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UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA

FINAL EXAMINATION

COURSE

BASIC STATISTICS

COURSE CODE

QMT100

EXAMINATION

APRIL 2008

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.

Students are allowed to use calculator.

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 1 (Formula List)
an Answer Booklet - provided by the Faculty
two sheets of graph paper - provided by the Faculty

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

This examination paper consists of 6 printed pages
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QUESTION 1
a)

b)

Barakah Cattleship Sdn Bhd plans to venture into marketing halal meat in Malaysia.
They plan to open small "meat market" in 10 major cities in Malaysia. The company's
major product line will be sliced meat and related products. Before spending millions of
ringgits in the project, the top management would like to have some formal report on
the perception of the surrounding residents on having the "meat market". Their target
population will be people who live within ten kilometre radius from the proposed "meat
market". They are planning to gain information from about 100 people from each city
concerning their intentions.
i)

What is the population for the above scenario?

ii)

What is the sample?

iii)

Suggest a suitable sampling technique. Is it random or non-random sampling?

iv)

Explain briefly how you will select the sample proposed in (iii).

v)

What is the best method for collecting the data?

vi)

Give two advantages and two disadvantages of the method suggested in (v).
(17 marks)

For each of the following variables, classify whether it is qualitative, quantitative

discrete or quantitative continuous variable.
i)

Amount of time spent shopping every week,

ii)

Groceries expenses.

iii)

Favourite shopping spots.

(3 marks)

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QUESTION 2
a)

The following stem-and-leaf plot display the amount spent (to the nearest RM) by 35
UiTM students who made purchases at the bookstore at the beginning of a semester.

8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17

b)

5
2
4
3
5
1
2
0
1
2

8
6
8
7
6
5
3
4
5
4

6
9
8
9
6 1 1 1
7 8
5
7

i)

Find the first, second and third quartiles for the above data,

ii)

Construct a box-and-whisker plot.

iii)

Based on the box-and-whisker plot, comment on the shape of the distribution.

(10 marks)

The following are prices of 3 types of fuel (per litre) and the quantity sold per week by a
petrol station in the year 2004 and 2006.

Type
A
B
C

Price per litre

(RM)
2004
2006
1.60
1.98
1.72
2.04
0.98
1.56

Quantity
(in '000 litres)
2006
2004
88
85
94
90
92
88

Using 2006 as the current year,

i)

find and interpret the simple average price index,

ii)

calculate the Laspeyres Price Index for 2006.

iii)

calculate the Paasche Price Index for 2006.

iv)

explain why the result in (ii) and (iii) differ.

(10 marks)

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QUESTION 3
In an English class, the lecturer wants to evaluate whether the public speaking scores of the
students have relationship with their English vocabulary achievement test. A sample of 10
students was randomly selected and related data were recorded.

No.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

a)

Public Speaking
Score (%)
85
59
20
80
40
50
60
55
23
70

English Vocabulary
Score (%)
76
50
30
70
60
40
40
59
50
70

Identify the dependent variable.

(2 marks)

b)

Draw a scatter diagram.

(3 marks)

c)

Calculate and interpret the product moment correlation coefficient.

(6 marks)

d)

Calculate and interpret the coefficient of determination.

(2 marks)

e)

Find the linear regression equation by using least square method.

(5 marks)

f)

Estimate the public speaking score if the English vocabulary score is 65%.
(2 marks)

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QUESTION 4
The following table gives information on monthly electricity bills for August 2005 for a sample
of 50 families in Lembah Klang.

Monthly Electricity Bill (RM)

0to50
50 to 100
100 to 150
150 to 200
200 to 250

a)

Number of Families
7
13
15
12
3

Find the mean, median and standard deviation.

(10 marks)

b)

Draw a "less than ogive" for the above data.

(5 marks)

c)

Using the ogive, find the percentage of families that has electricity bills less than
RM120.
(2 marks)

d)

Given the values of mean and standard deviation electricity bill in September 2005 as
160 and 45 respectively. Which month does the distribution of electricity bill is more
consistent?
(3 marks)

QUESTION 5
a)

A contractor has submitted bids for two state construction projects. The probability
that he will win any contract is 0.25. Find the probability that,
i)

he will win both contracts,

ii)

he will win neither contract.

iii)

he will win exactly ONE contract.

(7 marks)

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Sixty-five percent of Gading Corporation Sdn Bhd employees are female. 15% and
25% of female employees own a motorcycle and a car respectively. Whereas 50%
and 45% of male employees own a motorcycle and a car respectively. The company
found that nobody owns more than one vehicle. If an employee is selected, find the
probability that
i)

he/she does not own any vehicle.

ii)

the employee is a male, knowing that he does not own any vehicle.
(7 marks)

c)

A man just bought 4 suits, 8 shirts, and 12 ties. All of these suits, shirts, and ties
coordinate with each other. If he is to randomly select one suit, one shirt, and one tie
to wear on a certain day, how many different outcomes are possible?
(2 marks)

d)

A box contains five green, eight red, and seven blue marbles. Let A be the event that
a red marble is drawn. If we randomly select a marble out of this box ,
i)

find the probability of A.

ii)

what is meant by the complementary event of A? Find its probability.

(4 marks)

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APPENDIX 1(1)

FORMULA LIST
Sample Measurements

Mean,

= ^
n

or

Z'
Median, x = L m +

Mode,

x = Lmn

+
A,

A.

(Z*)1

Standard Deviation, s =

= ^ i [Z
Coefficient of Variation, CV = x 100
x
Pearson s Measure of Skewness =

Mean-Mode
Standard Deviation

3 (Mean-Median)
or

Standard Deviation

where
n

total frequency
lower median class boundary
lower modal class boundary
cumulative frequencies for the classes before the median class

fm

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

(ZXY) .(IXKIY)

n(IXY)~(IX)(TY)

r=

2.

3.

(ix*)-S^

Spearman's Rank Correlation: ps - 1 -

_n(n-i)_

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

K

b _n(XY)-(X)(Y)
2
2

n(ZX )-(ZX)

= Y-bX

' {
f

n
2
( sx)

or
n

INDEX NUMBERS
1.

Laspeyres Price Index = ^ x100

2.

Paasche Price Index = t ^ P t C | t x 1 0 0

3.

Simple Aggregate Price Index = f^1 'o x 100

4.

Weighted Aggregate Price Index = ~? K t " x100

TP*

where
p0 = price of the base year
pt = price of the current year
q0 = quantity of the base year
qt = quantity of the current year
w = weights

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APPENDIX 1(3)

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Probability Theory

1.

Conditional Probability

2.

Multiplicative Rule

3.

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(B.A)
P(A).P(BIA) + P(A').P(BIA1)

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