1.

Ten patients at a doctors surgery wait for the following lengths of times
to see their doctor.
5 mins 17 mins 8 mins 2 mins 55 mins 9 mins 22 mins 11 mins 16 mins 5
mins.

What is the mean for these data?

Mean = 5+17+8+2+55+9+22+11+16+5 / 10 = 15
MEDIAN = 10
MODE = 5

2 5 5 8 9 11 16 17 22 55
MIDLE NUMBER

How do you interpret this measure?

The median would be the preferred measure of central tendency to use
here and not the mean, since there is an outlier of 55 mind.
This is making the assumption that the

outlier is a freak value and

should be disregarded. The mode would not be suitable, because it is

just chance that two people waited for the same period of time, and all
the others waited for different time periods.

La mediana sera la medida preferida de la tendencia central a utilizar

aqu y no la media, ya que no es un valor atpico de 55 mente.
Esto est haciendo la suposicin de que el valor atpico es un valor
anormal y debe ser tenida en cuenta. El modo no sera adecuado, porque
es slo la posibilidad de que dos personas esperaban para el mismo

perodo de tiempo, y todos los dems esper a diferentes perodos de

tiempo
2. The distribution of the heights of 40 children in cms (to the nearest cm)
in a Sydney day care Centre.
CLASS INTERVAL
55 -60
61- 65
66 -70
71 -75
76 80
81 85
86 90
91 - 95
96 100
101 105
106 - 110
v
X= 32.29 cms

FREQUENCY
0.02
0.02
0.04
0.05
0.08
0.06
0.04
0.04
0.03
0.01
0.01
40

Xi
57.5
63
68
73
78
83
88
93
98
103
108

XI . hi
1.14
1.26
2.72
3.65
6.24
4.98
3.52
3.72
2.94
1.03
1.08
32.29