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Practice: statistical processing

Practice: statistical processing

1

The prices of 8 used cars advertised on one website, in thousands of shekels:
32,35,38,40,40,44,47,196\displaystyle 32, 35, 38, 40, 40, 44, 47, 196
The last car is a sports car.

a

Work out the mean price.

    / – fraction bar · Tab or the arrows – between numerator and denominator, then a note above or below · Enter – check and a new line · * – times · ^ – power, ↓ – end of the power

    / – fraction bar · Tab or the arrows – between numerator and denominator, then a note above or below · Enter – a new line · * – times · ^ – power, ↓ – end of the power

    b

    Work out the median.

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      / – fraction bar · Tab or the arrows – between numerator and denominator, then a note above or below · Enter – a new line · * – times · ^ – power, ↓ – end of the power

      c

      Which measure better describes the price of an ordinary used car on the website? Explain.

      2

      The final mark is made up of 30% school mark and 70% exam mark.

      a

      Roni’s school mark is 88, and his exam mark 72. Work out his final mark.

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        / – fraction bar · Tab or the arrows – between numerator and denominator, then a note above or below · Enter – a new line · * – times · ^ – power, ↓ – end of the power

        b

        Shira’s exam mark is 90, and her final mark 87.
        Write an equation and solve it: what was her school mark?

        3

        At school A, 120 pupils took a national test, and their mean is 72.
        At school B, 80 pupils took the same test, and their mean is 82.

        a

        Work out the mean of all the pupils from the two schools.

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          / – fraction bar · Tab or the arrows – between numerator and denominator, then a note above or below · Enter – a new line · * – times · ^ – power, ↓ – end of the power

          b

          The local paper wrote: “The two schools’ mean together is 77”.
          What is the mistake?

          4

          50 people on a health programme counted how many steps they take a day, in thousands:

          051015200481216Thousand steps a dayPeople7161710
          a

          What is the modal class?

          b

          Work out an estimate of the mean number of steps, in thousands.

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            / – fraction bar · Tab or the arrows – between numerator and denominator, then a note above or below · Enter – a new line · * – times · ^ – power, ↓ – end of the power

            c

            What is the median’s class?

            d

            The recommendation is at least 8,000 steps a day. How many people met it?

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              / – fraction bar · Tab or the arrows – between numerator and denominator, then a note above or below · Enter – a new line · * – times · ^ – power, ↓ – end of the power

              5

              100 guests rated a hotel on a booking website, from one star to five:

              Stars12345
              Guests205102540
              a

              Work out the mean rating.

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                / – fraction bar · Tab or the arrows – between numerator and denominator, then a note above or below · Enter – a new line · * – times · ^ – power, ↓ – end of the power

                b

                Find the median and the mode.

                Median

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                  / – fraction bar · Tab or the arrows – between numerator and denominator, then a note above or below · Enter – a new line · * – times · ^ – power, ↓ – end of the power

                  Mode

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                    / – fraction bar · Tab or the arrows – between numerator and denominator, then a note above or below · Enter – a new line · * – times · ^ – power, ↓ – end of the power

                    c

                    Which measure will the hotel show in its advert? What important information does each of the three measures leave out?

                    6

                    In a class of 25 pupils the mean in a test is 70, and the median 72.

                    What will the new mean and median be in each case? Explain.

                    1. The teacher added 5 points to every pupil’s mark.
                    2. Only the lowest mark in the class, 30, was corrected to 40.
                    Case 1 – mean

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                      Case 1 – median

                        / – fraction bar · Tab or the arrows – between numerator and denominator, then a note above or below · Enter – check and a new line · * – times · ^ – power, ↓ – end of the power

                        / – fraction bar · Tab or the arrows – between numerator and denominator, then a note above or below · Enter – a new line · * – times · ^ – power, ↓ – end of the power

                        Case 2 – mean

                          / – fraction bar · Tab or the arrows – between numerator and denominator, then a note above or below · Enter – check and a new line · * – times · ^ – power, ↓ – end of the power

                          / – fraction bar · Tab or the arrows – between numerator and denominator, then a note above or below · Enter – a new line · * – times · ^ – power, ↓ – end of the power

                          Case 2 – median

                            / – fraction bar · Tab or the arrows – between numerator and denominator, then a note above or below · Enter – check and a new line · * – times · ^ – power, ↓ – end of the power

                            / – fraction bar · Tab or the arrows – between numerator and denominator, then a note above or below · Enter – a new line · * – times · ^ – power, ↓ – end of the power