Content of tutorials for the course Statistics in Economics and Management

I week
Example 1:
Mass phenomenon: unemployment
Statistical set?
Statistical units?

Example 2:
Determine the correct data type (quantitative or qualitative). Determine whether quantitative data
are continuous or discrete. Also, determine whether qualitative data are nominal or ordinal.

The number of car accident per countries

The price of bread
The temperature in Sarajevo on 18th of February in the last 10 years
The negotiation skill of a person
Persons favorite color
The car wheel radius
The gravitational force
The qualification structure of employees
The level of country development
The newborns weight
The height of the building
Understanding of production process
Religion
Employment status
The number of children in the household
The light intensity
The amount of saving
The number of correct answers on a quiz

Example 3:
The following data are the number of groceries in 20 suburbs:
1
2
1
3
3

2
4
2
4
5

5
6
2
2
1

6
2
2
3
5

a) Compare and comment the statistical series with the gross data, arranged statistical series
and statistical distribution of frequencies.
b) Calculate and explain the relative frequencies. Analyze population structure.
c) Calculate and explain the cumulative absolute frequencies.
d) Calculate and explain the cumulative relative frequencies.
Example 4:
15 students have been asked about the number of movies they have been watched at the cinema
during the past three months. Their answers are given in the following table:
2
10
11

5
7
5

1
13
8

8
4
5

3
9
7

a) Compare and comment the statistical series with the gross data, arranged statistical series
and statistical distribution of frequencies.
b) Calculate and explain the relative frequencies. Analyze population structure.
c) Calculate and explain the cumulative absolute frequencies.
d) Calculate and explain the cumulative relative frequencies.
e) Present the statistical frequency distribution using the polygon of absolute frequencies.
Example 5:
The data, given in table below, present the number of people from the population of 15 years and
older according to the level of education and gender. Data are collected in the 1991 census and
obtained from the Statistical yearbooks of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2003:
SCHOOL COMPLETED
No schooling
1-3 grade of elementary school
4 grade of elementary school
5-7 grade of elementary school
Elementary School
High school
College
Faculty
Unknown

Men
98.420
31.311
212.378
41.732
421.045
671.058
56.759
77.240
47.397

Women
372.762
49.919
277.185
45.831
397.316
421.314
35.742
45.727
46.506

Analyze the structure of educational level and present it graphically.

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