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Write merits and demerits of Quartile Deviation

Important Questions on Statistics

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50th percentile is equal to __________
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The probable value of mean deviation when Q3=40 and Q1=15 is
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 40 40 students enter for a game of shot-put competition. The distance thrown (in metres) is recorded below:

Distance in m 12-13 13-14 14-15 15-16 16-17 17-18 18-19
Number of students 3 9 12 9 4 2 1

Use  a graph paper to draw  an ogive for the above distribution.

Use a scale of 2 cm=1m on one axis and 2 cm=5 students on the other axis. Hence using graph find Upper Quartile.

 

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Calculate the partition values Q1, Q2, D2, D7, D8, P22 and P38 for the following data: 4, 7, 3, 9, 4, 12, 7, 12, 6, 18, 19, 20, 4, 7. 6, 5, 17, 16. 19
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What percentage of values lies between 5th and 25th percentile?

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The marks obtained by 19 students of a class are given below:

27,36,22,31,25,26,33,24,37,32,29,28,36,35,27,26,32,35 and 28. Find:

Lower quartile 

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Julian and Aneesh are reading articles from different magazines . They count the numbers of words in a random selection of sentences from their articles and the result are recorded below:

Julian

(reading the Statistician) : 23   31   12   19   23   13   24

Aneesh:

(reading the Algebraist):  19   12   13   16   18   15   18   21   22

Calculate the interquartile range for each article.

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Calculate D9 from the following frequency distribution

x 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66
f 2 3 6 15 10 5 4 3 2

 

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The weights of 60 boys are given in the following distribution table:

 

Weight(kg) 37 38 39 40 41
No. of boys  10 14 18 12  6

Find:

Inter-quartile range

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The marks obtained by 19 students of a class are given below:

27,36,22,31,25,26,33,24,37,32,29,28,36,35,27,26,32,35 and 28. Find:

Interquartile range.

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The weights of 60 boys are given in the following distribution table:

 

Weight(kg) 37 38 39 40 41
No. of boys  10 14 18 12  6

Find:

Lower quartile 

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Second quartile and _____ deciles are equal.

EASY
The marks obtained by 19 students of a class are given below:

27,36,22,31,25,26,33,24,37,32,29,28,36,35,27,26,32,35 and 28. Find:

Upper quartile 

HARD

Compute all quartiles from the given data

Weekly Income (in Rs.) Number of workers
58 2
59 3
60 6
61 15
62 10
63 5
64 4
65 3
66 1
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The following distribution represents the height of 160 students of a school. 

  Heights (in cm      Number of Students.
140-145 12
145-150 20
150-155 30
155-160 38
160-165 24
165-170 16
170-175 12
175-180 8

Draw an ogive for the given distribution taking 2 cm = 5 cm of height on one axis and 2 cm=20 students on the other axis. Using the graph, determine:

the inter-quartile range.

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From the following data; Find:

Upper quartile

25,10,40,88,45,60,77,36,18,95,56,65,7,0,38 and 83

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Find Median and Quartiles for the following data:

Size Frequency Size Frequency
4 40 12 50
5 48 13 52
6 52 14 41
7 56 15 57
8 60 16 63
9 63 17 52
10 57 18 48
11 55 19 43

 

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For decile, the total number of partition values are:

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The weights of 60 boys are given in the following distribution table:

 

Weight(kg) 37 38 39 40 41
No. of boys  10 14 18 12  6

Find:

Upper quartile

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Represent the union of two sets by Venn diagram for each of the following.

X={x | x is a prime number between 80 and 100}

Y={y | y is an odd number between 90 and 100}