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Written Assignment:
Measures of Central Tendency and Variability
University of The People
HS 4510:
Biostatistics
Written Assignment:
Week 2
Instructor: Prof Adaugo Eziyi
28 Nov 2023
Table 1
1
Age categories and relative frequencies of mean pulse rate of study
participants(male an female)
Age of individual
participants(years
)
Number of
participant
s
Mean
Pulse rate
Relative Frequencies
10-14
5
70.8
0.2= 20%
15-19
6
74.3
0.24= 24%
20-24
2
64.0
0.08= 8%
25-29
2
71.0
0.08= 8%
30-34
1
73.0
0.04= 4%
35-39
2
84.0
0.08= 8%
40-44
3
79.7
0.12= 12%
45-49
2
65.0
0.08= 8%
2
50-54
1
110.0
0.04= 4%
55-59
1
94.0
0.04= 4%
Totals
25
1 = 100%
What is the proportion of males and females in this sample?
Females: Males=
10: 11
Now there are 4 who were not mentioned their gender. I will assume 2 are male
and 2 are female therefore
Females: Males= 12: 13
a). I would use
Box or Whisker plot and Histograms
. Firstly, the histogram
summarizes discrete or continuous data on an interval scale. Box or Whisker plots
shows continuous numerical data distribution between multiple groups when you want to
compare it.
The data that we have is mutually exclusively that is it does not overlap and
are continuous variables. Histograms show relative frequencies giving a probability
distribution of a continuous variable. Box or Whisker plots would show us the first
quartile up to the third quartile, the median and the outliers data
3. Males: 79, 90, 75, 60, 65, 79, 54, 98, 49
Females: 66, 59, 79, 95, 72, 55, 64, 60, 65
Calculations:
3
a.
Calculate the
arithmetic
mean
pulse for each gender separately
, and for both
genders together
Males
: 79, 90, 75, 60, 65, 79, 54, 98, 49
Arithmetic mean=1/9x ( 79+ 90+ 75+ 60+ 65+ 79+ 54+ 98+ 49)
=649/9
=72.1bpm
Females:
66, 59, 79, 95, 72, 55, 64, 60, 65
Arithmetic mean=1/9x (66+ 59+ 79+ 95+ 72+ 55+ 64+ 60+ 65)
=615/9
=68.3 bpm
Arithmetic mean for both
=
1/18x (649+615)
=1264/18
=70.2bpm
b.
List the
median
pulse for each gender separately
, and for both genders together
.
Arrange the pulse data in ascending order first. The median divides the data as
50
th
percentile
i) Males: 79, 90, 75, 60, 65, 79, 54, 98, 49
49, 54, 60, 65
, 75, 79, 79, 90, 98
The median for male=
75bpm
ii) Females: 66, 59, 79, 95, 72, 55, 64, 60, 65
55, 59, 60, 64,
65, 66, 72, 79, 95
The median for female=
65bpm
iii)
For both:
49, 54, 55, 59, 60, 60, 64, 65,
65, 66,72, 75, 79, 79, 79, 90 ,95, 98
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