Tutorial 3
Section A
Questions 1 and 2 are based on the following information:
Jane takes the 8 am bus to campus and notices that it is often late. She decides to record
how late the bus is (in minutes) for 70 days. The data that she collects is summarized in the
frequency distribution below.
Minutes (𝑋) Frequency
0≤𝑥<5 17
5 ≤ 𝑥 < 10 22
10 ≤ 𝑥 < 15 15
15 ≤ 𝑥 < 20 8
20 ≤ 𝑥 < 25 5
25 ≤ 𝑥 < 30 2
30 ≤ 𝑥 < 35 1
Question 1
The bus was late by at most 𝑥 minutes on only 90% of the days. What is the value of 𝑥?
Question 2
The bus was late by more than 𝑦 minutes on only 15% of days. What is the value of 𝑦?
Section B
Questions 3 and 4 are based on the following information:
The stem-and-leaf graph below summarizes values collected from a random sample of size
50. The key for the diagram is: 23|3 = 233.
21 2 8 9 9
22 0 1 2 4 6 6 7 9 9
23 0 0 4 5 8 8 9 9 9 9
24 0 0 3 6 9 9 9
25 0 3 4 5 5 7 7 8 9
26 0 1 1 2 3 3 5 6
27 0 1 3
Question 3
Find the quartile deviation.
Question 4
Are there any outliers? If so, what are their values?
Section C
Question 5
Scores of two golfers for 6 rounds were as follows:
Golfer A 74 75 80 78 72 77
Golfer B 86 84 80 88 87 85
Determine the coefficient of variation for Golfer A and Golfer B and comment on who is the
more consistent player. [ Practice using your calculator]
Question 6
Your kettle has just broken so you want to buy a new one. You find two models of kettle
that you like. You do some research to help you choose which model to buy. On the internet
you find the results of an experiment in which the time (minutes) to boil 1 litre of water was
measured for samples of the two models. Some of the results are in the table below
Sample size Average Variance
Model A 15 2.34 0.25
Model B 21 1.95 0.04
Which of the following statements is true?
• The coefficient of variation (CV) for Model A is 10.7% and the CV for Model B is 2.1%.
This means that the Model A data is approximately five times more variable than the
Model B data.
• The variability of the data sets cannot be compared because the sample sizes are not
the same.
• The CV for Model A is 21.4% and the CV for Model B is 10.3%. This means that the
Model A data is approximately twice as variable as the data for Model B.
• The variance of Model B is smaller than that of Model A. This means that Model B
kettles will always boil more quickly than Model A kettles.
Section D
Question 7
Suppose you have a data set that has a bell-shaped clustering pattern. According to the
Empirical rule…
Complete the above sentence by stating the Empirical rule.
Questions 8, 9 and 10 are based on the following information:
In a wildlife study, the heights of a sample of 50 adult male giraffes were recorded. The data
was found to be bell-shaped with an average of 5.6 metres and a standard deviation of 0.4
metres.
Question 8
Approximately what percentage of the giraffes are between 5.2 metres and 6.0 metres tall?
Question 9
Approximately what percentage of the giraffes are shorter than 5.2 metres?
Question 10
Approximately what percentage of the giraffes are either shorter than 4.8 metres or taller
than 6.4 metres?
Section E
Question 11
A study of girls aged 17 years was done. As part of the study, the weight of each girl was
recorded. The box plot below summarizes the information about the weights (kilograms).
Girls weighing over 80kg are considered to be overweight. Overweight girls taking part in the
study were put on a specialized diet. If 124 girls took part in the study, (approximately) how
many were put onto the diet?
Question 12
A survey was conducted of 140 buyers of new BMW 3-series cars, 140 buyers of new BMW
5-series cars, and 140 buyers of new BMW 7-series cars. In it, the buyers were asked the age
they were when they purchased the car. The box plots below display the results.
Which one of the following statements is false?
• All the buyers of the 7-series cars were 35 years or older.
• At least half of the buyers of the 3-series car were over 35 years or older.
• It can be deduced that the average age of buyers of the 3-series cars is smaller than
that of buyers of the 7-series cars.
• 25% of the 7-series buyers were older than all the 3-series buyers.