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Statistics, STD2 S1 2018 HSC 6 MC

A set of data is displayed in this dot plot.
 


 

Which of the following best describes this set of data?

  1. Symmetrical
  2. Positively skewed
  3. Negatively skewed
  4. Normally distributed
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`text(C)`

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`text(Data is skewed.)`

♦ Mean mark 43% (a surprisingly poor result!)

`text(S)text(ince the “tail” is on the left had side, the)`

`text(data is negatively skewed.)`

`=>\ text(C)`

Statistics, STD2 S1 2016 HSC 29c

The ages of members of a dance class are shown in the back-to-back stem-and-leaf plot.
 

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Pat claims that the women who attend the dance class are generally older than the men.

Is Pat correct? Justify your answer by referring to the median and skewness of the two sets of data.  (3 marks)

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`text(Women:)`

`text(The median is 55 in a data)`

`text(set that is negatively skewed.)`

`text(Men:)`

`text(The median is 45 in a data)`

`text(set that is positively skewed.)`

`:.\ text(Pat is correct.)`

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`text(Women:)`

♦ Mean mark 44%.

`text(The median is 55 in a data)`

`text(set that is negatively skewed.)`

`text(Men:)`

`text(The median is 45 in a data)`

`text(set that is positively skewed.)`

`:.\ text(Pat is correct.)`

Statistics, STD2 S1 2007 HSC 24d

Barry constructed a back-to-back stem-and-leaf plot to compare the ages of his students.
 

 

  1. Write a brief statement that compares the distribution of the ages of males and females from this set of data.   (1 mark)

  2. What is the mode of this set of data?   (1 mark)

  3. Liam decided to use a grouped frequency distribution table to calculate the mean age of the students at Barry’s Ballroom Dancing Studio. 

     

    For the age group 30 - 39 years, what is the value of the product of the class centre and the frequency?   (2 marks)

  4. Liam correctly calculated the mean from the grouped frequency distribution table to be 39.5.

     

    Caitlyn correctly used the original data in the back-to-back stem-and-leaf plot and calculated the mean to be 38.2. 

     

    What is the reason for the difference in the two answers?   (1 mark)

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  1. `text(More males attend than females and a higher proportion)`
    `text(of those are younger males, with the distribution being)`
    `text(positively skewed. Female attendees are generally older)`
    `text(and have a negatively skewed distribution.)`
  2. `text(Mode) = 64\ \ \ text{(4 times)}`
  3. `172.5`
  4. `text(The difference in the answers is due to the class)`
  5. `text(centres used in group frequency tables distorting)`
  6. `text(the mean value from the exact data.)`
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a. `text(More males attend than females and a higher proportion)`
  `text(of those are younger males, with the distribution being)`
  `text(positively skewed. Female attendees are generally older)`
  `text(and have a negatively skewed distribution.)`

 

b. `text(Mode) = 64\ \ \ text{(4 times)}`

 

c. `text(Class centre)` `= (30 + 39)/2`
    `= 34.5`
  `text(Frequency) = 5`

 
`:.\ text(Class centre) xx text(frequency)`

`= 34.5 xx 5`

`= 172.5`
 

d. `text(The difference in the answers is due to the class)`
  `text(centres used in group frequency tables distorting)`
  `text(the mean value from the exact data.)`

Statistics, STD2 S1 2011 HSC 25d

Data was collected from 30 students on the number of text messages they had sent in the previous 24 hours. The set of data collected is displayed.
 

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  1. What is the outlier for this set of data? (1 mark)

  2. What is the interquartile range of the data collected from the female students? (1 mark)

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  1. `71`
  2. `9`
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a.   `text(Outlier is 71)`

♦♦ Mean mark 34%
COMMENT: Ensure you can quickly and accurately find quartile values using stem and leaf graphs!

b.   `text{Lower quartile = 9   (4th female data point)}`

`text{Upper quartile = 20   (11th female data point)}`

`:.\ text{Interquartile range (female)}=20-11=9`

Statistics, STD2 S1 2013 HSC 26f

Jason travels to work by car on all five days of his working week, leaving home at 7 am each day. He compares his travel times using roads without tolls and roads with tolls over a period of 12 working weeks.

He records his travel times (in minutes) in a back-to-back stem-and-leaf plot.
 

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  1. What is the modal travel time when he uses roads without tolls?  (1 mark)

  2. What is the median travel time when he uses roads without tolls?   (1 mark)

  3. Describe how the two data sets differ in terms of the spread and skewness of their distributions.   (2 marks)

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  1. `52\ text(minutes)`
  2. `50.5\ text(minutes)`
  3. `text(Spread)`
  4. `text{Times without tolls have a tighter spread (range = 22)}`
  5. `text{than times with tolls (range = 55).}`

  6.  

    `text(Skewness)`

  7. `text(Times without tolls shows virtually no skewness while`
  8. `text(times with tolls are positively skewed.)`
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a.  `text(Modal time) = 52\ text(minutes)`

♦ Mean mark 36%
MARKER’S COMMENT: Finding a median proved challenging for many students. Take note!

 

b.  `text(30 times with no tolls)`

`text(Median)` `=\ text(Average of 15th and 16th)`
  `=(50 + 51)/2`
  `= 50.5\ text(minutes)`

 

♦ Mean mark 39%

 

 c.  `text(Spread)`

`text{Times without tolls have a much tighter}`

`text{spread (range = 22) than times with tolls}`

`text{(range = 55).}`

`text(Skewness)`

`text(Times without tolls shows virtually no skewness)`

`text(while times with tolls are positively skewed.)`

Statistics, STD2 S1 2010 HSC 16 MC

This back-to-back stem-and-leaf plot displays the test results for a class of 26 students.
 

2010 Q16 MC  
 

What is the median test result for the class?

  1.    `44`
  2.    `46`
  3.    `48`
  4.    `49`
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`B`

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♦♦ Mean mark 35%

`text(26 results given in the data)`

  `=>text(Median is average of)\ 13^text(th)\ text(and)\ 14^text(th)`

`:.\ text(Median)` `=(45+47)/2`
  `=46`

`=>B`