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The document contains exercises focused on measures of central tendency and variability, requiring the use of spreadsheet software to analyze scores and prices. It includes questions about calculating mean, median, mode, standard deviation, and quartiles for various datasets. An answer key is provided for reference, detailing the calculations and interpretations of the results.

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CentralTend.VarPracticeTest

The document contains exercises focused on measures of central tendency and variability, requiring the use of spreadsheet software to analyze scores and prices. It includes questions about calculating mean, median, mode, standard deviation, and quartiles for various datasets. An answer key is provided for reference, detailing the calculations and interpretations of the results.

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EXERCISE 4.

1 MEASURES OF CENTRAL TENDENCY AND VARIABILITY

Name: ______________________________________

Course: ______________________________________

Subject and Section: ____________________________

Schedule: ____________________________________

Professor: ____________________________________

Date: ___________

Score: ___________

Use Excel or any spreadsheet software to answer the following questions.

1. A student received the following scores in twelve 100-item quizzes:

Scores: 78, 85, 80, 88, 91, 82, 79, 84, 83, 89, 87, 86

a. What is the average score of the student in the quizzes?

b. What is the middle score (median) in the list?

c. What is the most frequent score (mode)?

2. A market analyst tracked the daily closing prices (in pesos) of a stock over 15 trading
days:
Prices (₱): 245.75, 243.50, 247.25, 246.10, 248.90, 244.00, 245.00, 246.75, 243.25, 245.80,
247.00, 244.60, 246.30, 245.50, 248.10

a. What is the highest closing price?

b. What is the lowest closing price?

c. What is the average price over the period?

d. What is the median closing price?

e. What price appeared most frequently, if any?

3. Another student got the following scores in ten short quizzes:

Scores: 72, 75, 80, 78, 85, 90, 87, 76, 74, 82

a. What is the mean score?

b. What is the standard deviation?

c. Based on your answers above, how would you describe the student’s performance?

4. A delivery rider recorded the travel time (in minutes) for each delivery made during a
day:

Times (minutes): 15, 18, 17, 14, 19, 16, 17, 18, 20, 15, 14, 16, 18, 19, 17
a. What is the standard deviation of the travel times?

b. Based on your findings, how consistent are the rider’s delivery times?

5. A parent records the number of hours their child spends on school-related tasks for
two weeks:

a. Compute the mean, median, first quartile (Q1), and third quartile (Q3).

b. Compute the range, variance, and standard deviation.

c. What can you say about the child’s time management for school tasks?

6. An employee logs the number of minutes spent on meetings each day for two work
weeks:

a. Compute the mean, median, first quartile (Q1), and third quartile (Q3).

b. Compute the range, variance, and standard deviation.

c. Based on your results, how would you describe the employee’s meeting schedule?

ANSWER KEY:

Question 1:

Scores: 93, 91, 90, 86, 96, 84, 97, 90, 85, 95, 85, 97

• Mean: 90.75
• Median: 90.5
• Mode: 85, 90, 97
• Standard Deviation: 4.69
Question 2:

Prices (in pesos): 50.15, 51.89, 48.84, 51.87, 46.59, 51.64, 49.54, 47.98, 50.96, 51.22,
51.08, 50.87, 46.59, 51.96, 47.90

• Mean: 49.94
• Median: 50.87
• Standard Deviation: 1.85
• Q1 (25th percentile): 48.41
• Q3 (75th percentile): 51.43
• Range: 5.37

Question 3:

(Same data as Q1)

Interpretation: Scores are slightly varied but mostly high, with the mode being 85, 90, and
97. The student generally performs well.

Question 4:

(Same data as Q2)

Interpretation: Gasoline prices are fairly consistent, with only a small variation of about
1.85 pesos.
Question 5:

Travel times (in minutes): 104, 84, 62, 90, 70, 115, 44, 84, 74, 106

• Mean: 83.3 minutes


• Median: 84.0 minutes
• Q1: 71.0
• Q3: 100.5
• Range: 71 minutes
• Variance: 425.61
• Standard Deviation: 20.63

Question 6 :

Meeting durations (in minutes): 45, 30, 60, 50, 40, 35, 55, 45, 60, 50

• Mean: 47.0 minutes


• Median: 47.5 minutes
• Q1: 41.25
• Q3: 53.75
• Range: 30 minutes
• Variance: 91.0
• Standard Deviation: 9.54

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