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Frequency table, polygons and quartiles Workout 52 slides
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Calculator: stat mode 586.7
Calculator: S-Sum, S-var buttons 587.0
Sigma notation for sum 587.0
Caculator: finding the mean 587.1
Arithmetical mean 587.7
Mean, median puzzles 587.9
Discrete / continuous data 588.5
Consolidation: bar chart / histogram 588.7
Frequency polygon 589.1
Method: mean of grouped frequency table 589.3
Calculator: mean of grouped frequency table 589.7
Consolidation: stem and leaf diagram 590.3
Consolidation: median and range 590.7
Median of odd and even data points 590.7
First and third quartile 590.9
First and third quartile 591.9
Interquartile range 591.9

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SLIDE 1 Revision The composite bar chart shows information of profits from a food retailer over three years. Find the percentage increase in profits from Internet home delivery between 2017 and 2019 and the percentage decrease in profits from Supermarkets between the same two years. SLIDE 2 Internet home delivery profits in 2017 were £40m, and in 2019 £170m. Supermarket profits in 2017 were , and in 2019 were . SLIDE 1B Revision The composite bar chart shows information of profits from a food retailer over three years. Find the percentage increase in profits from Internet home delivery between 2017 and 2019 and the percentage decrease in profits from Supermarkets between the same two years. SLIDE 2B Internet home delivery profits in 2017 were $40m, and in 2019 $170m. Supermarket profits in 2017 were , and in 2019 were . SLIDE 3 Revision 60 tourists were asked to name their favourite London attraction. The results of the survey were as follows. Site Votes Tower of London 24 Madam Tussauds 20 British Museum 10 National Gallery 6 Make a pie chart of this data. SLIDE 4 Site Votes Angle Tower of London 24 Madam Tussauds 20 British Museum 10 National Gallery 6 SLIDE 5 Revision Calculate the mean, median and mode of the following 12 numbers. 31 26 19 30 22 28 22 25 31 32 35 22 SLIDE 6 31 26 19 30 22 28 22 25 31 32 35 22 The data in rank order 19 22 22 22 25 26 28 30 31 31 32 35 The mode is the most frequent number, 22 The median is the average of the two middle numbers, Summary Mode 22, Median 27, Mean 26.9 SLIDE 7 Using the calculator in Stat Mode You need to know how to find the mean using a calculator. Calculators differ in how they do this, and even the simplest modern calculator is far too complex an instrument for most uses. The more basic types of calculator have gone out of fashion, so you need to learn to do simple operations on the calculator you have. Statistics calculations are performed in Statistics Mode, which is usually abbreviated to SD. STEP 1 Enter stat mode Press Mode Select SD, here by pressing the button 2. That puts you in statistics mode. You will see an SD in the display. When you need the calculator for ordinary calculation, you need to exit SD mode by clearing and resetting ALL. SLIDE 8 Using the calculator in Stat Mode It is assumed you are in statistics mode (SD) STEP 2 Clear the statistics memory Press Shift CLR Select Sc1, here by pressing the button 1. Do not select 3, All. This will clear the SD mode, and return you to calculator mode. Press ON, and you are ready to enter data. STEP 9 We will enter the following data 31 26 19 30 22 28 22 25 31 32 35 22 STEP 3 Key in the value of the first data point, which is 31 and press the M+ button. This button is usually located on the right-hand side, above the AC button. Below it you may find the symbol DT, which in fact indicates that you are adding the value to the stat memory. In the display the value indicates that you have entered the first data point. As you enter the other data this will increase. Repeat the process of the other data points. There are twelve data points in all in our example. SLIDE 10 Finding the total sum You will find S-SUM and S-VAR buttons on you calculator. These are often located above the 1 and 2 buttons. Because they are above these buttons, you must press SHIFT to use them. STEP 4 Press SHIFT 1, S-SUM The sigma symbol indicates a sum. 31 26 19 30 22 28 22 25 31 32 35 22 Here this shows that the sum of all the values is We can use this to calculate the mean. Since the number of data points is , the mean is SLIDE 11 Finding the mean We can calculate the mean as but the calculator can also do this for us. STEP 5 Press SHIFT 2, S-VAR Select 1 It displays SLIDE 12 Use the calculator to find the total sum and mean of the following time for ten competitors in the 100m 12.3 13.7 11.8 12.9 12.8 13.2 11.9 12.1 13.3 12.4 SLIDE 13 Use the calculator to find the total sum and mean of the following time for ten competitors in the 100m 12.3 13.7 11.8 12.9 12.8 13.2 11.9 12.1 13.3 12.4 Solution SLIDE 14 The sigma notation The Greek letter is used to indicate the process of making a sum. in the Greek alphabet corresponds to “S”. Example Find Solution SLIDE 15 Find when ? ? SLIDE 16 ? ? SLIDE 17 The mean or average is also called the arithmetical mean. The arithmetical mean of two numbers, x and y, is 8. The arithmetical mean of the same two numbers with a third, z, is 10. What is the value of z? SLIDE 18 The arithmetical mean of two numbers, x and y, is 8. The arithmetical mean of the same two numbers with a third, z, is 10. What is the value of z? Solution SLIDE 19 Remark Examiners like to set number puzzles based on the mean and median, so the student must be familiar with these. Question are all integers. If is the median, which of the following could be a value of x? 6 8 10 12 14 SLIDE 20 are all integers. If is the median, which of the following could be a value of x? 6 8 10 12 14 Solution We work out each expression for the given values Of these options, only when is the middle (that is, median) value. Answer: . SLIDE 21 The median of 47 consecutive numbers is 35. What is the least integer in the list? SLIDE 22 The median of 47 consecutive numbers is 35. What is the least integer in the list? Solution The median is the middle value when the numbers are arranged in ascending order. Taking out this middle number, we have numbers. Half of these lie below the median, and half above; that is are below 35. Hence the least number is . SLIDE 23 The arithmetic mean of six numbers is 7. Find the new arithmetic mean if 3 is subtracted from each of four of the numbers. SLIDE 24 The total of the six numbers is . When 3 is subtracted from four of these numbers, we are subtracting , and the new total becomes . The new arithmetic mean is . SLIDE 25 Data that is discrete can be counted by integers. Continuous data is data that can be measured by real numbers. Which option is correct? A Number of people at football matches ? Continuous Height of mountains ? Discrete B Number of people at football matches ? Discrete Height of mountains ? Continuous C Number of people at football matches ? Continuous Height of mountains ? Continuous D Number of people at football matches ? Discrete Height of mountains ? Discrete SLIDE 26 Option B is correct Number of people at football matches ? Discrete Height of mountains ? Continuous What is the difference between a bar chart and a histogram? SLIDE 27 In a bar chart the columns are separated by gaps. In a histogram, there are no gaps, and measurements are put at the boundaries of the columns. Which option is correct? A Continuous ? Bar chart Discrete ? Bar chart B Continuous ? Histogram Discrete ? Bar chart C Continuous ? Bar chart Discrete ? Histogram D Continuous ? Histogram Discrete ? Histogram SLIDE 28 Option B is correct Continuous ? Histogram Discrete ? Bar chart SLIDE 29 A sample of 150 adult male Atlantic Herring was taken, and the size of the fish measured. Length / mm Frequency Length / mm Frequency 4 37 13 19 28 6 43 Construct a histogram representing this data. SLIDE 30 Length / mm Frequency Length / mm Frequency 4 37 13 19 28 6 43 SLIDE 31 Frequency polygon To make a frequency polygon we mark off the mid-point of each interval with a dot at the top of each bar in the histogram and join the dots. The start and end points cannot fall outside the range of the data. Complete the above frequency polygon. The first three points and two lines have been done for you. One usually does not display the original rectangles of the histogram. Remove the rectangles from your final version. SLIDE 32 SLIDE 33 Mean of a grouped frequency table When the data is organized into intervals it is called a grouped frequency table. We need to find the mean of a grouped frequency table. Interval / mm Mid-interval value, x / mm Frequency 5 4 15 13 28 43 37 19 6 Complete the above table with the other mid-interval values. SLIDE 34 Interval / mm Mid-interval value, x / mm Frequency, f x f 5 4 20 15 13 195 25 28 35 43 45 37 55 19 65 6 We find the product of the mid-interval value and its frequency, this is denoted . For example, . Complete the above table. The sum of all the frequencies is denoted . Here it is , as there are 150 data-points. Find also and complete the missing entry. SLIDE 35 Interval / mm x f x f 5 4 20 15 13 195 25 28 700 35 43 1505 45 37 1665 55 19 1045 65 6 390 The mean is given by . Find the mean of the above data. SLIDE 36 Interval / mm x f x f 5 4 20 15 13 195 25 28 700 35 43 1505 45 37 1665 55 19 1045 65 6 390 SLIDE 37 Calculator to find the mean of a grouped frequency table We need also to be able to find the mean using the calculator. Interval / mm x f 5 4 15 13 25 28 35 43 45 37 55 19 65 6 Put the calculator in stat mode and clear the stat memory. Your calculator may do things differently. In the good old days, all you had to do was input and press M+. While your calculator might still do it that way, it is more likely to do things in a complex and counter-intuitive way. What follows is a popular method of inputting a grouped frequency table into a basic calculator. SLIDE 38 Interval / mm x f 5 4 15 13 25 28 35 43 45 37 55 19 65 6 Input sequence The in the display indicated that you have inputted the value 5 four times. You repeat this until you reach the last row. When you reach the last row, you should see , because there are 150 data points in this table. SLIDE 39 Use the same buttons as before to find n, and SLIDE 40 Interval / mm x f 5 4 15 13 25 28 35 43 45 37 55 19 65 6 We obtain with the calculator the same results as before. SLIDE 41 Interval / mm f 2 8 17 58 21 11 7 1 Use your calculator to find , and for the above data. Confirm that found by the calculator is . SLIDE 42 Interval / mm x f xf 2.5 2 5 7.5 8 60 12.5 17 212.5 17.5 58 1015 22.5 21 472.5 27.5 11 302.5 32.5 7 227.5 37.5 1 37.5 SLIDE 43 The times in seconds spent by 50 customers waiting to be served in a store were recorded. 43 57 51 78 74 54 92 85 79 61 61 69 64 101 65 94 68 88 72 72 72 108 53 76 76 76 77 78 52 81 83 56 87 62 88 89 78 92 66 96 99 64 73 51 72 56 83 79 85 46 Make a stem and leaf diagram of the data. SLIDE 44 43 57 51 78 74 54 92 85 79 61 61 69 64 101 65 94 68 88 72 72 72 108 53 76 76 76 77 78 52 81 83 56 87 62 88 89 78 92 66 96 99 64 73 51 72 56 83 79 85 46 SLIDE 45 Using this data ? make a grouped frequency table ? construct a histogram and a frequency polygon ? find the mean SLIDE 46 Interval 40-50 50-60 60-70 70-80 80-90 90-100 100-110 x 45 55 65 75 85 95 105 f 2 8 9 15 9 5 2 90 440 585 1125 765 475 210 SLIDE 47 The range is the largest value less the smallest value. The median is the middle value. In this set of data, there are 50 data points, so the median is the average of the 25th and 26th values. About the median For an odd number of data points there is a definite answer to the question: what is the median value? Consider the following five data points from a complete set of data: 1 1 3 5 7. There is a middle number, so the median is 3. When there is an even number of data points, there is no definite median. In this case one simply has to make a rule (a convention) as to what the median shall be. The rule in this text is that the median is the average of the two middle numbers. In this way a set of data can have a fraction as a median. Some statisticians in other textbooks allow either the lower or the upper number to be the median, and some examiners allow all three to be a valid answer. Question Find the range and the median of the above data. SLIDE 48 Range The last value is 108. The first value is 43. The range is Median There are 50 data points in the set, so the median is the average of the 25th and 26th values. These are 74 and 76 respectively. The median is 75. SLIDE 49 Quartiles We can also divide the data into quarters. The first quartile is also called the 25th percentile and is denoted Q1. Here there are 50 data points. The data is discrete (individual numbers), so can be divided exactly into two blocks of 25 numbers. This makes the median into the average of the two middle numbers. Each block of 25 numbers to the left and right of the median has a distinct middle value. For Q1 it is the 13th value, which divides the 25 numbers into blocks of 12 numbers to the left and right: . Thus, Q1 is 62. Find the median third quartile and the inter-quartile range of the above data. SLIDE 50 The two middle numbers are the 25th and 26th numbers. Here 74 and 76 respectively, so . Q1 is the 13th value, and Q3 is the 38th value SLIDE 51 The median is also denoted Q2. Police measured the speed of 25 cars travelling in a school zone. The results in mph were as follows. 21 27 22 19 27 45 25 25 31 41 37 18 30 25 24 19 26 23 20 28 31 25 29 38 23 Make a stem and leaf diagram of the data. Find the range, median , first and third quartiles and the inter-quartile range of the data. SLIDE 52 21 27 22 19 27 45 25 25 31 41 37 18 30 25 24 19 26 23 20 28 31 25 29 38 23 1 8 9 9 2 0 1 3 4 5 5 6 7 7 8 3 1 7 8 4 1 5