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This document contains instructions for Assignment #1 for the course Statistics and Probability Theory. It includes two comprehensive problems to solve involving analyzing and summarizing salary data and cable load data through various statistical measures such as mean, median, mode, quartiles, and standard deviation. Students are asked to submit their assignment in groups of two and solve questions from three chapters of the textbook.

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This document contains instructions for Assignment #1 for the course Statistics and Probability Theory. It includes two comprehensive problems to solve involving analyzing and summarizing salary data and cable load data through various statistical measures such as mean, median, mode, quartiles, and standard deviation. Students are asked to submit their assignment in groups of two and solve questions from three chapters of the textbook.

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COMSATS UNIVERSITY ISLAMABAD

Department of Statistics
Assignment # 1

3(3,0
Course Title: Statistics and Probability Theory Course Code: MTH262
)
Course
Dr. Tajammal Hussain
Instructor/s:
Semester: FA23 Batch: BCS Section: A,B& C Assigned date 22-9-23
Due Date 02/10/2023 Maximum Marks: 50
Instruction: Use A4 page only, title page should be typed.

Note:
1. All questions are referred to the text book “Introductory to Statistics” by Prem S. Maan.
2. Submit assignment in group of maximum 2 students and both students will be marked
equally.
3. Every single day delay would cost 25% marks penalty.
4. Assignments are meant to provide students with chance to practice themselves, so make
maximum effort to do it yourself rather than just copy and paste.

Chapter No.1: 15, 20,21,33,34

Chapter No. 2 : 14,18,19,23,28,53,62,67,69,70,73

Chapter No. 3: 70, 92, 97, 99,105, 123,124,125,138

Comprehensive Problems:
Problem 1
1. A large business firm was supposed to document its salary record. Salaries in Rs.(000) of
all of its employees are reported and recorded as below:

67,88,23,60,31,79,45,68,120,34,56,75,89,95,38,50,64,39,34,78,105,109,90,70,60,

45,67,90,28,40,53,85,56,56,60,40,50,45,65,56,76,73,80,45,50,115,100,35,70,50,75

,90,40,60,39,90,38,60,56,78,58,90,40,30,56,88,77,66,92,40,70,80,67,90,40,66,30,

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60,70,66,38,90,30,70,65,55,77,50,55,66,78,100, 110,99,59,96.

a) Arrange the data into an appropriate number of classes by tally method.


b) Arrange the data into grouped frequency distribution by Stem-and-leaf diagram method.
c) Develop a histogram and interpret the shape for the grouped data arranged in part.a.

Problem 2
The following table shows the distribution of the maximum loads in short tons by certain cables
produced by a company.

Max. loads (short tons) 9.8-10.2 10.3-10.7 10.8-11.2 11.3-11.7 11.8-12.2 12.3-12.7
Number of cables 28 87 190 304 211 85

Find following measures of central tendency and dispersion for the provided data and interpret each
result.
i. Arthemtic mean
ii. median
iii. mode
iv. Geometric Mean
v. Harmonic Mean
vi. 3rd Quartile
vii. 7th Decile
viii. 63rd Percentile
ix. Range
x. Variance and Standard Deviation
xi. Coefficient of Variation

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