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Associates Degree Programme: Coursework Project: Part I

This document provides instructions for a statistics coursework project involving analysis of a dataset containing total home runs for 30 baseball teams. Students are asked to calculate various measures of central tendency and dispersion for the ungrouped data, construct frequency distribution tables, and represent the data visually using techniques like stem-and-leaf displays. The questions cover topics like finding the mean, median, mode, range, variance and standard deviation of the data, as well as creating frequency distribution and cumulative frequency tables to summarize the data.

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Associates Degree Programme: Coursework Project: Part I

This document provides instructions for a statistics coursework project involving analysis of a dataset containing total home runs for 30 baseball teams. Students are asked to calculate various measures of central tendency and dispersion for the ungrouped data, construct frequency distribution tables, and represent the data visually using techniques like stem-and-leaf displays. The questions cover topics like finding the mean, median, mode, range, variance and standard deviation of the data, as well as creating frequency distribution and cumulative frequency tables to summarize the data.

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St.

Vincent and the Grenadines


Community College
Division of Arts, Sciences and General
Studies
Associates Degree Programme
Coursework Project: Part I

LECTURER: Mr. Kaville Hazlewood

COURSE TITLE: Statistics

COURSE CODE: GED103

DATE GIVEN: 16th, May, 2022

DATE DUE: 23rd-27th


READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY



1. This assignment paper consists of THREE sections.

2. Answer ALL questions from the THREE sections.

3. No more than FOUR students are allowed in a group.

4. Every group member must contribute EQUALLY.

5. Write your answers on file pages.

6. Start each section on a new page.

7. Tables are to be neatly presented.

8. Any graph is to be drawn on graph paper.

9. All appropriate formulas and working must be shown.

10. Write this assignment with pen.


Section A: Measures of Central Tendency for Ungrouped Data

Question One: What is the sample size of the given data set? (𝑛 = ? )

A sample of 30 baseball teams ⇒ 𝑛 = 30.

Question Two:

Create a table with columns 𝒙 and 𝒙𝟐 in increasing order which represents the given data

set. The last row of both columns should display ∑𝑥 and ∑𝑥 " , respectively.

Question Three: Find the mean of the data set.

Since the data is sample data, we must use the sample mean formula.

∑𝑥 5451
𝑥̅ = = = 181.7
𝑛 30

Question Four: Find the median of the data set.


#$%&#$'
𝑀= "
= 184.5, since the mean and median are very close in value, we can assume

that this data set is approximately normally distributed.

Question Five: Find the mode of the data set.

There is no mode since no value occurred with the highest frequency.



















Section B: Measures of Dispersion for Ungrouped Data

Question Six: Calculate the value of 𝑛 − 1.

In question one, we stated that 𝑛 = 30, therefore, 𝑛 − 1 = 29.

Question Seven: Calculate the range of the data set.

Range = Largest Value – Smallest Value = 242 − 135 = 107.

(∑#)!
Question Eight: Calculate .
%

(∑𝑥)" (5451)" 29713401


= = = 990446.7
𝑛 30 30

Question Nine: Calculate the variance of the data set using the ∑𝑥 and ∑𝑥 " derived

from the 𝑥/𝑥 " table.

Since we are working with sample data, we must use the sample variance formula.

(∑𝑥)"
∑𝑥 " − 𝑛 = 1024153 − 990446.7 = 1162.3
𝑆" =
𝑛−1 29

Question Ten: Calculate the standard deviation of the data set using the variance

found.

𝑆 = <𝑠 " = √1162.3 = 34.1


Section C: Frequency Distribution for Quantitative Data

Question Eleven: You are asked by the best teacher ever, Mr. Hazlewood, to
construct a Frequency Distribution Table for the data set given. How many classes
would you use and why?

I would use 5 classes because it would effectively summarize the data for analysis.
Note that 6 classes can also be used.

Question Twelve: What would the class width be?

()*+, #67
Class width approximation = *-./,( 12 34)55,5 = '
= 21.4. By rounding up, we get

a class width of 22.



Question Thirteen: Find a lower limit of the first class or the starting point. State
your reason for choosing it.

A lower limit for the first class would be 135 since it is the smallest value in the data
set.

Question Fourteen: Using the above information, create a Frequency Distribution
Table for the data with appropriate title and columns (Total homeruns, Tally, and
Frequency).

Question Fifteen: Construct a new table with columns class limits, class
boundaries, class midpoint, relative frequency, and percentage to represent the data
set.



Question Sixteen: Use the percentage column to make two conclusions about the
data.






Question Seventeen: Construct a Cumulative Frequency Distribution Table with
columns class limits, frequency, class boundaries, cumulative relative frequency,
cumulative percentage, and cumulative frequency.


Question Eighteen: Give an ogive for the Cumulative Frequency Distribution of the
table created for question seventeen.


Question Nineteen: Construct an appropriate stem-and-leaf display to represent
the given data set.



Question Twenty: State any obvious observation from the stem-and-leaf display
created for question nineteen.


-THE END-

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