1
3 0 0
3 0 0
0 -3 3
7 4 4
1 -2 2
1 -2 2
2 -1 1
3 0 0
4 1 1
6 3 3
60 30

Mean deviation from mean 

 | x  x |  30  1.5
i

n 20

Question2:

Calculate the mean deviation from median of the following set of marks taken by a student

28, 46, 29, 24, 30, 46, 32

Solution:

Rearranging the data

24, 28, 29, 30, 32, 46, 46

Median =4th value of data = 30

x xx |x− x́|

24 24-30= - 6 6
28 28-30= -2 2
 29 29-30= -1 1
30 30-30= 0 0
32 32-30= 2 2
46 46-30=16 16
46 46-30=16 16
7 43

Mean deviation from median= 43/6= 6.143

Question3:

Calculate the variance of the following data 30m, 35m, 39m, 45m and 49m.

Solution:

Arranged Data 30, 35, 39, 45, 49 n=5

Mean 
x
n

x
 30  35  39  45  49 
5 =39.6m

Taking the deviation their mean and then squaring these deviations, we get

x xx ( x - x) 2
30 30-39.6= -9.6 92.16
35 35-39.6= -4.6 21.16
39 39-39.6= -0.6 0.36
45 45-39.6= 5.4 29.16
49 49-39.6= 9.4 88.36

Variance

Variance 
 ( x  x) 2

n
 231.2
 46.24
= 5 m

Question4:

Calculate coefficient of variation in each case and determine which country has the greater
variability in earnings. While the mean weekly earnings of company workers in one
country were $28.50 with a standard deviation of $6, and second country weekly earning of
company worker were Rs. 95 with a standard deviation of Rs. 39.

Solution:

Country A ($) Country B (Rs)

Mean 28.50 95

6 39
S.D 28.50

Coefficient of Variance: C.V

S
C.V    *100
x
For Country A :
C.V = (6/28.50)*100= 0.21*100 = 21 %
For Country B :
C.V = (39/95)*100= 0.41*100 = 41 %

From these calculations, it is obvious that the spread of earnings in second country is greater than
that in first country.