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CHAPTER 4 ASSIGNMENT

DESCRIBING DATA: DISPLAYING AND EXPLORING DATA

Name _____________________________________ Section_______________ Score __________

Show all of your work. Write the answer in the space provided.

11. The ages of a sample of 30 people living in 76 74 71 78 80 67


assisted living facilities in Columbia, South 80 82 67 88 72 78
Carolina are shown in the table. 85 76 84 82 83 80
72 82 77 79 86 89
Construct a dot plot for the data. 69 70 82 86 78 77

       
     
     
     
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STEM LEAF
5 68
12. The following stem and leaf plot shows the scores on a recent 6 12248
test of Pre-Calculus students. 7 0466
8 04466666
9 026
10 0

a.
a. How many students took the test?

b. What were the highest and lowest scores? b.

c. How many students scored 70 or higher? c.

d.
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d. What percent of the students scored lower than 70?

13. The revenues of the top eleven personal computer 15 17 23 26 27 35


manufacturers are given (in hundred millions).
72 88 91 98 102

a. Compute the first quartile. a. Q1

b. Q3

c. M
b. The third quartile.

c. Determine the median.

d. Draw a box plot for the data.

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e. Calculate Pearson’s coefficient of skewness. e.

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14. The following table gives the miles per gallon and the load capacity for 6 SUV’s.

Miles per Load


Gallons Capacity
19 860
17 970
16 1035
16 1165
14 1180
13 1360

a. Develop a scatter diagram for the data.

b. How would you characterize the relationship between miles per gallon and load capacity?

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15. The Fulton County Farm Bureau held Blood Age


a health screening clinic for its Pressure Under 25 25 to 50 Over 50 Total
members. The results for the blood Low 20 30 37 87
pressure screening portion of the
Medium 44 81 93 218
clinic are summarized in the table by
High 24 45 75 144
age group and blood pressure.
Total 88 156 205 449
a. What percent of the members have high blood pressure?
a.

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b. What percent of the under age 25 members have low blood pressure? b.

c. How would you characterize the relationship between medium blood pressure and
being over age 50?

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