Edexcel S1 2002 November — Question 7

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleS1 (Statistics 1)
Year2002
SessionNovember
TopicMeasures of Location and Spread
TypeFind median and quartiles from stem-and-leaf diagram

7. The following stem and leaf diagram shows the aptitude scores \(x\) obtained by all the applicants for a particular job.
Aptitude score31 means 31
3129(3)
424689(5)
51335679(7)
60133356889(10)
71222455568889(14)
801235889(8)
9012(3)
  1. Write down the modal aptitude score.
  2. Find the three quartiles for these data. Outliers can be defined to be outside the limits \(\mathrm { Q } _ { 1 } - 1.0 \left( \mathrm { Q } _ { 3 } - \mathrm { Q } _ { 1 } \right)\) and \(\mathrm { Q } _ { 3 } + 1.0 \left( \mathrm { Q } _ { 3 } - \mathrm { Q } _ { 1 } \right)\).
  3. On a graph paper, draw a box plot to represent these data. For these data, \(\Sigma x = 3363\) and \(\Sigma x ^ { 2 } = 238305\).
  4. Calculate, to 2 decimal places, the mean and the standard deviation for these data.
  5. Use two different methods to show that these data are negatively skewed.