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Biostatistics Act 4

The document contains 4 problems involving calculating measures of central tendency, dispersion, and percentiles from frequency distributions. Problem 1 provides frequency data on number of cigarettes smoked and asks to calculate mean, median, mode, and quartiles. Problem 2 provides body fat percentage data and asks to calculate mean, median, percentiles. Problem 3 provides grade distribution data and asks to calculate mean, median, mode, and quartiles. Problem 4 provides age distribution of COVID patients and asks to calculate mean, median, mode, percentiles and quartiles.
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Biostatistics Act 4

The document contains 4 problems involving calculating measures of central tendency, dispersion, and percentiles from frequency distributions. Problem 1 provides frequency data on number of cigarettes smoked and asks to calculate mean, median, mode, and quartiles. Problem 2 provides body fat percentage data and asks to calculate mean, median, percentiles. Problem 3 provides grade distribution data and asks to calculate mean, median, mode, and quartiles. Problem 4 provides age distribution of COVID patients and asks to calculate mean, median, mode, percentiles and quartiles.
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Biostatistics

Activity no. 4
1. The number of sticks of cigarettes of 36 randomly selected samples in a barangay is
given below. Determine the mean, median, mode, first quartile, second quartile and third
quartile.
14 9 12 15 20 13 12 21 24 30 18 20
20 8 10 7 10 20 27 30 15 27 20 8
21 12 15 17 13 21 12 10 17 10 25 14

ORDER TERMS
1 7
2 8
3 8
m= sum 4 of the terms
9
md=n/2 Mo= 20
5 10
since it is the
6 10
number
7 10
Number of
terms 8 10 = 15+15
that 9 12 occurs most
10 12 frequently
m= 597 11 12 2
in the 12 12 set.
36 13 13 = 35/2
mean= 14 13 16.58
15 14 median= 15
16 14
17 15
18 15
19 15
20 17
21 17
22 18
23 20
2. The 24 20 body fat
25 20 percentage
(fat%) of 26 20 15 normal
adults 27 20 are given as
follows: 28 21
29 21 10.5 8.5
30 21 12.3 25.6
31 24 32.5 27.6
31.6 10.3
32 25
12.4 25.5
33 27
12.8 32
34 27
35 30
36 30
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15.7 29.1 33.5. Find the following: a.) mean b.) median c.) 1st quartile
d.) 6th decile e.) 2nd decile and f.) 60th percentile

Order: 8.5,10.3,10.5,12.3,12.4,12.8,15.7,25.5,25.6,27.6,29.1,31.6,32,32.5,33.5

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3. The distribution of grades of 55 students in university X is shown below. Calculate the
following: a.) mean b.) median c.) mode d.) 1st quartile e.)2nd quartile
rd
and f.) 3 quartile

Grades f
96 – 100 5
91 – 95 8
86 – 90 12
81 – 85 15
76 – 80 7
71 – 75 4
66 – 70 4

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4. The distribution of age (in years) of 45 positive covid 19 patients is admitted in
hospital X is shown below. Calculate the following a.) mean b.) median c.) mode
d.) third quartile e.) fifth decile f.) 30th percentile.

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Age f
80 – 89 2
70 – 79 4
60 – 69 3
50 – 59 10
40 – 49 13
30 – 39 8
20 – 29 4
10-19 1

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