Teaching Pack – Statistics

Lesson 4: Cumulative frequency and box-and-

Cambridge IGCSETM
Mathematics 0580

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Starter

Consider the following diagram. What are the implications of using a data
representation like this?

Frequency density
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Test score
Starter

Consider the following diagram. What are the implications of using a data
representation like this?

Does the key change your approach to answering the question?

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Mean

How do I find the mean of a set of data?

What about this data?

Cars passing in 2 minutes 3 4 5 6

Working in groups, think about how can we calculate the mean.

 How do I find the mean of a set of data?

What about this data?

Cars passing in 2 minutes 3 4 5 6

 How do I find the mean of a set of data?

What about this data?

Cars passing in 2 minutes 3 4 5 6

You will be shown a series of statements on the next slides.

Put your hand up if you think it is true, keep your hand down if you think it is false.

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True or false?

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Frequency is fine-tuning data
True or false?

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The median is the middle of data
True or false?

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Cumulative frequency is a running total of how many times something happens
True or false?

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Cumulative frequency questions typically use a three-way table
True or false?

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To calculate cumulative frequency you add the previous frequency to the next
True or false?

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The cumulative frequency goes along the x-axis
True or false?

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Cumulative frequency graphs are straight lines
True or false?

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This is a cumulative frequency graph -3

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Cumulative
Mark Frequency
frequency
1-10 2 2
11-20 5 7
21-30 9 16
31-40 14 30
41-50 16 46
51-60 12 58
61-70 8 66
71-80 4 70
You plot a cumulative frequency graph
in the same way you plot a histogram
True/False

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You cannot calculate the median on a cumulative frequency graph
True/False

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The upper and lower quartiles on a cumulative frequency
graph are ¼ and ¾ of the cumulative frequency total
True/False

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IQR stands for Into-Quarters Range
Example: cumulative frequency

Cumulative
Class limits Frequency
frequency
0-10 0 0
11-15 3
16-20 3
21-25 8
26-30 14
31-35 6
36-40 3
41-45 3
Example: cumulative frequency

Cumulative
Class limits Frequency
frequency
0-10 0 0
11-15 3 3
16-20 3
21-25 8
26-30 14
31-35 6
36-40 3
41-45 3
Example: cumulative frequency

Cumulative
Class limits Frequency
frequency
0-10 0 0
11-15 3 3
16-20 3 6
21-25 8
26-30 14
31-35 6
36-40 3
41-45 3
Example: cumulative frequency

Cumulative
Class limits Frequency
frequency
0-10 0 0
11-15 3 3
16-20 3 6
21-25 8 14
26-30 14
31-35 6
36-40 3
41-45 3
Example: cumulative frequency

Cumulative
Class limits Frequency
frequency
0-10 0 0
11-15 3 3
16-20 3 6
21-25 8 14
26-30 14 28
31-35 6
36-40 3
41-45 3
Example: cumulative frequency

Cumulative
Class limits Frequency
frequency
0-10 0 0
11-15 3 3
16-20 3 6
21-25 8 14
26-30 14 28
31-35 6 34
36-40 3
41-45 3
Example: cumulative frequency

Cumulative
Class limits Frequency
frequency
0-10 0 0
11-15 3 3
16-20 3 6
21-25 8 14
26-30 14 28
31-35 6 34
36-40 3 37
41-45 3
Example: cumulative frequency

Cumulative
Class limits Frequency
frequency
0-10 0 0
11-15 3 3
16-20 3 6
21-25 8 14
26-30 14 28
31-35 6 34
36-40 3 37
41-45 3 40
Example: cumulative frequency

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Class Cumulative
Frequency 35
limits frequency

Cumulative frequency
0-10 0 0 30
11-15 3 3 25
16-20 3 6 20
21-25 8 14
15
26-30 14 28
10
31-35 6 34
36-40 3 37 5
41-45 3 40 0
10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45
Class limits
Box-and-whisker plots

Can anyone explain how the diagram below displays the data in the table?

Minutes to
complete task
Shortest time 18
Lower quartile 25
Median 29
Upper quartile 33
Longest time 44 20 25 30 35 40 45
 Your turn

1. Here are the times, in seconds, that 14 people waited to be served at a coffee shop.

5, 9, 11, 14, 15, 20, 22, 25, 27, 27, 28, 30, 32, 35

Draw a box plot for this information.

2. Draw a box plot of some of the data you collected from your questionnaires.
Homework

Worksheet F: Cumulative frequency