Problem:
Imagine that you are researching the incidence of Meningococcal disease treated in Christchurch hospital in one year. You want to know how many people are affected by the disease and what age they are. The following data are the ages in years of all patients treated for Meningococcal disease in July and August.
2, 7, 18, 0, 3, 2, 5, 17, 15, 1, 19, 32, 10, 8, 12, 18, 21, 6, 1, 4, 17, 2, 20, 0, 2, 18, (Fictional data).
1. Add the ages by hand or using a calculator.
Sum =
2. Make a frequency table of the data.