Day 58 Bivariate Data Worksheet
Name ____________________________________
Day 58 Practice Bivariate Data Worksheet
1. A survey of 20 adults asked “which of the following is your favorite type of car: SUV, Sedan, or
Truck?” Each adult’s gender and response is recorded in the table below.
a. Create a two-way frequency table that
TYPE OF CAR
GENDER
summarizes the data from the table. Include
SEDAN
FEMALE
marginal frequencies and interpret the joint
SUV
FEMALE
frequencies of the table.
TRUCK
MALE
SUV
FEMALE
b. Create a two-way relative frequency table which
SUV
FEMALE
displays conditional frequencies for gender.
SEDAN
FEMALE
Interpret.
SUV
MALE
TRUCK
MALE
TRUCK
FEMALE
SEDAN
MALE
SUV
MALE
SEDAN
FEMALE
TRUCK
MALE
SUV
FEMALE
SUV
FEMALE
SEDAN
MALE
SUV
MALE
SEDAN
FEMALE
TRUCK
MALE
SEDAN
FEMALE
2. A survey of 18 people asked “of spring, summer, fall, and winter, which is your favorite season?” Each
person’s occupation and response is listed below.
SEASON
SPRING
SUMMER
WINTER
SPRING
FALL
SUMMER
SUMMER
SPRING
WINTER
SUMMER
FALL
SPRING
FALL
SIMMER
WINTER
FALL
SUMMER
FALL
GENDER
ARCHITECT
TEACHER
PHARMACIST
ARCHITECT
PHARMICIST
TEACHER
TEACHER
ARCHITECT
TEACHER
ARCHITECT
PHARMACIST
PHARMACIST
PHARMACIST
TEACHER
ARCHITECT
PHARMACIST
TEACHER
ARCHITECT
Algebra1Teachers @ 2015
a. Create a two-way frequency table that
summarizes the data from the table. Include
marginal frequencies and interpret the joint
frequencies of the table.
b. Create a two-way relative frequency table that
summarizes the data which displays
conditional frequencies for occupation.
Interpret.
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Day 58 Bivariate Data Worksheet
Name ____________________________________
3. In a survey 200 people were polled at a local shopping center about spending free time playing sports,
watching a movie, or reading a book. The relative frequency table below displays the results.
MALE
FEMALE
MOVIE
0.25
0.15
SPORTS
0.30
0.05
READ
0.10
0.15
a. How many males surveyed preferred playing sports?
b. How many more females than males preferred watching a movie?
c. How many people surveyed preferred to read a book?
d. How many females were surveyed?
4.
A high school polled students for their favorite subject in school; the 3125 students participated in the
survey.
Freshmen
Sophomores
Juniors
Seniors
English
0.07
0.12
0.05
0.06
Math
0.06
0.05
0.10
0.09
History
0.11
0.06
0.02
0.03
Science
0.09
0.02
0.03
0.04
a. How many students like history?
b. How many students like science?
c. How many more students like English than Science?
d. How many students like Math and science combined?
e. How many seniors were polled?
f.
How many freshmen were polled?
g. Create a frequency table with the given data.
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