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(a)The following data represent the number of years patients survived after being diagnosed with terminal cancer:
0.4, 0.5, 0.6, 0.6, 0.6, 0.8, 0.8, 0.9, 0.9, 0.9,
1.2, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 2.1, 2.4, 2.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.6
(i) Construct a stem-and-leaf display
(ii) Supposedly you are inserting the above stem-and-leaf display in a report to be submitted to management, write a short comment on the diagram.

(b)The following data shows the weight(in kg)of 13 crabs found in a restaurant on a particular evening:

3.3,1.2,1.7,2.4,2.4,1.1,0.9,0.8,1.2,1.6,0.7,1.2,1.3

(i)Compute the mean and median

(ii)Determine the shape of the distribution based on thesamole data.Explain your conclusion.

 
 Nov 14, 2016

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