Statistics Teaching Notes for Seniors
Statistics Teaching Notes for Seniors
Example 1
The table below shows the marks obtained by 50 learners in a class mathematics test marked out
of 8.
Marks 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
No of learners 2 3 6 7 6 9 11 6 0
Solution
Marks 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Frequency 2 3 6 7 6 9 11 6 0
Cumulative Frequency 2 5 11 18 24 33 44 50 50
Example 2
Then ages of people living at Pamodzi village are recorded in the frequency table below.
Ages 0 < 𝑥𝑥 ≤ 10 10 < 𝑥𝑥 ≤ 20 20 < 𝑥𝑥 ≤ 30 30 < 𝑥𝑥 ≤ 40 40 < 𝑥𝑥 ≤ 50 50 < 𝑥𝑥 ≤ 60
No of people 7 22 28 23 15 5
Using the information in the table above, copy and complete the cumulative frequency table
below.
Age ≤ 10 ≤ 20 ≤ 30 ≤ 40 ≤ 50 ≤ 60
Solution
Age ≤ 10 ≤ 20 ≤ 30 ≤ 40 ≤ 50 ≤ 60
Example
The ages of people living at Pamodzi village are shown in the cumulative frequency table below.
Ages ≤ 10 ≤ 20 ≤ 30 ≤ 40 ≤ 50 ≤ 60
Using a scale of 2cm to represent 10 units on both axes, draw a smooth cumulative frequency
curve for 0 ≤ 𝑥𝑥 ≤ 60 and 0 ≤ 𝑦𝑦 ≤ 100.
Solution
100
90
80
70
Number of people
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
10 20 30 40 50 60
X
Ages
EXERCISE 1
The table below shows the amount of money spent by 100 learners at school on a particular day.
Amount in kwacha 0 < 𝑥𝑥 ≤ 5 5 < 𝑥𝑥 ≤ 10 10 < 𝑥𝑥 ≤ 15 15 < 𝑥𝑥 ≤ 20 20 < 𝑥𝑥 ≤ 25 25 < 𝑥𝑥 ≤ 30
Frequency 13 27 35 16 7 2
(a) Using the information above, copy and complete the cumulative frequency table below.
Amount in kwacha ≤0 ≤5 ≤ 10 ≤ 15 ≤ 20 ≤ 25 ≤ 30
Frequency 0 13
(b) Using a scale of 2cm to represent 5units on the horizontal axis and 2cm to represent 10
units on the vertical axis, draw a smooth cumulative frequency curve.
Example
Then ages of people living at Pamodzi village are recorded in the frequency table below.
Ages 0 < 𝑥𝑥 ≤ 10 10 < 𝑥𝑥 ≤ 20 20 < 𝑥𝑥 ≤ 30 30 < 𝑥𝑥 ≤ 40 40 < 𝑥𝑥 ≤ 50 50 < 𝑥𝑥 ≤ 60
No of people 7 22 28 23 15 5
Using the information in the table above, draw the relative cumulative frequency table.
Solution
Ages ≤ 10 ≤ 20 ≤ 30 ≤ 40 ≤ 50 ≤ 60
Example
The ages of people living at Pamodzi village are shown in the relative cumulative frequency
table below.
Ages ≤ 10 ≤ 20 ≤ 30 ≤ 40 ≤ 50 ≤ 60
Y
1.0
0.9
Relative Cumulative Frequency
0.8
0.7
0.6
0.5
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.1
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
X
Ages
EXERCISE 2
The table below shows the amount of money spent by 100 learners at school on a particular day.
Amount in kwacha 0 < 𝑥𝑥 ≤ 5 5 < 𝑥𝑥 ≤ 10 10 < 𝑥𝑥 ≤ 15 15 < 𝑥𝑥 ≤ 20 20 < 𝑥𝑥 ≤ 25 25 < 𝑥𝑥 ≤ 30
Frequency 13 27 35 16 7 2
(a) Using the information above, copy and complete the relative cumulative frequency table
below.
Amount in kwacha ≤ 0 ≤ 5 ≤ 10 ≤ 15 ≤ 20 ≤ 25 ≤ 30
(b) Using a scale of 2cm to represent 5 units on the X axis and 2cm to represent 0.1 unit on
the Y axis for 0 ≤ 𝑥𝑥 ≤ 30 and 0 ≤ 𝑦𝑦 ≤ 1. Draw a smooth relative cumulative frequency
curve.
Un Grouped Data
The Range
The range of a set of data is the difference between the highest and the lowest data values in a
given set of data.
Example
Find the range of the following set of data
23, 25, 10, 19, 28, 33
Solution
The highest data value is 33 and the lowest data value is 10
Hence, 𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅 = 33 − 10
∴ 𝑹𝑹𝑹𝑹𝑹𝑹𝑹𝑹𝑹𝑹 = 𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐
The Quartiles
The Quartiles divide data values into four parts called Quarters. Hence, Quartiles are
quarters of data values in a given set of data.
For data arranged in order of size, we have the following Quartiles;
• The first quarter called Lower Quartile (Q1),
• The second quarter called Median (Q2) and
• The third quarter called Upper Quartile (Q3).
Example
For the following set of data: 12, 15, 23, 18, 25, 8, 16. Find the lower quartile.
Solution
First, we need to arrange the data values in ascending order. Thus;
8, 12, 15, 16, 18, 23, 25
Then the lower halve has the data values: 8, 12, 15
The middle value of the lower halve is 12.
Example
Find the median of the following set of data: 45, 22, 33, 28, 26, 36, 40, 30
Solution
First, we arrange the data values in an ascending order as follows:
22, 26, 28, 30, 33, 36, 40, 45
We have two middle values, 30 𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎 33 and then we find the middle value of the two.
30+33 63
The median (Q2) = = = 31.5
2 2
Example
Find the Upper Quartile (Q3) of the following set of data: 23, 42, 25, 60 10, 50, 19, 28, 34,
15
First, we arrange the data values in ascending order as follows:
10, 15, 19, 23, 25, 28, 34, 42, 50, 60
The upper halve takes the data values:28, 34, 42, 50, 60
The middle value of the upper halve is 42.
∴ 𝒕𝒕𝒕𝒕𝒕𝒕 𝑼𝑼𝑼𝑼𝑼𝑼𝑼𝑼𝑼𝑼 𝑸𝑸𝑸𝑸𝑸𝑸𝑸𝑸𝑸𝑸𝑸𝑸𝑸𝑸𝑸𝑸 (𝑸𝑸𝟑𝟑) = 𝟒𝟒𝟒𝟒
Example
For the following set of data: 4, 8, 12, 7, 1, 9, 10, 15, 19
Find the
(a) Interquartile range,
(b) Semi – interquartile range.
Solution
First, we arrange the data values in ascending order as follows:
1, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 15, 19
4+7 11
𝑇𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑒 𝐿𝐿𝐿𝐿𝐿𝐿𝐿𝐿𝐿𝐿 𝑄𝑄𝑄𝑄𝑄𝑄𝑄𝑄𝑄𝑄𝑄𝑄𝑄𝑄𝑄𝑄 (𝑄𝑄1) = = = 5.5
2 2
12+15 27
𝑇𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑒 𝑈𝑈𝑈𝑈𝑈𝑈𝑈𝑈𝑈𝑈 𝑄𝑄𝑄𝑄𝑄𝑄𝑄𝑄𝑄𝑄𝑄𝑄𝑄𝑄𝑄𝑄 (𝑄𝑄3) = = = 13.5
2 2
EXERCISE 3
For the following set of data: 24, 27, 24, 25, 28, 30, 33, 31, 33, 35, 33
Find the
(a) Range,
(b) Lower quartile,
(c) Median,
(d) Upper quartile,
(e) Interquartile range and
(f) Semi-interquartile range.
The Percentiles
Percentiles divide an ordered set of data into percentages. The 𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛ℎ percentile of an ordered set
of data, is the value such that 𝑛𝑛% of the data values are less than or equal to that value.
NOTE THAT:
The 25th percentile is equal to the Lower Quartile (Q1) of the distribution.
The 50th percentile is equal to the Middle Quartile (Q2) of the distribution.
The 75th percentile is equal to the Upper Quartile (Q3) of the distribution.
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𝐿𝐿𝐿𝐿𝐿𝐿𝐿𝐿𝐿𝐿 𝑄𝑄𝑄𝑄𝑄𝑄𝑄𝑄𝑄𝑄𝑄𝑄𝑄𝑄𝑄𝑄 (𝑄𝑄1) = × 𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷
4
(ii) To find the Middle Quartile /(Median (Q2), find the half of the distribution and
follow it from the 𝑌𝑌 − 𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎 to the curve. Where it meets the curve, go and pick 𝑥𝑥
values from the 𝑥𝑥 − 𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎.
1
𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀 𝑄𝑄𝑄𝑄𝑄𝑄𝑄𝑄𝑄𝑄𝑄𝑄𝑄𝑄𝑄𝑄 𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜 𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀(𝑄𝑄2) = × 𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷
2
(iii) To find the Upper Quartile (Q3), find the third quarter of the distribution and follow
it from the 𝑦𝑦 − 𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎 to the curve. Where it meets the curve, go down and pick the
value of 𝑥𝑥 from the 𝑥𝑥 − 𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎.
3
𝑈𝑈𝑈𝑈𝑈𝑈𝑈𝑈𝑈𝑈 𝑄𝑄𝑄𝑄𝑄𝑄𝑄𝑄𝑄𝑄𝑄𝑄𝑄𝑄𝑄𝑄 (𝑄𝑄3) = × 𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷
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(iv) To find the interquartile range(IQR), first find the Upper Quartile(Q3) and the
Lower Quartile, then find the difference between the Upper Quartile (Q3) and the
Lower Quartile (Q1)
(v) The semi – interquartile range, is the half of the interquartile range.
𝑄𝑄3−𝑄𝑄1
𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆 − 𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖 𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟 =
2
(a) Using the information in the table above, copy and complete the cumulative frequency
table below.
Days absent 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Cumulative frequency 2 5 11 52
(b) Using a scale of 2cm to represent 1 unit on the X axis and 2cm to represent 10 units on
the Y axis, draw a smooth cumulative frequency curve.
(c) Showing your method clearly, use your graph to estimate;
(i) the lower quartile,
(ii) the median,
(iii) the upper quartile,
(iv) the interquartile range,
(v) the semi-interquartile range,
(vi) the 90th percentile.
Solution
Days absent 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Y (a) Cumulative frequency 2 5 11 18 24 33 44 50 52
60
C (i) 𝑄𝑄1 = 𝟐𝟐. 𝟑𝟑
(b)
50
90th percentile
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
X
Example 2
The frequency table below shows the number of copies of newspapers allocated to 48 newspaper
vendors.
Copies of newspapers 25 < 𝑥𝑥 ≤ 30 30𝑥𝑥 <≤ 35 35 < 𝑥𝑥 ≤ 40 40 < 𝑥𝑥 ≤ 45 45 < 𝑥𝑥 ≤ 50 50 < 𝑥𝑥 ≤ 55 55 < 𝑥𝑥 ≤ 60
Number of vendors 5 4 7 11 12 8 1
(a) Using the information in the table above, copy and complete the cumulative frequency
table below.
Copies of newspapers ≤ 25 ≤ 30 ≤ 35 ≤ 40 ≤ 45 ≤ 50 ≤ 55 ≤ 60
Number of vendors 0 5 9 16
(b) Using a horizontal scale of 2cm to represent 10 newspapers on the 𝑥𝑥 − 𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎 and a
vertical scale of 4cm to represent 10 vendors on the 𝑦𝑦 − 𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎 for 0 < 𝑥𝑥 ≥ 60 and
0 < 𝑦𝑦 ≤ 50, draw a smooth cumulative frequency curve.
(c) Showing your method clearly, use your graph to estimate;
(i) The interquartile range
(ii) The 50th percentile
(d) How many vendors received more than 45 copies of newspapers?
EXERCISE 4
The table below shows the amount of money spent by 100 learners at a school tuck shop on a
particular day.
Amount in kwacha 0 < 𝑥𝑥 ≤ 5 5 < 𝑥𝑥 ≤ 10 10 < 𝑥𝑥 ≤ 15 15 < 𝑥𝑥 ≤ 20 20 < 𝑥𝑥 ≤ 25 25 < 𝑥𝑥 ≤ 30
Frequency 13 27 35 16 7 2
(a) Using the table above, copy and complete the cumulative frequency table below.
Amount in kwacha ≤0 ≤5 ≤ 10 ≤ 15 ≤ 20 ≤ 25 ≤ 30
(b) Using a scale of 2cm to represent 5units on the horizontal axis and 2cm to represent to
represent 10 units on the vertical axis, draw a smooth cumulative frequency curve.
(c) Showing your method clearly, use your graph to estimate;
(i) the semi-interquartile range
(ii) the 20th percentile.
50
(b)
40
20
Q1
10
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
X
Copies of newspapers
Example 2
The frequency table below shows the distribution of marks obtained by 90 learners in a
mathematics class test.
Marks (x) 10 < 𝑥𝑥 ≤ 20 20 < 𝑥𝑥 ≤ 30 30 < 𝑥𝑥 ≤ 40 40 < 𝑥𝑥 ≤ 50 50 < 𝑥𝑥 ≤ 60 60 < 𝑥𝑥 ≤ 70
frequency 2 10 15 23 30 10
(a) Copy and complete the relative cumulative frequency table below.
Marks (x) ≤ 10 ≤ 20 ≤ 30 ≤ 40 ≤ 50 ≤ 60 ≤ 70
Cumulative frequency 0 2 12 27 50 80 90
(b) Using a scale of 2cm to represent 10 units on the 𝑥𝑥 − 𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎 𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓 0 ≤ 𝑥𝑥 ≤ 70 and 2cm to
represent 0.1 units on the 𝑦𝑦 − 𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎 𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓 0 ≤ 𝑦𝑦 ≤ 1, draw a smooth relative cumulative
frequency curve.
(c) Showing you method clearly, use your graph to estimate the median
(d) What percentile is 53 marks?
Solution
Fruits per tree 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Example 1
(a) Cumulative frequency 1 6 10 16 26 42 60
0.8
Q3
70th Percentile
0.7
Relative cumulative Frequency
0.5
0.4
0.3
Q1
0.2
0.1
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
𝑥𝑥
Fruits per tree
Cumulative frequency 0 2 12 27 50 80 90
𝑦𝑦 (a)
Relative cumulative frequency 0 0.02 0.13 0.3 0.56 0.89 1.0
1
(b)
0.9
0.8
Relative cumulative frequency
0.7
65th Percentile
(c) Median = 7𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚
0.6
Q2
0.5
(d) 0.65× 100 = 65
65th Percentile
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.1
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
𝑥𝑥
Marks
EXERCISE 5
The frequency distribution table below shows the number of hours students studied on a
particular day at Chilubi Nursing College.
Number of hours 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Number of students 0 3 3 5 6 2 1
(a) Using the table above, copy and complete the relative cumulative frequency table below.
Number of hours ≤1 ≤2 ≤3 ≤4 ≤5 ≤6 ≤7
Cumulative frequency 0 3 6 11 17 19 20
(b) Using a scale of 2cm to represent 1 unit on the 𝑥𝑥 − 𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎 for 0 ≤ 𝑥𝑥 ≤ 7 and 2cm to
represent 0.1 units on the 𝑦𝑦 − 𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎 for 0 ≤ 𝑦𝑦 ≤ 1, draw a smooth relative cumulative
frequency curve.
(c) Showing your method clearly, use your graph to estimate;
(i) the semi-interquartile range,
(ii) the 40th percentile.
The Variance
Variance measures the distances or spread of each data value from the mean in a set
of data.
The square of sigma (𝜎𝜎) is used to denote the variance symbol. Hence the variance is
denoted by; 𝜎𝜎 2
Un Grouped Data
The Mean (𝑥𝑥)
The mean is denoted by; ( 𝑥𝑥) and the mean of un grouped data is given by the formula:
∑ 𝑥𝑥
𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀 �𝑥𝑥� = 𝑛𝑛
∑(𝑥𝑥− 𝑥𝑥)2 ∑ 𝑥𝑥 2
𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉 (𝜎𝜎 2 ) = = − ( 𝑥𝑥)2
𝑛𝑛 𝑛𝑛
∑(𝑥𝑥− 𝑥𝑥)2 ∑ 𝑥𝑥 2
𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆�√𝜎𝜎 2 � = �� � = �� − (𝑥𝑥)2 �
𝑛𝑛 𝑛𝑛
Example 1
For the set of data: 3, 4, 4, 4, 5 find the
(a) Mean,
(b) Variance,
(c) Standard deviation.
Solution
∑ 𝑥𝑥 (3−4)2 +(4−4)2 +(4−4)2 +(4−4)2 +(5−4)2
(a) 𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀 (𝑥𝑥) = (b) 𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉 =
𝑛𝑛 5
3+4+4+4+5 2
(𝑥𝑥) = =
5 5
20 = 𝟎𝟎. 𝟒𝟒
(𝑥𝑥) =
5
Example 2
For the following set of data: 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100. Find the
(a) Mean,
(b) Variance,
(c) Standard deviation.
Solution
∑ 𝑥𝑥
(a) 𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀(𝑥𝑥) =
𝑛𝑛
10+20+30+40+50+60+70+80+90+100
(𝑥𝑥) =
10
550
(𝑥𝑥) =
10
(𝑥𝑥) = 𝟓𝟓𝟓𝟓
(10 − 55)2 + (20 − 55)2 + (30 − 55)2 + (40 − 55)2 + (50 − 55)2 + (60 − 55)2 + (70 − 55)2 + (80 − 55)2 + (90 − 55)2 + (100 − 55)2
(b) 10
2025+1225+625+225+25+25+225+625+1225+2025
𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉 =
10
8250
𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉 =
10
𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉 = 𝟖𝟖𝟖𝟖𝟖𝟖
OR
∑ 𝑥𝑥 2
𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆 = � − (𝑥𝑥)2
𝑛𝑛
∑ 𝑥𝑥 2 102 +202 +302 +402 +502 +602 +702 +802 +902 +1002 38500
= = = 3850
𝑛𝑛 10 10
EXERCISE 6
Find the standard deviation of the set of data: 6, 8, 20, 32, 64.
Grouped data
The Mean is given by the formula:
∑ 𝑥𝑥𝑥𝑥
𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀(𝑥𝑥 ) = ∑ 𝑓𝑓
Example 1
The frequency distribution table below shows the number of hours students studied on a
particular day at Chilubi Nursing College.
Number of hours 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Number of students 0 3 3 5 6 2 1
Solution
∑ 𝑥𝑥𝑥𝑥
𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀(𝑥𝑥) = ∑ 𝑓𝑓
(1×0)+(2×3)+(3×3)+(4×5)+(5×6)+(6×2)+(7×1)
(𝑥𝑥) =
0+3+3+5+6+2+1
0+6+9+20+30+12+7
(𝑥𝑥) =
20
84
(𝑥𝑥) =
20
(𝑥𝑥) = 4.2
∑ 𝑓𝑓(𝑥𝑥− 𝑥𝑥)2 0(1−4.2)2 +3(2−4.2)2 +3(3−4.2)2 +5(4−4.2)2 +6(5−4.2)2 +2(6−4.2)2 +1(7−4.2)2
∑ 𝑓𝑓
=
20
0+14.52+4.32+0.2+3.84+6.48+7.84
=
20
37.2
=
20
= 1.86
∑ 𝑓𝑓(𝑥𝑥−𝑥𝑥 )2
∴ 𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆 = � ∑ 𝑓𝑓
= √1.86 = 𝟏𝟏. 𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑
OR
∑ 𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓 2
𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆 = � ∑ 𝑓𝑓
− (𝑥𝑥)2
390
=
20
= 19.5
𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆 = √1.86
∴ 𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆 = 𝟏𝟏. 𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑
Example 2
The table below shows the heights of 100 plants measured in centimeters on a particular day.
Heights (cm) 0 < 𝑥𝑥 ≤ 10 10 < 𝑥𝑥 ≤ 20 20 < 𝑥𝑥 ≤ 30 30 < 𝑥𝑥 ≤ 40 40 < 𝑥𝑥 ≤ 50 50 < 𝑥𝑥 ≤ 60 60 < 𝑥𝑥 ≤ 70
Frequency 3 8 14 22 23 22 8
Solution
First, we need to find the middle number for each group in the row of heights, which are
5, 15, 25, 35, 45, 55 𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎 65 as 𝑥𝑥 values.
∑ 𝑥𝑥𝑥𝑥
𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀(𝑥𝑥) = ∑ 𝑓𝑓
(5×3)+(15×8)+(25×14)+(35×22)+(45×23)+(55×22)+(65×8)
𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀(𝑥𝑥) =
100
4020
𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀(𝑥𝑥) =
100
𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀(𝑥𝑥) = 40.2
∑ 𝑓𝑓(𝑥𝑥− 𝑥𝑥)2 3(5−40.2)2 +8(15−40.2)2 +14(25−40.2)2 +22(35−40.2)2 +23(45−40.2)2 +22(55−40.2)2 +8(65−40.2)2
∑ 𝑓𝑓
=
100
22896
=
100
= 228.96
∑ 𝑓𝑓(𝑥𝑥− 𝑥𝑥)2
∴ 𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆 = � ∑ 𝑓𝑓
= √228.96 = 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏. 𝟏𝟏
OR
∑ 𝑓𝑓𝑥𝑥 2 �52 ×3�+�152 ×8�+�252 ×14�+�352 ×22�+�452 ×23�+�552 ×22�+(652 ×8)
∑ 𝑓𝑓
=
100
184500
=
100
= 1845
∑ 𝑓𝑓𝑥𝑥 2
𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆 = � ∑ 𝑓𝑓
− (𝑥𝑥)2
EXERCISE 7
The ages (in years) of 100 patients treated at Chilubi Island District Hospital on a particular day
are recorded in the table below.
Ages (in years) 0 < 𝑥𝑥 ≤ 10 10 < 𝑥𝑥 ≤ 20 20 < 𝑥𝑥 ≤ 30 30 < 𝑥𝑥 ≤ 40 40 < 𝑥𝑥 ≤ 50 50 < 𝑥𝑥 ≤ 60
Number of patients 5 10 25 30 20 10
(i) Using the table above, copy and complete the cumulative frequency table below.
(ii) Using a scale of 2cm to represent 10 units on each axis for 0 ≤ 𝑥𝑥 ≤ 60 and
0 ≤ 𝑦𝑦 ≤ 100, draw a smooth cumulative frequency curve.
(iii) Showing your method clearly, use your graph to estimate the semi-interquartile
range.