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The stem and leaf diagram shows the ages of the male passengers on a cruise.
(a) Find the median age of the male passengers.
(b) Show that the interquartile range (IQR) of these ages is
An outlier is defined as a value that is more than above the upper quartile or below the lower quartile
(c) Show that there are outliers amongst these ages.
(d) On the grid in Figure 1 on page , draw a box plot for the ages of the male passengers on the cruise.
Figure 1 on page also shows a box plot for the ages of the female passengers on the cruise.
(e) Comment on any difference in the distributions of ages of male and female passengers on the cruise. State the values of any statistics you have used to support your comment.
Anja, along with her daughters and a granddaughter, now join the cruise. Anja’s granddaughter is younger than both of Anja’s daughters. Anja had her rd birthday on the day her eldest daughter was born. When their ages are included with the other female passengers on the cruise, the box plot does not change.
(f) State, giving reasons, what you can say about
(i) the granddaughter’s age
(ii) Anja’s age.
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(a)
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共有 个数据,中位数是第 个。
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The median is the th value, so
(b)
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从 stem-and-leaf 读出 ,,所以 IQR 为 。
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Therefore
(c)
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先算上下 outlier limits,再检查数据中哪些值越界。
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The lower limit is
The upper limit is
The values outside these limits are
Therefore there are outliers.
(d)
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箱体用 。由于 是 outliers,whiskers 到非 outlier 的最小值和最大值: 与 。
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Draw the male box plot using
(e)
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比较时要点名统计量和数值。一个可行说法是女性乘客年龄整体更大,因为 female median 大于 male median。
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The female passengers are generally older than the male passengers, because the median age for females is , whereas the median age for males is .
(f)
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box plot 不变,说明新增的四个年龄不会改变已有的 quartiles、median、whiskers 或 outliers。孙女要落在女性 box plot 的下四分位以下但不改变下界;Anja 比大女儿大 岁,并且也不能改变 box plot。
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The granddaughter’s age must be between and inclusive, so that the lower part of the female box plot is unchanged.
Anja’s eldest daughter must be in the upper part of the female ages, and Anja is years older than her eldest daughter. Therefore Anja’s age must be between and inclusive.