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The document provides examples and instructions for organizing and presenting quantitative data in various formats, including frequency distributions, percentage distributions, histograms, line charts, and bar charts. Students are asked to take sets of observations and arrange them into these various graphical and tabular formats.

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Tutorial Sheet One

The document provides examples and instructions for organizing and presenting quantitative data in various formats, including frequency distributions, percentage distributions, histograms, line charts, and bar charts. Students are asked to take sets of observations and arrange them into these various graphical and tabular formats.

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SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES

GBS 541-QUANTITATIVE METHODS


Tutorial Sheet one-2024

1. A computer company received a rush order for as many home computers as


could be shipped during a six week period. Company records provide the
following daily shipments.
22 65 65 67 55 85 65
77 73 30 62 54 48 65
79 60 63 45 51 68 79
83 33 41 49 28 55 61
65 75 55 75 39 87 45
50 66 65 59 25 35 53

Group these daily shipment figures into a frequency distribution having the
suitable number of classes.
2. The following are the number of items of similar type produced in a factory during
the last 50 days.
21 22 17 23 27 15 16 22 15 23

24 25 36 19 14 21 24 25 14 18

20 31 22 19 18 20 21 20 36 18

21 20 31 22 19 18 20 20 24 35

25 26 19 32 22 26 25 26 27 22

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Arrange these observations into a frequency distribution with inclusive and
exclusive class interval choosing a suitable number of classes.
3. The following are the number of two wheelers sold by a dealer during 8 weeks of
6 working days each.
13 19 22 14 13 16 19 21

23 11 27 25 17 17 13 20

23 17 26 20 24 15 20 21

23 17 29 17 19 14 20 20

10 22 18 25 16 23 19 20

21 17 18 24 21 20 19 26

(i) Group these figures into a table having the classes 10-12, 13-15, 16-18…
(ii) Convert the distribution of part (i) into a corresponding percentage
frequency distribution and a percentage cumulative distribution.
4. An advertising company kept an account of response letters received each day
over a period of 50 days. The observations were as follows:
0 2 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0

2 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 1 0

2 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 1 2 0

Construct a frequency table and draw a line chart (or diagram) to present the
data.
5. Develop a histogram for the data below, the mileage of a specific car with a full
tank:
302 315 265 296 289 301 308 280 285 318

267 300 309 312 299 316 301 286 281 311

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272 295 305 283 309 313 278 286 296 291

310 302 282 287 307 305 314 318 318 280

6. Construct a column bar chart for the data below, a company’s monthly sales.
Month Sales

1 10,734

2 8,726

3 14,387

4 11,213

5 9,008

6 8,430

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