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Aphical Presentation of Data

The document discusses various methods of summarizing and graphically presenting data, including frequency distributions, stem-and-leaf diagrams, pie charts and histograms. Examples of data are provided relating to employee start times, exam scores, vehicle sales and government expenditures to demonstrate these techniques.

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Aphical Presentation of Data

The document discusses various methods of summarizing and graphically presenting data, including frequency distributions, stem-and-leaf diagrams, pie charts and histograms. Examples of data are provided relating to employee start times, exam scores, vehicle sales and government expenditures to demonstrate these techniques.

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Summarisation and Graphical Presentation of Data

1. The flextime system at Electronics Associates allows employees to begin their working day at
7:00, 7:30, 8:00, 8:30 or 9:00 AM. The following data represent a sample of the starting times
selected by the employees.
7:00 8:00 9:00 8:30 7:30 7:30
8:30 7:30 8:30 7:00 8:30 8:00
8:00 8:00 7:30 8:30 7:00 9:00
8:30 8:00

Summarise the data by constructing the frequency distribution and percent frequency
distribution.

2. Suppose the marks obtained in the statistics exams by a group of students were
24 27 36 48 50 52 53 53 59 60 85 90 95
Describe the overall performance of these students by drawing stem and leaf
diagram.

3. ‘Autodata’ and ‘USA Today’ research provided data on the best-selling vehicle models for
March 2000. Among those listed were Chevrolet Silverado, Ford F-Series, Ford Taurus, Honda
Accord, and Toyota Camry. Data from a sample of 50 purchases are given in the table below.

Vehicle        
Silverado Camry Accord F-Series Silverado
F-Series Taurus Silverado Camry Taurus
Silverado Accord Camry Silverado F-Series
Taurus F-Series Taurus F-Series Camry
Taurus F-Series F-Series Accord Camry
Silverado F-Series Silverado Silverado Taurus
Camry Silverado Accord F-Series F-Series
Taurus Silverado Accord Camry Accord
F-Series F-Series F-Series F-Series Taurus
Silverado Silverado F-Series F-Series F-Series

i) What are the two top selling brands?


ii) What is the estimated market-share of these brands from the above data?

4. The results of the voting in an election were as follows. How would you analyze the results?

Candidate Votes
Mr P 2045
Mr Q 4238
Mrs R 8605
Ms S 12012

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5. The following data relate to monthly expenditure (in Rs) of two families A and B. Present the
data by a suitable diagram.

Items of Expenditure
Expenditure
Family A Family B
Food 160 120
Clothing 80 32
Rent 60 48
Light and Fuel 20 16
Miscellaneous 80 24
Total 400 240

6. Draw suitable diagrams to represent the following data of proposed expenditure by a State
Govt. for the year 2003-2004.

Items Agriculture Industries Health & Misc


Education
Proposed 4,200 1,500 1,000 500
Expenditure
(Rs. Million)

7. Draw a suitable diagram for the following data:

Year Sales Gross Profit Net Profit


(‘000 Rs.) (‘000 Rs) (‘000 Rs.)
200 120 40 20
4
200 135 45 30
5
200 140 55 35
6
200 150 60 40
7

8. The following is the age-distribution of 542 members of parliament. Based on this information
construct a histogram.

Age No. of Age No. of


Member Members
s
20-30 3 60-70 140
30-40 61 70-80 51
40-50 132 80-90 2
50-60 153

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