Week 5 Worksheet
1. Write out the definition for the following
a) Parameter
b) Statistic
c) Nominal
d) Ordinal
e) Interval
f) Ratio
g) Descriptive statistics
h) Inferential statistics
i) Discrete data
j) Continuous data
k) Population
l) Sample
2. Fill in the following table
Level of Put data in arrange data Subtract data Determine if
Measurement categories in order values one data value
is a multiple of
another
Nominal
Ordinal
Interval
Ratio
3. Consider the data set: 4 17 7 14 18 12 3 16 10 4 4 11
a) Find the:
i. Quartiles (Q1, Q2 and Q3)
ii. Mean, median and mode
iii. Range
iv. Interquartile range
v. Outliers, if any
b) Construct a box plot of this data
4. Define the following with the assistance of a diagram:
a) Kurtosis
b) Leptokurtic
c) Mesokurtic
d) Platykurtic
5. Describe the type of skewness displayed by each of the following graphs
6. Calculate the mean, SS, variance and standard deviation for the following
data set
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7. Answer the following about z scores
a) What are z-scores?
b) What is the formula to calculate a z-score for a given value?
c) What is considered a usual, unusual or very unusual z-score?
8. Define the Empirical rule and fill in the blanks of the graph below
9. Calculate the standard deviation for the following two data sets and
determine which has a greater variance (use the coefficient of variation)
13 21 27 31 35 24 28 32 17
55 54 59 55 52 51 57 49 61
[Link] following frequency table represents the years that teachers from a
small town have been employed in the teaching profession. Construct a
frequency histogram form the data. Make sure to label your axes.
Class 1-5 6-10 11-15 16-20 21-25 26-30 31-35
Frequency 11 9 12 14 7 10 12