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This document contains an assignment with 5 questions regarding statistics concepts. Question 1 asks about the effect of changing a value in a sample on various statistics. Question 2 asks the same for another sample where two values are changed. Question 3 asks students to calculate mean and standard deviation for a sample and determine if the mean is above a certain value. Question 4 provides survey results and asks students to perform various descriptive statistics calculations and identify the most appropriate measure of central tendency. Question 5 provides stopping distance data and asks students to calculate the mean and standard deviation.

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Assignment 4

This document contains an assignment with 5 questions regarding statistics concepts. Question 1 asks about the effect of changing a value in a sample on various statistics. Question 2 asks the same for another sample where two values are changed. Question 3 asks students to calculate mean and standard deviation for a sample and determine if the mean is above a certain value. Question 4 provides survey results and asks students to perform various descriptive statistics calculations and identify the most appropriate measure of central tendency. Question 5 provides stopping distance data and asks students to calculate the mean and standard deviation.

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Statistics

Software Engineering
Department of Computer Science
University of Karachi
Supervisor: Ms. Shaista Rais

Assignment # 4

Question1:

Samples A and B are shown in the table below. Notice that the two samples are the same except that
the 8 in A has been replaced by a 9 in B.

A: 2 4 5 5 7 8
B: 2 4 5 5 7 9

What effect does changing the 8 to a 9 have on each of the following statistics?

a) Mean d) Midrange g) Standard deviation


b) Median e) Range
c) Mode f) Variance

Question2:

Samples C and D are shown in the table below. Notice that the two samples are alike except for two
values.

C: 20 60 60 70 90
D: 20 30 70 90 90

What effect does changing the two 60’s to 30 and 90 have on each of the following statistics?

a) Mean d) Midrange g) Standard deviation


b) Median e) Range
c) Mode f) Variance

Question 3:

The addition of a new accelerator is claimed to decrease the drying time of Burger paint by more than
4%. Several test samples were conducted with the following percentage decreases in drying time.

5.2 6.4 3.8 6.3 4.1 2.8 3.2 4.7

Find the sample mean.

Find the sample standard deviation.

Do you think these percentages average 4 or more? Explain.


Statistics
Software Engineering
Department of Computer Science
University of Karachi
Supervisor: Ms. Shaista Rais
Question 4: A survey of 32 workers at building 815 of Eastman Kodak Company was taken last May.
Each worker was asked: “How many hours of television did you watch yesterday?” The results were as
follows:

0 0 1/2 1 2 0 3 1
2
2
0 0 1 1
12 5 1 0 2
2
2
1 1 0 2 0 1 4 0
2 2
2 2
6 1 0 1 1 1 0 2
2 1
2 2 2

a) Construct a stem-and-leaf display.


b) Find the mean.
c) Find the median.
d) Find the mode.
e) Find the midrange.
f) Which one of the measures of central tendency would best represent the average viewer if you
were trying to portray the typical television viewer? Explain.
g) Which measure of central tendency would best describe the amount of television watched?
Explain.
h) Find the range, the variance and the standard deviation?

Question 5:

The stopping distance on a wet surface was determined for 25 card each travelling at 30 miles per hour.
The data (in feet) are shown on the following stem – and – leaf display:

6 37639
7 42011205
8 54556
9 41005
10 54

Find the mean and the standard deviation of these stopping distances.

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