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Engineering Mathematical Society

PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS

(MIDTERM)
I. PRESENTATION OF DATA 4. The following are the scores of 8
1. The following specifies the life of 40 Engineering Students in a 20 item quiz
similar car batteries recorded to the in trigonometry:
nearest tenth of a year. 15, 10, 19, 18, 17, 14, 13, 14

2.2 3.5 3.2 3 Determine the Mean Absolute

3.4 3.1 3.8 4.7 Deviation, Variance, Standard
2.5 3.4 2.9 3.9 Deviation and Coefficient of
3.3 3.7 3.2 1.9 Variation.
4.7 3.2 3.9 4.2
4.1 4.5 3.7 2.6 5. Fifty reinforcing steel bars are tested
1.6 3.3 3.1 3.7 and their capacities have been recorded
4.3 3.6 3.3 3.1 in a frequency table as shown:
3.1 4.4 4.1 3.4
3.8 2.6 3 3.5
Conduct the frequency distribution table. BARS STRENGTH NUMBER OF BARS

II. ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA 240-269 2

2.1 MEASURES OF CENTRAL LOCATION 270-299 11
2. Determine the mean, median and mode 300-329 17
of the Data in Problem 1 taking them 330-359 16
as: 360-389 4
A. Ungrouped Data
B. Grouped Data a. Determine the 3rd Quartile, 4th
Decile, ad 19th Percentile.
2.2 MEASURES OF POSITION b. Determine the Mean Deviation,
Variance and Standard
2.3 MEASURES OF VARIATION Deviation.
3. The scores of 20 Engineering Students
in a 20-item pop quiz in Algebra are as
follows: (Ungrouped Data)

15 5 11 9 12
12 10 14 16 14
19 17 16 18 16
18 16 16 19 20

a. Determine the 1st Quartile, 7th

Decile, and 81th Percentile.
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2.4 MEASURES OF SHAPE same nationality sit together? (b) They

sit in a round table?
6. The following are the scores of 8 14. (a) Find the number of four letter words
Engineering Students in a 20 item quiz that can be formed from the letters of
in trigonometry: the word HISTORY. (b) How many of
15, 10, 19, 18, 17, 14, 13, 14 them begin and end in a consonant? (c)
Describe the shape of the distribution. How many contain letter Y? (d) How
Also compute for the Mean, Mean many begin with T and end with a
Deviation, Standard Deviation, vowel? (e) How many contain both
Skewness, Pearsonian Coefficient of vowels?
Skewness, Bowleys Coefficient of 15. (a) How many three digit numbers can
Skewness and Kurtosis. be formed from the digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
and 6 if each digit can be used only
BASIC PRINCIPLES OF COUNTING ones?
7. A certain restaurant offers 3 kinds of (b) How many of these are odd
appetizers, 5 dishes as choices for the numbers?
main course, and 4 options for the (c) How many are greater than 330?
dessert. How many ways can you eat
for a complete dinner set?
8. How many different ways can 3 red, 4
yellow, and 2 blue bulbs be arranged in
a string of Christmas tree lights with 9
sockets?
9. In how many ways can one choose
three cards in succession from a deck of
52 cards (a) with replacement, (b)
without replacement?
10. How many committees of three can be
formed from 8 people?
11. In how many ways can a party of 7
persons arrange themselves (a) in a row
of 7 chairs? (b) Around a circular table?
12. (a) In how many ways can 3 boys and 2
girls sit in a row? (b) In how many ways
can they sit in a row if the boys and girls
are sit to together? (c) In how many
ways can they sit in a row if just the
girls are sit together?
13. (a) In how many ways can 3 Americans,
4 Frenchmen, 4Danes, and 2 Filipinos
be seated in a row so that those of the
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ANSWERS: Deviation Method: 3.3 + = 3.4375

1. Median= 3.2792

Mode= 3.3441

3. Q1=12, D7=16.3, P81=18

4. MAD= 2.25, S2 = 8.5714, S=2.9277,
x100%= x100%=19.518%

2.
5. Xfk = Lfk + C
A. Ungrouped:

BARS STRENGTH NUMBER OF BARS cf<

240-269 2 2
270-299 11 13
300-329 17 30
330-359 16 46
360-389 4 50
N=50
a. Q3= 343.5625, D4= 311.8529, P19 =
289.9545
Mean= 3.4125
Median= 3.4
Mode= 3.1 CLASS f x x- I x- I fI x- I
240-
B. Grouped: 2 254.5 -65.4 65.4 130.8
269
270-
11 284.5 -35.4 35.4 389.4
299
300-
17 314.5 -5.4 5.4 91.8
329
330-
16 344.5 24.6 24.6 393.6
359
360-
4 374.5 54.6 54.6 218.4
389
TOTAL N=50 15995 185.4 1224
Mean:

Long Method: = 3.4375

Coding Method: 3.3 + = 3.4375

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CLASS f x I x- I I x- I2 fI x- I2 SK= = 0.51234

240-
2 254.5 65.4 4277.16 8554.32 Bowleys Coefficient of SK:
269
270-
11 284.5 35.4 1253.16 13784.76 Q1=13.75, Q2=14.5, Q3=17.25
299
300-
17 314.5 5.4 29.16 495.72 SK= =.57
329
330-
16 344.5 24.6 605.16 9682.56 K= = -.252
359
360-
4 374.5 54.6 2981.16 11924.64
389 SYMMETRICAL AND PLATYCURTIC.
TOTAL N=50 15995 185.4 9145.8 44442
7. 60 ways
8. 1260 ways
b. =15995/50 = 319.9 9. (a) 40608, (b) 32600
MD= 1224/50 = 24.48 10. 56
S2= 44442/49 =906.98 11. 5040, 720
S=30.116 12. 120, 24, 48
13. 165888, 41472
6. 14. 840, 400, 480, 40, 240
15. 180, 75, 105
i x x- I x- I ( x-)2 ( x-)3 ( x-)4
1 10 -5 5 25 -125 625 COMPILED AND PREPARED BY:
2 13 -2 2 4 -8 16 CHRISTIAN JAY R. TUTOR
3 14 -1 1 1 -1 1
4 14 -1 1 1 -1 1
5 15 0 0 0 0 0
6 17 2 2 4 8 16
7 18 3 3 9 27 81
8 19 4 4 16 64 256
TOTAL 120 18 60 -36 996

=120/8=15

MD=18/8=2.25

S= = 2.9277

SK= = -0.2733

Pearsonian Coefficient of SK:

Mean=15, median=14.5, S=2.9277