CAIE S1 2010 November — Question 4

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleS1 (Statistics 1)
Year2010
SessionNovember
TopicMeasures of Location and Spread
TypeConstruct back-to-back stem-and-leaf from raw data

4 The weights in kilograms of 11 bags of sugar and 7 bags of flour are as follows.
Sugar: 1.9611 .98312 .00812 .0141 .9681 .9941 .2 .0112 .0171 .9771 .9841 .989
Flour: \(\begin{array} { l l l l l l l } 1.945 & 1.962 & 1.949 & 1.977 & 1.964 & 1.941 & 1.953 \end{array}\)
  1. Represent this information on a back-to-back stem-and-leaf diagram with sugar on the left-hand side.
  2. Find the median and interquartile range of the weights of the bags of sugar.