Decision Science Assignment PDF
Decision Science Assignment PDF
Answer 1.
Answer 2 (a)
Frequency distribution: is the summary of data presented in the form of class intervals and frequencies.
Relative frequency: is the proportion of total frequency that is in any given class interval in a frequency
distribution.
Cumulative frequency: is the running total of frequencies through the classes of a frequency distribution.
Answer 2 (b)
Frequency
Range (F) Mid-Point (M) MxF
30 under 40 36 35 1260
40 under 50 27 45 1215
50 under 60 32 55 1760
60 under 70 33 65 2145
70 under 80 21 75 1575
80 under 90 26 85 2210
90 under 100 33 95 3135
N= 208 13300
(i) Mean of grouped data is the average of group of numbers and is computed by summing mid-
point multiplied by frequency dividing by the number of values.
Mean= ∑M*F/ N
= 13300/208
= 63.94
208/2 - 95
= 60 + ------------ (10) = 62.72 (Median)
33
(iii) Mode is the class mid-point of the modal class. Modal class is the class interval with the greatest
frequency which is 30-under 40 for given data. The class midpoint of thus modal class is 35. Thus,
the mode for the given data is 35.
(iv) Quartiles, from above answer (ii) & corresponding table
For Q3, 3N/4 = 156, so Cfp= 149, L= 80, Fmed = 26, W=10
Answer 2 (c)
Answer 3 (a)
(i) Range is the difference between largest value of a data set and the smallest value of a data set.
Range= Highest -Lowest = 98-30
=68 (Range)
Z SCORES PLOT
2.000
1.500
1.000
0.500
0.000
0 50 100 150 200 250
-0.500
-1.000
-1.500
-2.000
(iv) Skewness & Kurtosis
Using the Question data Set and The formulas below in excel , the skewness and kurtosis are found:
Skewness: =SKEW.P (B1 : B208) { Range of all values } it came out as = 0.096965
Skewness is when distribution is asymmetrical or lacks symmetry. In above value it says the skewness
is negative that means the curve is more distributed towards the negative right-hand side.
Kurtosis: = KURT (B1 : B208) { Range of all values } it came out as = -1.28542
Kurtosis defines the amount of peakedness of a distribution. In above case the kurtosis points to a more
Platykurtic distribution, where the spread is flatter. It will have thinner tails since excess kurtosis value is
negative.
Distribution Curve
0.025
0.02
0.015
0.01
0.005
0
0 50 100 150 200 250
➢ The curve is Platykurtic in kurtosis and Skewed in positive way. It means the Tails are longer and
the inclination is flat for the curve.
➢ It means the mean is behind the mode and median in the curve & there is no normal distribution
Answer 3 (b)
Histogram
40
36
35 33 33
32
30
27
26
25
21
frequency
20
15
10
0
frequency
performance scores of employees class inetrvals
20
15
10
5
0
35 45 55 65 75 85 95
Performance score of employees ( Mid point of class intervals)
200 208
175
150 149
128
100 95
63
50
36
0 0
30- under 40 40-under 50 50-under 60 60-under 70 70-under 80 80-under 90 90-under
100
cumulative frequency