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1] What type of variables is the number of gallons of gasoline pumped by a filling station during a day?
Ratio – level
4] The final ranking of the top 20 NCAA college basketball teams are an example of which level of measurement?
Ordinal level
5]In a 2004 USA TODAY survey (USA TODAY , July 19, 2004) registered dietitians with the American Dietetic
Association were asked, “What is the major reason people want to lose weight?”The responses were classified as
Health (H), Cosmetic (C), and Other (O).Suppose a random sample of 20 dietitians is taken and these dietitians are
asked the same question. Their responses are as follow.
H H C H O C C H C O
O H C H H C H H O H
c] What percentage of these dietitians gave Health as the major reason for people to loss weight?
50%
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Health
50% Cosmetic
Other
30%
6] A sample of the paramedical fees charged by clinics revealed these amount : $55, $49, $50, $45, $52, and $55.
What is mean, median charge and mode?
Mode = $55
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7] The capacities of several metal containers are : 38, 20, 37, 64, and 27 liters. What is the range in liters?
Range = 64 – 20 = 44.
9.81
10] The table below shows the years of working experience for 100 employees of Jimmy’s Company.
Calculate the mean, median, mode.
1-5 10
6 – 10 20
11 – 15 28
16 – 20 24
21 – 25 12
26 - 30 6
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Answer:
Median =
Years of experience Number of employees (f) Cumulative frequencies Position of data
1-5 10 10 1 – 10
6 – 10 20 30 11 – 30
11 – 15 28 58 31 – 58
16 – 20 24 82 59 – 82
21 – 25 12 94 83 – 94
26 - 30 6 100 95 – 100
= 11 + 50 – 30 x (15 – 11)
28
= 13.86
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Frequency
28
24
20
12
10
6
1 5 10 15 20 25 30
Year of experience
Mode = 13.5