The assignment discusses frequency distributions and standard deviation calculation using Excel. The data set is the time spent watching television over nine days, with an outlier value of 107 minutes. A frequency distribution table shows the count of each minute value, and the standard deviation and variance are calculated to be 16.85 minutes and 283.83 minutes respectively. Due to the non-normal distribution caused by the outlier, it is suggested that more data collection or techniques may be needed to make the data more consistent.