Unit 6 Basic Statistic Exercise 6.

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Question # 4
The salaries of five teachers in rupees are as follow:
11500, 12400, 15000, 14500, 14800
Find range and standard deviation.

Solution
11500, 12400, 15000, 14500, 14800
Here
Xm = 15000

and

X0 = 11500

Range = Xm X0
Range = 15000 11500
Range = 3500
X
11500
12400
15000
14500
14800
X = 68200

(X - )
-2140
-1240
1360
860
1160

(X - )2
4579600
1537600
1849600
739600
1345600
(X - )2= 10052000

=
= 13640

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Standard Deviation
S=
S=
S=
S = 1417.89
Or
X
11500
12400
15000
14500
14800
X = 68200

X2
132250000
153760000
225000000
210250000
219040000
2
X = 940300000

S=
S=
S=
S=
S = 1417.89

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Question # 5 (a)
Find the standard deviation S of each set of numbers
(i)

12, 6, 7, 3, 15, 10, 18, 5

Solution

X
12
6
7
3
15
10
18
5
X = 76

X2
144
36
49
9
225
100
324
25
2
X = 912

S=
S=
S=
S=
S = 4.87

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(ii)

9, 3, 8, 8, 9, 9, 18

Solution

X
9
3
8
8
9
8
9
18
X = 72

X2
81
9
64
64
81
64
81
324
2
X = 768

S=

S=
S=
S=
S = 3.87

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Question # 5 (b)
Calculate variance for the data; 10, 8, 9, 7, 5, 12, 8, 6, 8, 2

Solution
X2
100
64
81
49
25
144
64
36
64
4
2
X = 631

X
10
8
9
7
5
12
8
6
8
2
X = 75

S2 =

S2 =

S2 = 63.1 56.25
S2 = 6.85

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Question # 6
The length of 32 items are given below. Find mean length and standard deviation of the
distribution.
Length
Frequency

20 22
3

23 25
6

f (Frequency)
3
6
12
9
2
f =32

X
21
24
27
30
33

26 28
12

29 31
9

32 34
2

X2
441
576
729
900
1089

fX2
1323
3456
8748
8100
2178
2
fX =23805

Solution
Length
20 22
23 25
26 28
29 31
32 34

fX
63
144
324
270
66
fX =867

=
= 27.09

S=
S=
S=
S=
S = 3.14

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Question # 7
For the following distribution of marks calculate range:
Marks in percentage
33 40
41 50
51 60
61 70
71 75

Frequency ( No. of students)

28
31
12
9
5

Solution
Marks in percentage
33 40
41 50
51 60
61 70
71 75

Frequency ( No. of students)

28
31
12
9
5

Class Boundaries
32.5 40.5
40.5 50.5
50.5 60.5
60.5 70.5
70.5 75.5

Range = upper class boundary of high class lower class boundary of lowest class
Range = 75.5 32.5
Range = 43

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