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UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA

FINAL EXAMINATION

COURSE

BASIC STATISTICS

COURSE CODE

QMT100

EXAMINATION

APRIL 2007

TIME

3 HOURS

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
1.

This question paper consists of five (5) questions.

2.

Answer ALL questions in the Answer Booklet. Start each answer on a new page.

3.

Candidates are allowed to use calculators.

4.

Do not bring any material into the examination room unless permission is given by the
invigilator.

5.

Please check to make sure that this examination pack consists of:
i)
ii)
iii)
iv)

the Question Paper

a three-page Appendix (Formula List)
an Answer Booklet - provided by the Faculty
three sheets of graph paper - provided by the Faculty

DO NOT TURN THIS PAGE UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO

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QUESTION 1

a)

b)

Answer each questions with "T" for True and "F" for False.
i)

The technique of collecting information from a portion of population is called a

sample survey.

ii)

In stratified random sampling technique, several groups are chosen using a

simple random sampling method and then sample all items within the
selected groups.

iii)

A variable that can assume any numerical value over a certain interval or
intervals is called a discrete variable.

iv)

Monthly phone bill is an example of a quantitative variable.

v)

Gross sales for 2004 taken from four fast-food chain outlets refer to a sample.

vi)

Yearly expenditure on clothes for 50 households refer to a population.

(6 marks)

A statistician from Strategic Planning Department of University Technology MARA

wishes to estimate how much the students spent on textbooks for this semester. A
random sample of 60 students was asked to keep track of the amount spent on
textbooks during this semester.
i)

Describe the population.

(2 marks)

ii)

Define the sampling frame.

(2 marks)

iii)

State the variable of interest and identify its type.

(3 marks)

iv)

Is the lottery method suitable to be used to select a sample of students?

State a reason.
(3 marks)

v)

What is the best sampling method to be used if the statistician wanted to

obtain a representative sample of students for each faculty? State an
advantage of using this method.
(2 marks)

vi)

Name the best approach to be used in obtaining the information regarding to

textbook expenditure. Justify your answer.
(2 marks)

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QUESTION 2
a)

The following given data are the number of television sets owned by 40 randomly
selected households.
1
3
1
2
i)

1
0
2
4

2
2
1
2

3
1
1
3

2
2
1
1

4
3
3
3

1
2
1
1

3
3
1
2

2
2
1
2

1
2
2
4

Construct a frequency table.

(2 marks)

ii)

Calculate the percentages for al I categories.

(2 marks)

iii)

Draw a bar chart to represent the frequency of the responses.

(4 marks)

iv)

b)

What percentages of the households own two or more television sets?

(2 marks)

A survey by a local marketing firm produced the following information.

Year
2002

Product
Price (RM)
A
B
C
i)

1.45
1.60
0.7

Quantity
(million unit)
2.6
4.6
3.1

Price
(RM)
1.49
1.69
0.8

2003
Quantity
(million unit)
2.5
5.5
3.8

Calculate the unweighted aggregate price index for the year 2003.
(2 marks)

ii)

Calculate the Paasche quantity index for 2003.

(3 marks)

iii)

Calculate the Laspeyres price index for 2003.

(3 marks)

iv)

What is the difference between Paasche Index and Laspeyres Index?

(2 marks)

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QUESTION 3
a)

Information on the number of students enrolled in four programs at a private college

in a particular semester was recorded. The following table shows the number of
students by gender.
Program
DCS
DIA
DBA
DPA

Male
54
77
89
64

Gender
Female
120
108
114
88

Present the above data using stacked bar chart and give your interpretation.
(4 marks)

b)

The following table shows information on the length of feet (cm) and the number of
customers that was recorded by a shoe store manager.
Length of feet (cm)
12 and less than 15
15 and less than 18
18 and less than 21
21 and less than 24
24 and less than 27
27 and less than 30

No of customers
50
200
600
300
100
50

Construct a percentage cumulative frequency table.

(1 mark)
Draw an ogive for the cumulative percentage.
(4 marks)
iii)

If the manager wishes to satisfy the demand of 80% of his customers, what
are the sizes of shoes he should stock?
(2 marks)

iv)

Calculate the mean size of her customer's feet and the standard deviation.
(5 marks)

v)

Find the skewness value. Is the distribution skewed?

(4 marks)

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QUESTION 4
Zodac-copier services the Zodac 500 copying machine. As part of its standard service
contract, the company agrees to perform routine service on this copier. To obtain
information about the time it takes to perform routine service, Zodac-copiers have collected
data for 11 service calls. The data are shown in the table below.
Service Calls
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

9
10
11
a)

No. of copiers
serviced (X)
4
2
5
7
1
3
4
5
2
4
6

Number of minutes
required (Y)
109
58
138
189
37
82
103
134
68
112
154

Determine the coefficient of correlation. Explain the value obtained.

(5 marks)

b)

Find the equation for the regression line.

(6 marks)

c)

Interpret the value of the coefficients obtained in (b).

(3 marks)

d)

Predict the number of minutes required to service 15 numbers of copiers.

(2 marks)

e)

What is the percentage of variations in the number of minutes that is explained by

the number of copier serviced? Interpret its meaning.
(4 marks)

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QUESTION 5
a)

b)

The Board of Trustees at Kolej Restu has 9 members. Each year, they elect a
chairperson, vice chairperson, and secretary. After electing the 3 officers, they elect
a 3-person committee to oversee buildings and grounds. Each member is only
allowed to be one of the 3 officers or one of the 3-person committee.
i)

When the board elects the 3 officers (chairperson, vice chairperson, and
secretary), how many different groups of candidates are possible?
(1 mark)

ii)

When the board elects the buildings and grounds committee, how many
different 3-person committees are possible?
(1 mark)

iii)

If a member is randomly selected, what is the probability that he/she is not

elected as an officer and a member of the 3-person committee?
(1 mark)

The probability that a family owns a washing machine, a VCR, and both washing
machine and VCR is 0.68, 0.8, and 0.58 respectively.
i)

Draw a Venn Diagram.

(3 marks)

ii)

What is the probability that a randomly selected family owns a washing

machine or a VCR?
(2 marks)

iii)

Are the events "own a washing machine" and "own a VCR" independent?
Why or why not?
(2 marks)

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Five hundred employees were selected from a large private company. The
information on whether or not they have any retirement benefits provided by their
companies was recorded. Based on this information, the following two-way
classification table was prepared.
Gender

Have Retirement Benefits

No
Yes
75
225
50
150

Men
Women

If one employee is selected at random from these 500 employees, find the
probability that this employee is a woman given that she does not have
retirement benefits.
(2 marks)
ii)

Are the events "man" and "yes" mutually exclusive? Why or why not?
(1 mark)

d)

During the last harvest, 80% of the papaya was in satisfactory condition. Out of all
unsatisfactory papaya, 5% are suitable for market, while out of all satisfactory
papaya, only 1 % is not suitable for market.
i)

Draw a tree diagram.

(2 marks)

ii)

Find the probability that the selected papaya is not suitable for market.
(2 marks)

iii)

Find the probability that the selected papaya is satisfactory given that it is not
suitable for market.
(3 marks)

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APPENDIX 1(1)

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FORMULA LIST
Sample Measurements

Mean,

or

Z'
Median, x = L m +

Mode,

A,

= ^

Standard Deviation,

A2

(Z*)1

[Z

Z f:

= \h [Z
Coefficient of Variation, CV = - x 100
x
Mean-Mode
Pearson s Measure of Skewness = Standard Deviation
where
n

3(Mean-Median)
or

Standard Deviation

total frequency
lower median class boundary
lower modal class boundary
cumulative frequencies for the classes before the median class
median class frequency
(modal class frequency) - (frequency for the class before the
modal class)
(modal class frequency) - (frequency for the class after the
modal class)
class size

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APPENDIX 1(2)

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Correlation and Regression

1.

Pearson's Product Moment Correlation Coefficient

x y

n(DCY)-(IX)(IY)

or

n
2.

Spearman's Rank Correlation:

3.

The least- squares regression line of Y against X, Y = a + bX

lIY)

ps=*\-

n(SXY)-(ZX)(SY)
n(SX 2 )-(SX) 2

(ii)

a = Y-bX

or

INDEX NUMBERS
1.

Laspeyres Price Index =

2.

Paasche Price Index = ^

' x100

XP.
3.

Simple Aggregate Price Index =

= ^^
xx 100
1
P

y p.w

4.

Weighted Aggregate Price Index = - ^

2 . Pow

x100

where
p0 = price of the base year
p, = price of the current year
q 0 = quantity of the base year
q, = quantity of the current year
w = weights

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APPENDIX 1(3)

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Probability Theory
1.

Conditional Probability

P(B)
2.

3.

Multiplicative Rule
a)

P ( A n B ) = P(B).P(AIB)

b)

P ( A n B ) = P(A).P(B) if and if only if A and B are independent events.

Bayes Theorem
P(AIB)=

P(A).P(BIA)
P(A).P(BIA) + P(A').P(BIA")

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