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Statistics Practice Problems Set

The document contains 10 practice questions covering topics like mean, median, mode, variance, standard deviation, frequency distribution, histograms, pie charts, bar graphs, geometric mean, harmonic mean, and descriptive vs inferential statistics. The questions include calculating averages, analyzing data sets, constructing graphs, and solving word problems involving statistical concepts.

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Statistics Practice Problems Set

The document contains 10 practice questions covering topics like mean, median, mode, variance, standard deviation, frequency distribution, histograms, pie charts, bar graphs, geometric mean, harmonic mean, and descriptive vs inferential statistics. The questions include calculating averages, analyzing data sets, constructing graphs, and solving word problems involving statistical concepts.

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Practice Set - 1

1. A) Given below is a list of 5 different numbers. Tom, who is an Econ student


makes two changes to the list and notices that the median of the list remains the
same. Find out the possible two changes that he could have made to the list.
2, 10, 12, 18, 25.
B) Find out the mean and mode of the above list.

2. A) Mean score of a group of commerce students is 110 and that of science


students is 150. If the ratio of science students to that of commerce students is 5:3,
then what is the average score after combining both groups?

B) After the release of a movie, the average revenue for the first 5 days is
Rs.20,000 and the average revenue of the last 25 days is Rs.30,000. What is the
total revenue generated in the month?

3. Number of books sold, in thousands to each shop in 2018 by a retailer is given


below:
Jack 23
Adam 41
Tom 78
Harry 82
Lara 86
Jacob 23
Juliet 46
Tara 42
Sophie 31
Noah 27
Emma 49
Olivia 72

Find the mean, median, mode, range, quartiles, and interquartile range for the
above data. Also draw a box plot using the above data set.

4. Find the variance and standard deviation for the following:

a) 10,16,12,15,9,16,10,17,12,15
b) 4, 5, 5, 6, 8, 9, 12, 14, 15, 16
c) Mention 2 advantages of using variance and standard deviation

5. Find relative, cumulative and cumulative relative frequency.

Class interval Frequency


0-14 14
14-27 9
27-41 5
41-55 1
55-69 1
69-83 1
83-97 2
Practice Set - 1

6. A) Construct a histogram for the grouped data of height of trees.

Class interval Frequency


99.5 - 113.5
10

113.5 - 127.5
12

127.5 - 141.5
17

141.5 - 155.5
5

155.5 - 169.5
2

169.5 - 183.5
0

183.5 - 197.5
1

197.5 - 211.5
3

Also find the relative, cumulative and relative cumulative frequency.

B) For the following data draw a pie chart. Can you plot a bar graph for the same
data?

Sport Frequency
Football 283
Basketball 126
Hockey 45
Volleyball 46
Total 500

C) Give one drawback in using a pie chart.

7. Compute geometric mean for the following:


a) 2,4,8,4
Practice Set - 1

b)
X f
1 2
2 3
3 4
4 1

8. A) Calculate harmonic mean for 3,5, 6,6,7,10,12.

B) A traveller covers first 3kms at an average speed of 8km/h. Next 2kms at


3km/h and the last 2kms at 2km/h. Find average speed of entire journey.

9. A) If the average of 3,4,x is twice the average of 5,6, and y, then x-y is how much
more than y?

B) If List X = -5,0,1,3,5,7,10, then what is the value of sum of mean and median
of list X?

10. How can descriptive and inferential statistics be differentiated?

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