Tutorial Sheet
1. The number of rooms in 25 houses is as below:
4, 3, 2, 6, 4, 3, 1, 2, 5, 3, 2, 3, 4, 3, 5, 1, 6, 1, 3, 4, 2, 3, 4, 3, 5
Make a frequency table.
2. Following are the marks obtained by 30 students in an examination:
15 20 8 9 10
16 17 20 24 30
44 47 38 36 40
27 25 28 30 19
7 11 21 31 41
37 47 23 20 17
Taking class intervals 0-10, 10-20, ........., 40-50; construct a frequency table.
3. A total of 20 patients admitted to a hospital have blood sugar levels given below:
67, 69, 74, 73, 70, 70, 71, 67, 73, 74, 73, 75, 69, 72, 70, 70, 72, 70, 73, 74
Make a frequency table.
4. The weight (in kg) of 30 students of a class are:
50, 49, 45, 49, 49, 50, 50, 54, 55, 44, 44, 42, 44, 56, 57,
49, 49, 42, 41, 50, 50, 50, 57, 45, 45, 45, 50, 54, 43, 49
Make a frequency table.
5. You are given below the wages paid to some workers in a small factory. Form a frequency
distribution with class-interval of 10 paise.
Wages in Rs.
1.10 1.13 1.44 1.44 1.27 1.17 1.98 1.36 1.30 1.27 1.24
1.73 1.51 1.12 1.42 1.03 1.58 1.46 1.40 1.21 1.62 1.31
1.55 1.33 1.04 1.48 1.20 1.60 1.70 1.09 1.49 1.86 1.95
1.51 1.82 1.43 1.29 1.54 1.38 1.87 1.41 1.77 1.15 1.57
1.07 1.65 1.36 1.67 1.41 1.55 1.22 1.69 1.67 1.34 1.45
1.39 1.25 1.26 1.75 1.57 1.53 1.37 1.59 1.19 1.52 1.56
1.32 1.81 1.40 1.47 1.38 1.62 1.76 1.28 1.92 1.46 1.46
6. Calculate: (a) the number of cases between 112 and 134; (b) number less than 112; (c)
number greater than 134, from the following:
Class limit: 90– 100– 110– 120– 130– 140– 150–
100 110 120 130 140 150 160
Frequency: 16 22 45 60 50 24 10
7. The following figures represent the ages of a sample of male employees of a firm:
35 44 54 33 46 20 32 19 50 39 33 37
42 40 20 25 34 52 27 22 18 40 23 17
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41 45 21 34 49 27 60 46 32 58 23 52
24 64 41 47 54 37 40 41 40 36 46 29
34 39 39 40 37 50 41 34 47 34 45 36
a. Form a grouped frequency distribution, using 10-year intervals.
b. Construct a histogram to illustrate the distribution of the data.
c. Add a frequency polygon to your histogram.
d. Draw a percentage cumulative frequency diagram of the data.
8. The blood cholesterol levels of 40 people were observed as 171, 174, 178, 181, 183, 183, 183,
184, 187, 188,191, 191, 191, 192, 193, 193, 193, 194, 194, 195, 196, 196, 199, 200, 200, 200, 202,
204, 204, 205, 206, 211, 212, 213, 213, 216, 220, 221, 221, and 227.
Draw histogram of the data after grouping with interval of 10.
9. Observe the following plot and convert it into a new plot in which days of sick leave taken
are plotted against percentage relative frequency. Calculate expected number of days of
sick leave taken.
10. Draw pie chart for the following data:
Blood group types A B AB O
Frequency 25 35 14 16
11. Find 𝑄1, 𝑄2 , and 𝑄3 for the following data set and draw a box-and-whisker plot.
{2,6,7,8,8,11,12,13,14,15,22,23}
12. A sample of 10 boxes of raisins has these weights (in grams):
25, 28, 29, 29, 30, 34, 35, 35, 37, 38. Make a box plot of the data.
13. The following figure is represented greater than ogive, then converted in frequency table.
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14. If total frequency is 50, then convert the following pie chart is frequency table:
15. Infectious Disease Consider the data set in below Table, which consists of white-blood
counts taken on admission of all patients entering a small hospital in Allentown,
Pennsylvania, on a given day. Compute the median and mode of white-blood count:
16. Express the mean birthweight for the data in Table in ounces rather than grams:
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17. The following figures represent the ages of a sample of male employees of a firm:
35 44 54 33 46 20 32 19 50 39 33 37
42 40 20 25 34 52 27 22 18 40 23 17
41 45 21 34 49 27 60 46 32 58 23 52
24 64 41 47 54 37 40 41 40 36 46 29
34 39 39 40 37 50 41 34 47 34 45 36
a. Form a grouped frequency distribution, using 10-year intervals.
b. Construct a histogram to illustrate the distribution of the data.
c. Add a frequency polygon to your histogram.
d. Construct a histogram to illustrate the distribution of the data.
e. Calculate mean and Median of the given data.
18. If the median of the following frequency distribution is 15 and total frequency is, 20 then
what is/are the possible value/s of x and y?
𝑥 3 9 15 21 27
𝑓 4 𝑥 5 𝑦 1
19. If we have a sample of temperatures in °𝐶 with an arithmetic mean of 11.75°𝐶, then what
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is the arithmetic mean in °𝐹? (𝐹 = 5 𝐶 + 32)
20. If we have a sample of temperatures in °𝐶 with an arithmetic mean of 11.75°𝐶 and STD
3.5°𝐶 , then what is the arithmetic mean as well as standard deviation in °𝐹?
21. Compute the variance and standard deviation of the birth weight data in Qs 16 in both
grams and ounces.
22. Mark the class intervals along the X-axis and the frequency of students along the Y-axis in
the following figure. Class interval 0-10 at the beginning and 90-100 at the end, each with
frequency zero. Calculate mean and Median of the given data.
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23. Compute the coefficient of variation (𝑋̅ × 100) for the data in Qs 16 when the birth
weights are expressed in either grams or ounces.
24. Compute the coefficient of variation for the result of data in Qs 19 when the temperature
𝜎
is expressed in either °𝐶 and °𝐹. Ans. 𝑋̅ × 100, 29.787°𝐶, 11.85°𝐹
25. A distribution consists of three components with frequencies 300, 200 and 600 having
their mean 16, 8 and 4 respectively. Find the arithmetic means of combined distribution.
26. The mean Marks obtained by 300 students in the subject of statistics are 45. The mean of
top 100 of them was found to be 70 and mean of last 100 was known to be 20. Find the
arithmetic means of remaining students?
27. The mean weight of 150 students in a certain class is 60 kilograms. The mean weight of
the boys in the class is 70 kilograms and that of the girls is 55 kilograms. Find the number
of the boys and number of the girls in the class.
28. In a series of boys, the mean systolic blood pressure was 120 mmHg and S.D. were 10. In
the same series mean height and S.D. were 160 cm and 5 respectively. Find which
character shows greater variations?
29. The mean and standard deviation of marks obtained by 40 students of a class in three
subjects Mathematics, Physics and Biology are given below.
Subject Mean Standard Deviation
Mathematics 56 12
Physics 65 14
Biology 60 10
Which of the three subject shows highest variation and which shows lowest variation in
marks?
30. The mean of the following distribution is 26. Find the value of p and the value of the
observation. Also, find the mode and the given data.
𝑥𝑖 0 1 2 3 4 5
𝑓𝑖 3 3 𝑝 7 𝑝 − 1 4
31. Suppose that there are two pieces of data. The first data has 𝜇1 mean and 𝜎1 standard
deviation and the second data has 𝜇2 mean and 𝜎2 standard deviation then discuss the
following case about the more variability or less consistency:
a. 𝜇1 = 𝜇2 , 𝜎1 < 𝜎2
b. 𝜇1 < 𝜇2 , 𝜎1 = 𝜎2
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c. 𝜇1 = 𝜇2 , 𝜎1 = 𝜎2
Correlation and Regression
1. Find the correlation coefficient between the height of fathers and sons from following
data:
Height of fathers ( in inches) 65 66 67 68 69 70 71
Height of sons ( in inches) 67 68 66 69 72 72 69
2. Calculate coefficient of rank correlation R from the following data showing marks obtained
by student is Mathematics and Physics
Mathematics (X) 8 36 98 25 75 82 92 62 65 35
Physics (Y) 84 51 91 60 68 62 86 58 35 49
3. Find the lines of regression X on Y and Y on X for the following data:
X: 3 5 6 6 9
Y: 2 3 4 6 5
4. For 10 observations on price (𝑥) and supply (𝑦), the following data were obtained (in
appropriate units):∑ 𝑥 = 130, ∑ 𝑦 = 220, ∑ 𝑥 2 = 2238, ∑ 𝑦 2 = 5506, ∑ 𝑥𝑦 = 3467.
Obtain the line regression of 𝑦 on 𝑥 and estimate the supply when the price is 16 units.
5. A patient is given drip feed containing a particular chemical and its concentration in his
blood is measured, in suitable units, at one-hour intervals. The doctors believe that a
linear relationship will exist between the variables. The doctor may wish to estimate the
concentration of the chemical in the blood after 3.5 hours.
Time, 𝑥 (hours) 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
Concentration, 𝑦 2.4 4.3 5.0 6.9 9.1 11.4 13.5
6. The heights and weights of a sample of 11 students are:
Height (m): ℎ 1.36 1.47 1.54 1.56 1.59 1.63 1.66 1.67 1.69 1.74 1.81
Weight (kg): 𝑤 52 50 67 62 69 74 59 87 77 73 67
a. Calculate the regression line of 𝑤 on ℎ.
b. Use the regression line to estimate the weight of someone whose height is 1.6 m.
7. A psychologist wants to investigate the relationship between the IQ of a child and the IQ
of their mother. She measures the IQ of a sample of 8 children and mothers:
Child’s IQ, 𝑥 87 91 94 98 103 108 111 123
Mother’s IQ, 𝑦 94 96 89 102 98 94 116 117
a. Work out the correlation coefficient between 𝑥 and 𝑦.
b. Calculate the regression line of 𝑦 on 𝑥 and the regression line of 𝑥 on 𝑦. Write down
a point that both lines pass through.
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c. Use the appropriate regression line to estimate the IQ of a child born to a mother with
an IQ of 100. Using your answer to part (a), explain how accurate you think this
estimate is likely to be.
8. The scores that 9 students obtained in their C1 and M1 mathematics examinations are as
follows:
C1 mark, c% 82 51 68 45 30 55 64 77 28
M1 mark, m% 75 46 84 47 42 59 52 69 41
a. Calculate the equation of the appropriate regression line in order to estimate the mark
that a student scoring 53% in M1 might expect to obtain in C1.
b. Explain why it would not be sensible to use the same regression line to estimate the
C1 mark that might be expected if a student scored 20% in M1.
9. A particular greenhouse plant is suspected to be able to a particular disease. An
agricultural scientist wishes to see how the temperature of the greenhouse effect the
prevalence of the disease. She designs an experiment in which she monitors the
percentage of diseased leaves occurring at different temperatures:
Temperature, t °F 70 72 74 76 78 80
Percentage of diseased leaves, p 12.3 9.5 7.7 6.1 4.3 2.3
The scientist wishes to estimate the temperature that she should set the greenhouse if
she is aims for 5% of leaves being diseased. Calculate an appropriate regression line and
use it to find the required temperature (giving your answer to the nearest whole number).
Give a reason for your choice of regression line.
10. A trainee manager wondered whether the length of time his trainees revised for an
examination had any effect on the marks they scored in the examination. Before the exam,
he asked a random sample of them to honestly estimate how long, to the nearest hour,
they had spent revising. After the examination he investigated the relationship between
the two variables.
Trainee A B C D E F G H I J
Revision time 4 9 10 14 4 7 12 22 1 17
Exam mark 31 58 65 73 37 44 60 91 21 84
a. Plot the scatter diagram to inspect the data.
b. Calculate the correlation coefficient.
c. Plot the regression line on the scatter diagram.
d. Predict the examination mark for a trainee who revises for 15 hours.
e. Predict the examination mark for a trainee who revises for 35 hours.
11. Table: The following data in Table are given for 9 patients with aplastic anaemia.
Patient Number % Reticulocytes Lymphocytes (per mm2)
1 3.6 1700
2 2.0 3078
3 0.3 1820
4 0.3 2706
5 0.2 2086
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6 3.0 2299
7 0.0 676
8 1.0 2088
9 2.2 2013
Fit a regression line relating the percentage of reticulocytes (𝑥) to the number of
lymphocytes (𝑦).
12. In the biology experiment a few cultures were grown in the laboratory. The numbers of
bacteria, in millions, and their ages (in days) are given below.
Age (x) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
No. of bacteria (y) 34 106 135 181 192 231 268 300
Find the regression y on x and extend the data up to 15 days.