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The document contains two questions regarding statistics assignments. For question 1, the student constructed a stem-and-leaf display for the grades of students in a college statistics course. For question 2, the student calculated the mean and median of the weight distribution of 40 male college students. The mean was calculated to be 146.725 pounds. The median was calculated to be 146.74 pounds.

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Sta301 Assingment

The document contains two questions regarding statistics assignments. For question 1, the student constructed a stem-and-leaf display for the grades of students in a college statistics course. For question 2, the student calculated the mean and median of the weight distribution of 40 male college students. The mean was calculated to be 146.725 pounds. The median was calculated to be 146.74 pounds.

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Name: hafsah badar

Assignment No.1 (Course STA 301)

Question#01
Construct a stem-and-leaf display for the grades in Statistics of the students in a college.

11 12 11 10 13 14
96 93 88 95 96
7 7 3 8 9 2
10 12 15 15 10 11 11 13 13 11
94
7 5 5 5 3 2 2 5 2 1
12 10 10 13 13 11 13 12 14 12 10
5 4 6 9 4 8 6 5 3 0 3
11 12 13 12 11 14 11 15 12
94 97
3 4 8 7 9 8 7 6 0

Solution:
STEM LEAF
8 8
9 6, 3, 5, 6 ,4, 4, 7
10 8, 7, 3, 4, 6, 3
11 7, 3, 2, 2, 1, 8, 3, 9, 7
12 7, 5, 5, 5, 0, 4, 7, 0
13 9, 5, 2 ,9, 4, 6, 8
14 2, 3, 8
15 5, 5, 6

Question#02
The following table is constructed from the weights (recorded to the nearest pound) of 40 male students of
a college. Calculate the mean and median of the distribution.

Weight Frequency
(pounds)
118-126 3
127-135 5
136-144 9
145-153 12
154-162 5
163-171 4
172-180 2

Solution:

∑ fX
MEAN: ∑f

Weight Mid-point Frequency fX


(pounds) (X)
118-126 122 3 366
127-135 131 5 655
136-144 140 9 1260
145-153 149 12 1788
154-162 158 5 790
163-171 167 4 688
172-180 176 2 352

∑ f =40 ∑ fX =5869
5869
= 40

=146.725

MEDIAN:
h n
= l + f ( 2 -C)

L = lower class boundary of the median class


H = class interval
F = frequency of the median class
N = ∑ f (the total number of observations)
C = cumulative frequency of the class preceding the median class

Weight Class Frequency Cumulative


(pounds) Boundaries frequency
(cf)
118-126 117.5-126.5 3 3
127-135 126.5-135.5 5 8
136-144 135.5-144.5 9 17
145-153 144.5-153.5 12 29
154-162 153.5-162.5 5 34
163-171 162.5-171.5 4 38
172-180 171.5-180.5 2 40

9 40
= 144.5 + 12 ( 12 −17 ¿
9
=144.5 + 12 (
20−17 ¿

9
= 144.5 + 12 (
3¿

9
= 144.5 + 4

=144.5+2.25
=146.74 Answer

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