Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Science Assignment
Subject: Biostatistics & Research Methodology Program: B. Phy.
Assignment IV
Sr. No. Questions
1. The intelligence quotients (IQ’s) of 10 boys in a class are given below:
70, 120, 110, 101, 88, 83, 95, 98, 107, 100
Find the mean IQ.
2. The following is the frequency distribution of the number of telephone calls received in 245 successive one-minute
intervals at an exchange:
No. of calls 𝒙𝒊 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Frequency 𝒇𝒊 14 21 25 43 51 40 39 12
Obtain the mean number of calls per minute.
3. Calculate the mean for the following frequency distribution:
Marks 𝒙𝒊 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70
Frequency 𝒇𝒊 6 5 8 15 7 6 3
(a) By the direct formula
(b) By the step deviation method
4. The numbers 3.2, 5.8, 7.9 and 4.5, have frequencies 𝑥, (𝑥 + 2), (𝑥 − 3) & (𝑥 + 6) respectively. If the arithmetic mean
is 4.876, find the value of 𝑥.
5. Marks secured by 50 students in a test paper are given below:
30 45 48 55 39 25 31 12 18 21
54 59 51 33 43 44 10 38 19 26
41 35 37 41 46 33 51 37 58 58
17 19 23 36 29 38 57 36 35 44
43 27 19 43 22 31 47 34 31 15
Calculate the arithmetic mean for the given marks.
6. In the following grouped data, X are the mid-points of the class intervals and c is a constant. If the arithmetic mean of
the original distribution is 35.84, find the class intervals.
X–c -21 -14 -7 0 7 14 21 Total
f 2 12 19 29 20 13 5 100
Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Science Assignment
Subject: Biostatistics & Research Methodology Program: B. Phy.
7. An investor buys Rs. 1200 worth of shares in a company each month. During the first 5 months he bought the shares
at a price of Rs. 10, Rs. 12, Rs. 15, Rs. 20 and Rs. 24 per share. After 5 months what is the average price paid for the
shares by him.
8. For a certain frequency table which has only been partly reproduced here, the mean was found to be 1.46.
No. of accidents 0 1 2 3 4 5 Total
Frequency (No. of days) 46 ? ? 25 10 5 200
Calculate the missing frequencies.