Edexcel S1 2002 January — Question 6

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleS1 (Statistics 1)
Year2002
SessionJanuary
TopicData representation
TypeCalculate range and interquartile range

6. Hospital records show the number of babies born in a year. The number of babies delivered by 15 male doctors is summarised by the stem and leaf diagram below.
Babies(4 5 means 45)Totals
0(0)
19(1)
21677(4)
322348(5)
45(1)
51(1)
60(1)
7(0)
867(2)
  1. Find the median and inter-quartile range of these data.
  2. Given that there are no outliers, draw a box plot on graph paper to represent these data. Start your scale at the origin.
  3. Calculate the mean and standard deviation of these data. The records also contain the number of babies delivered by 10 female doctors.
    343020156
    322619114
    The quartiles are 11, 19.5 and 30 .
  4. Using the same scale as in part (b) and on the same graph paper draw a box plot for the data for the 10 female doctors.
  5. Compare and contrast the box plots for the data for male and female doctors.