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10.03 The shape of data

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Shape of data
1

A set of data is strongly positively skewed. If the median is 60, is the mean less than, equal to or greater than 60?

2

Determine whether the following graphs are bimodal:

a
b
c
d
3

Determine whether the following graphs are positively skewed, negatively skewed or symmetrical:

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b
c
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f
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h
4

Find the mean of this data set correct to two decimal places.

5

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 following:

i

Median age.

ii

Difference between the lowest age and the median.

iii

Difference between the highest age and the median.

iv

The mean age, correct to two decimal places.

b

Is the data positively or negatively skewed?

Leaf
10\ 1\ 2\ 3\ 4\ 5\ 6\ 6
20\ 1\ 1\ 2\ 2\ 5
34\ 7\ 9
44
51

Key: 1 | 2 = 12 years old

6

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

a

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

b

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

c

Find the modal class(es).

No. of hours
02
1
20\ 3\ 6\ 6
31\ 4\ 5\ 6\ 6\ 7
40\ 4\ 6\ 7\ 9
50

Key: 5 \vert 2 = 52 \text{ hours}

7

Consider the given stem-and-leaf plot:

a

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

b

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

c

Find the modal class(es).

d

Describe the shape of the data.

Leaf
05
17\ 8
20\ 8
31\ 3\ 3\ 7\ 8\ 9
41\ 3\ 5\ 8\ 8\ 8
5
6
7
8
92

Key: 1 \vert 2 = 12

8

The table shows the number of crime novels in a bookshop for different price ranges:

a

Construct a histogram using the data in the table.

b

Describe the shape of the data in the graph and table.

\text{Price of crime novel} \\ \text{to nearest } \$5\text{Frequency}
55
1011
1515
208
2515
3011
355
9

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
66\ 7\ 7\ 8\ 8
70\ 0\ 3\ 3\ 4\ 5\ 9
81\ 1\ 1\ 4\ 6\ 8\ 8\ 9
90\ 2\ 4\ 5\ 6\ 9
101\ 2\ 3\ 5\ 5\ 6\ 7\ 8
110\ 4\ 5\ 7

Key: 5 | 2 = 52

b

Determine whether the following describe the distribution of the data:

i

Unimodal

ii

Bimodal

iii

Multimodal but not bimodal

c

Find the modal class of the data.

10

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

a

Determine whether the following describe the distribution of the data:

i

Unimodal

ii

Bimodal

iii

Multimodal but not bimodal

b

Find the modal class of the data.

11

Consider the data shown in the given column graph:

a

Are there any outliers?

b

Is there any clustering of data?

c

Where does the clustering occur: 1 to 4, 5 to 7, or 8 to 11?

d

Find the mode.

e

Describe the shape of the distribution of the data.

12

The shoe sizes of all the students in a class were measured and the data was presented in a bar graph:

a

Are there any outliers?

b

Is there any clustering of data?

c

Where does the clustering occur?

d

Find the modal shoe size.

e

Describe the shape of the distribution of the data.

13

Consider the data shown in the histogram:

a

Are there any outliers? If so, what is the value?

b

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

c

What is the mode?

d

Describe the shape of the distribution of the data.

14

Consider the dot plot shown:

a

Describe the shape of the distribution.

b

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

15

Temperatures were recorded over a period of time and presented in the given dot plot:

a

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

b

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

c

Find the modal temperature.

d

Describe the shape of the data.

16

Consider the given dot plot:

a

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

b

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

c

Find the modal score(s).

d

Describe the shape of the data.

17

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

Histogram A

Histogram B

Histogram C

Box Plot 1
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Box Plot 2
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Box Plot 3
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Box Plot 4
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Histogram D

Histogram E

Histogram F

Box Plot 5
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Box Plot 6
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18

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

a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
19

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

a
b
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Outcomes

VCMSP325

Construct back-to-back stem-and-leaf plots and histograms and describe data, using terms including ‘skewed’, ‘symmetric’ and ‘bi modal’.

VCMSP326

Compare data displays using mean, median and range to describe and interpret numerical data sets in terms of location (centre) and spread.

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