Chapter 10: Probability and single variable data analysis
Worksheet B
1 Consider the set of data: 13, 7, 9, 14, 18, 15, 6, 14.
a Find the mean of this set of data. ______________________________________
b Find the median of this set of data. ____________________________________
c Find the mode of this set of data. ______________________________________
d Find the range of this set of data. ______________________________________
e Determine the data value that needs to be added to this data to make the mean
decrease by one.
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f When the data value found in part e is included, what is the new median?
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2 This histogram shows the ages of students in the school mathletics team.
a How many students are in the school mathletics team? _____________________
b List the students’ ages in ascending order. _______________________________
c Calculate the mean. ________________________________________________
d Calculate the median. _______________________________________________
e What is the range? _________________________________________________
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f Is the data skewed or symmetric? _____________________________________
g What proportion of the students’ ages is less than or equal to 14?
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3 Consider the following data set:
45 32 43 29 17 38 41 37
20 41 37 41 46 34 25
a Organise the data into an ordered stem-and-leaf plot.
Stem Leaf
b Find the median. ___________________________________________________
c Find the mode. ____________________________________________________
d Describe the data as symmetrical or skewed. _____________________________
4 Consider the following data sets:
Set A: 4.0 3.1 1.7 2.4 0.8 3.6
4.2 2.9 4.0 3.5 1.3 4.5
Set B: 3.6 2.9 0.7 1.3 3.0 0.5
0.4 1.8 2.5 0.2 1.3 4.1
a Draw a back-to-back stem-and-leaf plot.
Set A Stem Set B
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b Compare and comment on any differences between the two data sets.
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5 The data below shows the number of paintings an artist sells each day at an
exhibition that takes place over a 20-day period.
4 11 3 4 0 12 5 16 1 9
2 7 14 8 10 7 0 4 12 2
a Complete the grouped frequency table below, using class intervals
0–, 5–, 10–, etc.
Percentage
Class interval Frequency
frequency
Total
b Use the axes below to draw a frequency histogram of the data.
c For how many days did the artist sell fewer than 10 paintings?
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d For how many days did the artist sell at least 5 paintings?
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