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    Week 5 Worksheet Answers

    1. Write out the definition for the following


    a) Parameter = description of a population characteristic
    b) Statistic = description of a sample characteristic
    c) Nominal = names, labels or qualities. No meaningful order
    d) Ordinal = Can be arranged/ranked in order but differences aren’t
    meaningful
    e) Interval = Ordered and meaningful but with no true zero (position on a
    scale)
    f) Ratio = As for interval but has a true zero. Can make ratios between
    values
    g) Descriptive statistics = organization, summarization and display
    h) Inferential statistics = drawing conclusions
    i) Discrete data = Quantitative data that has a finite number or is countable
    j) Continuous data = Quantitative data that has infinitely possible values on
    a continuous scale
    k) Population = all outcomes/measurements/ individuals of interest
    l) Sample = A subset of the population

    2. Fill in the following table


    Level of Put data in arrange data Subtract data Determine if
    Measurement categories in order values one data value
    is a multiple of
    another
    Nominal Yes No No No

    Ordinal Yes Yes No No

    Interval Yes Yes Yes No

    Ratio Yes Yes Yes Yes


    3. Consider the data set: 4 17 7 14 18 12 3 16 10 4 4 11
    a) Find the:
    i. Quartiles (Q1, Q2 and Q3)
    Q1=4
    Q2=10.5
    Q3=15
    ii. Mean, median and mode
    Mean =10
    Median=10.5
    Mode=4
    iii. Range
    Range=15
    iv. Interquartile range
    IQR=11
    v. Outliers, if any
    No outliers
    b) Construct a box plot of this data

    4. Define the following with the assistance of a diagram:


    a) Kurtosis = measure of “peakedness”, no units, related to variability
    b) Leptokurtic = Higher peaks around the mean “Fatter” tails – relatively
    higher probabilities of extreme values (kurtosis > 0)
    c) Mesokurtic = bell-shaped curve with zero kurtosis e.g. normal or
    binomial distribution
    d) Platykurtic = lower and wider peak around the mean, thinner tails –
    relatively lower probabilities of extreme values (kurtosis < 0)
    5. Describe the type of skewness displayed by each of the following graphs
    Positive/ right skew

    Symmetric

    Positive/ right skew

    Negative/ left skew

    6. Calculate the mean, SS, variance and standard deviation for the following
    data set
    68435743
    Mean = 5
    SS = 24
    Variance = 3.43
    Standard Deviation = 1.85

    7. Answer the following about z scores


    a) What are z-scores? Z-score, or Standard score, represents the number of
    standard deviations away a given value, x, falls from the mean
    b) What is the formula to calculate a z-score for
    a given value?

    c) What is considered a usual, unusual or very


    unusual z-score?

    8. Define the Empirical rule and fill in the blanks of the graph below
    The Empirical Rule, also known as 68-95-99.7 rule, provides a quick estimate of
    the spread of data in a normal distribution given the mean and standard deviation.
    9. Calculate the standard deviation for the following two data sets and
    determine which has a greater variance (use the coefficient of variation)
    13 21 27 31 35 24 28 32 17 20
    55 54 59 55 52 51 57 49 61 57
    Data set 1
    Standard deviation = 7.05
    CV = 28.4%
    Data set 2
    Standard deviation = 3.68
    CV = 6.7%
    Data 1 set has a larger variance than data set 2

    10.The following frequency table represents the years that teachers from a
    small town have been employed in the teaching profession. Construct a
    frequency histogram form the data. Make sure to label your axes.
    Class 1-5 6-10 11-15 16-20 21-25 26-30 31-35
    Frequency 11 9 12 14 7 10 12

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