Q1

Ten candidates were ranked as follows by two independent examiners, according to the score they obtained
in an interview. [4]
Candidate 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Number
Ranked by Ex. 7 9 1 3 8 4 10 5 6 2
1
Ranked by Ex. 9 5 1 4 6 7 8 2 10 3
2
Calculate the Spearman’s rank correlation Coefficient and interpret the result.
Q2
A department store has the following statistics of sales (Y) for a period of 2 years of 10 salespersons who
have varying years of experience (X) in sales promotion.
Salesperson 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Experience (X) in Years 1 3 4 4 6 8 10 10 11 13
Average Annual sales (Y) 80 97 92 102 103 111 119 123 117 136
in thousand
(a) Find the regression line of Y on X in the form 𝑌𝑌 = 𝑎𝑎 + 𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏.
(b) Predict the annual sales volume of persons what have 12 and 15 years’ experience.
Q3
Q4.

By using Box and Whisker plot illustrate and compare the above information.

Q5.

Q6 (a)
The following table summarizes the performance analysis of three teams in a football tournament.
Interpret the result mentioning which team’s performance is better and consistent.

Mean Number Standard

Goal deviation
Team A 3.15 1.37
Team B 2.9 0.29
Team C 1.23 2.05

(b)
The birth weights of random samples of 900 babies born in country A and 900 babies born in country B are
illustrated in the cumulative frequency graphs. Use suitable data from these graphs to compare the central
tendency and spread of the birth weights of the two sets of babies.

Q7
(a) The following back -to-back stem and leaf diagram shows the cholesterol count for a group of 45
people who exercise daily and for another group of 63 who do not exercise. The figures in brackets
show the number of people corresponding to each set of leaves. [6]

(i) Give one useful feature of a stem and leaf diagram

(ii) Find the median and the IQR of the cholesterol count for the group who do not exercise.
You are given that the lower quartile, median and upper quartile of the cholesterol count for the group
who exercise are 4.25, 5.3 and 6.6 respectively.
(iii) On a single diagram on graph paper, draw two box and whisker plots to illustrate the data.
(b) During January the numbers of people entering a store during the first hour after opening were as
follows [4]
 (i) Find the values of a and b.
(ii) Find the mean entering time
Q8
Find the range and the interquartile range of the dataset represented in the following box and whisker plot.
What type of skewness would you expect this set of data to have?

Q9
The following figures are the amount spent on food by a family for 11 weeks
$ 16 $12 $9 $11 $7 $19 $15 $12 $10 $20 $13

(a) Find standard deviation

(b) Justify whether this set of data has any outlier or not?
Q10

(i) Find the interquartile rang of the diameter of the pipes produced by the companies A and B.
(ii) Comment on the nature of distribution for each set of data.
Q11
The summary of a set of 15 data is given as follows: ∑ 𝑥𝑥 2 = 240, ∑ 𝑥𝑥 = 45. Calculate the standard
deviation and hence find the value of ∑(𝑥𝑥 − 𝑥𝑥̅ )2 .
Q12

Q13
The following back-to-back stem and leaf diagram represents the monthly salaries, in dollars, of 27
employees at each of two companies, A and B.

(a) Find the median and the interquartile range of the monthly salaries of employees in company A. [2

The lower quartile, median and upper quartile for company B are $2600, $2690 and $2780 respectively.

(b) Draw two box and whisker plots in a single diagram to represent the information for the salaries of
employees at companies A and B.

(c) Comment on whether the mean would be a more appropriate measure than the median for
comparing the given information for the two companies.

(d) An outlier is defined as any data value which is more than 1.5 times the interquartile range above
the upper quartile or 1.5 time the interquartile range below the lower quartile. How high or low
must a salary be in order to be classified as an outlier.
Q14

(a) During January the numbers of people entering a store during the first hour after opening were as
follow:

Find the values of a and b [2]

(b)
Measurements of wind speed on a certain island were taken over a period of one year. A box and whisker
plot of the data obtained is displayed above and the quartiles are as shown. It is suggested that the wind
speed can be modelled approximately by a symmetrical distribution. Estimate the mean value. [1]

(c) Red Street Garage has 9 used cars for sale. Fair wheel Garage has 15 used cars for sale. It is given that
∑ 𝑥𝑥 = 64 and ∑ 𝑥𝑥 2 = 352, where x is the age of a car in years.
Find the mean and standard deviation of the ages of all 24 cars. [3]
Q15

(a) The times taken by children to complete a particular puzzle are represented in the cumulative
frequency graph.

(i) Use the graph to calculate the number of children who participated in the puzzle and the
maximum time taken.
(ii) 40% of the children took longer than T seconds to complete the puzzle, use your graph to
estimate the value of T.

(b) Each father in a random sample of fathers was asked how old he was when his first child was born.
The following histogram represents the information.
 (i) What is the modal age group? [1]
(ii) How many fathers were between 25 and 30 years old when their first child was born?
(iii) How many fathers were in the sample?
Q16
The following dataset contains information about the advertising expenditure (in thousand dollars) and the
corresponding sales (in thousand units) for a company over 10 months.

Month 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Advertising 2 3 5 7 8 9 10 12 14 16
Expenditure (x)
Sales (y) 4 5 7 10 12 14 15 18 19 22

(i) Calculate the correlation Coefficient (r) and interpret the result
(ii) Find the linear regression equation in the form 𝑦𝑦 = 𝑎𝑎 + 𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏
(iii) Use the regression equation to predict the sales if the advertising expenditure is $11,000.
(iv) Interpret the slope and intercept of the regression line in the context of this problem.