Scribd
Upload
2 views3 pages

Tutorial 2 2015

This document is a tutorial for STA 111 - Elementary Statistics at the University of Botswana, containing various statistical questions and exercises. It covers topics such as frequency polygons, histograms, class boundaries, and data representation through pie charts and bar charts. Additionally, it includes practical exercises related to income distribution, household facilities, and customer expenditure data.

Uploaded by

rakapoelizabeth
Copyright
© All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
2 views3 pages

Tutorial 2 2015

This document is a tutorial for STA 111 - Elementary Statistics at the University of Botswana, containing various statistical questions and exercises. It covers topics such as frequency polygons, histograms, class boundaries, and data representation through pie charts and bar charts. Additionally, it includes practical exercises related to income distribution, household facilities, and customer expenditure data.

Uploaded by

rakapoelizabeth
Copyright
© All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd

University of Botswana

Department of Statistics
STA 111- Elementary Statistics

Tutorial 2
Question 1
Define the following statistical terms:
i) Frequency polygon
ii) Relative frequency histogram
iii) Class boundaries
iv) Class marks

Question 2
The following table shows the percentage distribution of total income for males in a
certain company:

Income (Pula) Males (%)


Under 1000 17.2
1000-1999 11.7
2000-2999 12.1
3000-3999 14.8
4000-4999 15.9
5000-5999 11.9
6000-9999 12.7
10000 and over 3.6

i) Use the frequency table given above to draw a histogram


ii) Draw a frequency polygon on the histogram obtained in i)
iii) What percentage of males earned P4000 and over and what percentage earned
under P3000?
iv) Draw a less than ogive, and show what percentage of males earn less than P3,500
Question 3
The inner diameters of washers produced by a company can be measured to the nearest
hundredth of a millimeter. If the class marks of the frequency distribution of these
diameters are given (in millimeters) by 3.21, 3.24, 3.27, 3.30, 3.33 and 3.36, find
a) the class interval size,
b) the class boundaries,
c) the class limits.

Question 4
A study to find out the proportion of households with toilet and radio facilities collected
data from 30 households. Information on the presence (yes) or absence (No) of toilet and
radio in each of the 30 households is given below.
Household 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Is there a Toilet? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Is there a radio? Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Household 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Is there a Toilet? No No Yes No No Yes Yes No No No
Is there a radio? Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No

Household 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Is there a Toilet? Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes No No No
Is there a radio? Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

i) Graphically represent information on each of the facilities using a pie chart.


ii) What proportion of households has: a) Toilet?
b) Radio?
iii) Use a multiple bar chart to show the distribution of toilets and radios in the 30
households.
iv) Using a multiple bar chart, how many households have both toilet and a radio?

Question 5
Real customers’ expenditure for the year 2001 – component categories (seasonally
adjusted P’000 million, 1991 prices)
Durable Alcohol & Clothing & Energy Other Rent & Health
goods Food tobacco Footwear products goods rates services
16 22 14 11 11 16 17 37

i) Draw an appropriate diagram using MICROSOFT EXCEL to illustrate the


relative shares of real customers’ expenditure in 2001.
ii) Comment on the diagram.

You might also like