A’ LEVEL

STATISTICS
DATA PRESENTATION TEST 3

SOLUTION

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1. A school entered 88 students for an examination. The results of the exam are shown
in the table below.
Mark Frequency

0 < x ≤ 10 3
10 < x ≤ 20 6
20 < x ≤ 30 9
30 < x ≤ 40 10
40 < x ≤ 50 12
50 < x ≤ 60 18
60 < x ≤ 70 14
70 < x ≤ 80 11
80 < x ≤ 90 5

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 a) Calculate, showing your workings and giving your answers corrects to two decimal
places, am estimate of
i) the mean mark [4]
ii) the variance [4]
iii) the standard deviation. [2]

b) Copy and complete the following cumulative table. [3]

Mark cumulative frequency

x ≤ 10
x ≤ 20
x ≤ 30
x ≤ 40
x ≤ 50
x ≤ 60
x ≤ 70
x ≤ 80
x ≤ 90

c) Using 2 cm to represent 10 marks on the horizontal axis ad 2 cm to represent 10

students on the vertical axis, draw, a graph paper, a cumulative frequency polygon
to illustrate the distribution of the examination marks. [8]

d) Use your graph to estimate

i) the median mark [3]
ii) the interquartile range. [4]

The lowest mark required to obtain a grade A in the examination was 75.

e) Estimate from your graph the number of students who were awarded grade A for
this examination. [2]

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 SOLUTION
a)
Marks Mid-point interval (𝑥) Frequency (𝑓)
0 < x ≤ 10 5 3
10 < x ≤ 20 15 6
20 < x ≤ 30 25 9
30 < x ≤ 40 35 10
40 < x ≤ 50 45 12
50 < x ≤ 60 55 18
60 < x ≤ 70 65 14
70 < x ≤ 80 75 11
80 < x ≤ 90 85 5

∑𝑓𝑥
i) 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛 (𝑥̅ ) =
∑𝑓

4370
=
88

= 49.6590909

= 𝟒𝟗. 𝟔𝟔 (𝟐 𝒅𝒑)

∑𝑓𝑥2
ii) Variance (𝜎) = − 𝑥̅ 2
∑𝑓
255200
= − 49.659090912
88

= 433.9746901
= 433. 97 (2 dp)

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 ∑𝑓𝑥2
iii) Standard deviation (𝜎) = √( − 𝑥̅ 2 )
∑𝑓

= √433.9746901
= 20.83205919
= 20.83(2 dp)
b)
Mark cumulative frequency

x ≤ 10 3
x ≤ 20 9
x ≤ 30 18
x ≤ 40 28
x ≤ 50 40
x ≤ 60 58
x ≤ 70 72
x ≤ 80 83
x ≤ 90 88

c)

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 100
88
90 83
80 72
70
examination marks

58
60

50
40
40
28
30
18
20
9
10 3
0
0
d) 0 10 20 30 number of
40 50students
60 70 80 90 100

i) From graph (52)

OR (linear interpolation)
4
= 50 + 18 × 10

= 52.22222222
=𝟓𝟐 (𝟐 𝐬𝐟)
ii) From graph (32)/ linear interpolation
e) From graph (11)

NOTES (on linear interpolation)

10
50 ? 60
40 44 58
Now, 88/2=44 (which is between 40 and 58)
So to find the median (𝑄2 )
44−40
=50 + 58−40 × (60 − 50)

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 4
= 50 + 18 × 10

= 52.22222222
=𝟓𝟐 (𝟐 𝒔𝒇)

2. A random sample of 51 St Dominic`s mathematics students marks for end of term

test are shown below.

67 76 85 42 93 48 93 46 52
72 77 53 41 48 86 78 56 80
70 70 66 62 54 85 60 58 43
58 74 44 52 74 52 82 78 47
66 50 67 87 78 86 94 63 72
63 44 47 57 68 81
a) Contract a stem a leaf diagram to represent these data. [7]
b) Find the median and the quartiles for this distribution. [6]
c) Draw a box plot to represent these data. [4]
d) Give one advantage of using
i) a stem and leaf diagram
ii) a box plot,
to illustrate data such as that given above. [2]

SOLUTION
a) stem leaf
4 1234467788
5 0 2 2 23 4 6 7 8 8
6 023366778
7 00224467888
8 01255667
9 334

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 b) 𝑄2 = 66 𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑒𝑠 , 𝑄1 = 52 𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑒𝑠, 𝑄3 = 𝟕𝟖 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞s

c)

40 50 60 70 80 90 [𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 (𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑒𝑠)]

d) Keeps original data

Shows how symmetrical the data is.

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