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The document contains practice questions for a statistics and probability course, covering topics such as qualitative vs. quantitative variables, primary vs. secondary data, and data distribution analysis. It includes numerical questions requiring calculations of class boundaries and relative frequencies, as well as graphical representation through frequency polygons. Additionally, it describes characteristics of positively and negatively skewed distributions with examples.

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Practice Questions Lecture 1-5

The document contains practice questions for a statistics and probability course, covering topics such as qualitative vs. quantitative variables, primary vs. secondary data, and data distribution analysis. It includes numerical questions requiring calculations of class boundaries and relative frequencies, as well as graphical representation through frequency polygons. Additionally, it describes characteristics of positively and negatively skewed distributions with examples.

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Course STA301: Statistics and Probability

Practice Questions
Lecture No 1 to 5

Numerical Questions
(Sample questions)

Q1: Differentiate between Qualitative and Quantitative Variables.

Q2: Differentiate between Primary data and Secondary data.


Q3: There are 200 members in a saving group of the company. The number of savings
certificate held by them are shown in the following table.

Obtain the class boundaries and relative frequencies of saving certificates.

No. of certificates No. of members Class boundaries Relative frequency


held
1 – 50 10
51 – 100 15
101 – 150 30
151 – 200 40
201 – 300 105
Q4: Draw a Frequency Polygon for the following distribution.

Daily 4–6 6–8 8 – 10 10 – 12 12 – 14 14 – 16


wages (Rs.)
No. of 13 111 182 105 19 7
employees
Q5:

Describe the shape of a positively skewed curve.

A positively skewed curve (also called right-skewed distribution) has the following
characteristics:

Key Features:
1. Tail on the Right:
The curve has a longer tail extending to the right side of the distribution.
2. Peak on the Left:
Most of the data values (the peak or mode) are concentrated on the left.
3. Mean > Median > Mode:
The mean is pulled toward the higher values (right side), making it greater than the
median, which is greater than the mode.
4. Asymmetry:
The distribution is not symmetric — it leans left and stretches right.

Example of Positively Skewed Data:

 Income levels (many people earn low to average, few earn very high)
 Test scores where most students score low but a few get very high marks

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Key Characteristics of Negative Skewness:

1. Tail on the Left:


The curve has a longer tail on the left side of the distribution.
2. Peak on the Right:
Most of the data values (mode) are concentrated on the right side.
3. Mean < Median < Mode:
The mean is pulled toward the lower values (left), making it less than the median, which
is less than the mode.
4. Asymmetrical Shape:
The distribution is not symmetrical — it leans right and stretches left.

Examples of Negatively Skewed Data:

 Age at retirement (most people retire around the same age, but a few retire early)
 Scores on an easy test (most get high scores, a few score low)

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