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9.07 Shape of data

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Symmetry and skew
1

Describe the shape of the data in the following graphs:

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16\ 7\ 7
22\ 2\ 2\ 2\ 3\ 3\ 3
33\ 3\ 3\ 6\ 6\ 6\ 7\ 7\ 7\ 7\ 7
44\ 4\ 4\ 4\ 4\ 4
57\ 7

Key: 2 \vert 3 = 23

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Determine whether the following graphs are bimodal:

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10\ 0\ 2\ 7
22\ 2\ 3\ 3\ 5\ 8
31\ 6\ 4
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50\ 1\ 6
65\ 7\ 7\ 8\ 8
74\ 4\ 4
84\ 4

Key: 2 \vert 3 = 23

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12\ 3\ 4\ 5\ 5\ 6\ 6\ 7\ 7\ 9
21\ 2\ 4\ 4
30\ 2\ 9\ 9
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Key: 1\vert 2=12

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3

How would you describe the modality of the following dot plot? Explain your answer.

4

The table shows the number of crime novels in a bookshop for different price ranges rounded off to the nearest \$ 5:

a

Graph this data as a histogram.

b

Describe the shape of the distribution of the data.

Price of crime novelFrequency
\$55
\$1010
\$1517
\$208
\$2517
\$3010
\$355
Clusters and outliers
5

The number of hours worked per week by a group of people is represented in the following stem-and-leaf plot:

a

State the value of any outliers.

b

Is there any clustering of data? If so, in what interval?

c

State the mode.

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30\ 3\ 6\ 6
41\ 4\ 5\ 6\ 6\ 7
50\ 4\ 6\ 7\ 9
60

Key: 2 \vert 3 = 23

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Consider the stem plot given:

a

State the value of any outliers.

b

Is there any clustering of data? If so, in what interval?

c

State the mode.

d

Describe the shape of the distribution.

Leaf
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17\ 8
20\ 8
31\ 3\ 3\ 7\ 8\ 9
41\ 3\ 5\ 8\ 8\ 8
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92

Key: 2 \vert 3 = 23

7

Temperatures were recorded over a period of time and presented as a dot plot:

a

Are there any outliers?

b

Is there any clustering of data? If so, in what interval?

c

What is the modal temperature?

d

Describe the shape of the distribution.

8

The number of peanuts in mixed nut packets were sampled and recorded in the following stem plot:

a

Complete the frequency distribution table:

ScoreFrequency
40-49
50-59
60-69
70-79
80-89
90-99
100-109
110-119
Leaf
43\ 6\ 8
51\ 2\ 2\ 6\ 7\ 7\ 8
60\ 0\ 2
73\ 3\ 4\ 5\ 9
81\ 1\ 1\ 4\ 6\ 8\ 8\ 9
90\ 2\ 5\ 6
101\ 2\ 3\ 5\ 5\ 6\ 7\ 8
110\ 4\ 5\ 7

Key: 5 | 2 = 52

b

Describe the modaility of the distribution.

c

State the modal class or classes of the data.

9

The percentage of faulty computer chips in 42 batches were recorded in the given histogram:

a

Describe the modaility of the distribution.

b

State the modal class or classes of the data.

10

Consider the dot plot below:

a

Are there any outliers?

b

Is there any clustering of data?

c

State the modal score(s).

d

Describe the shape of the distribution.

11

Consider the data shown in the graph:

a

Are there any outliers?

b

Is there any clustering of data? If so, in what interval?

c

State the mode.

d

Describe the shape of the distribution.

12

The reaction time of drivers was tested and recorded in the dot plot below:

a

Construct a frequency distribution table for the individual data values.

b

Describe the modaility of the distribution.

c

State the mode(s).

13

Estimate the value of the mean of the following data set correct to one decimal place:

14

Consider the histogram representing students' heights in centimetres:

a

Does the histogram most likely represent grouped data or individual scores?

b

Estimate the value of the mean to one decimal place.

c

Describe the shape of the distribution.

15

Consider the given column graph:

a

Describe the shape of the distribution.

b

Find the following:

i

Lower quartile

ii

Upper quartile

c

Hence, calculate the interquartile range.

d

Are there any outliers? If so, state the value.

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Consider the dot plot given:

a

Describe the shape of the distribution.

b

Find the following:

i

Lower quartile

ii

Upper quartile

c

Hence, calculate the interquartile range.

d

Are there any outliers? If so, state the value.

17

The stem-and-leaf plot below shows the age of people to enter through the gates of a concert in the first 5 seconds:

a

Find the median age.

b

Find the difference between the lowest age and the median.

c

Find the difference between the highest age and the median.

d

Calculate the mean age, correct to two decimal places.

e

Is the data positively or negatively skewed?

Leaf
10\ 1\ 2\ 2\ 3\ 3\ 4\ 4\ 4\ 8\ 8\ 8
21\ 7
34\ 5\ 5
40
54

Key: 1 | 2 \ = \ 12 years old

18

\text{VO}_2 \text{Max} is a measure of how efficiently your body uses oxygen during exercise. The more physically fit you are, the higher your \text{VO}_2 \text{Max}. Here are some people's results, listed in ascending order, when their \text{VO}_2 \text{Max} was measured:

21,\, 21,\, 23,\, 25,\, 26,\, 27,\, 28,\, 29,\, 29,\, 29,\, 30,\, 30,\, 32,\, 38,\, 38,\, 42,\, 43,\, 44,\, 48,\, 50,\, 76

a

Determine the median \text{VO}_2 \text{Max}.

b

Determine the upper quartile value.

c

Determine the lower quartile value.

d

Consider the box plot for this data set and state whether the results are positively or negatively skewed.

e

State the value of the outlier.

f

An average untrained healthy person has a \text{VO}_2 \text{Max} between 30 and 40. What can we say about the exercise habits of the majority of this group of people?

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Connect histograms and box plots
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Match the histograms on the left to the corresponding box plots on the right:

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Histogram D

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20

Construct a box plot for the following histograms:

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State whether the following pairs of histograms and box plots are correctly matched with respect to their shape:

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Explain why the following pairs of histograms and box plots do not match:

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Outcomes

2.1.11

use informal ways of describing spread, such as: spread out/dispersed, tightly packed, clusters, gaps, more/less dense regions, outliers

2.1.17

compare the characteristics of the shape of histograms using symmetry, skewness and bimodality

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