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UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA

FINAL EXAMINATION

COURSE

BASIC STATISTICS

COURSE CODE

QMT100

EXAMINATION

APRIL 2009

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.

Do not bring any material into the examination room unless permission is given by the
invigilator.
Please check to make sure that this examination pack consists of:
i)
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iv)

the Question Paper

a three - page Appendix
an Answer Booklet - provided by the Faculty
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QUESTION 1
a) Identify either the term underline is TRUE or FALSE according to the statement given.
i)

On average, 2 defective machines were produced by a factory in a day. The number

of defective machines is called quantitative discrete variable.
(1 mark)

ii) In a study on lung cancer symptoms, a group of researchers collected a set of data
based on the historical records of patients from the hospital. The data collected is
called primary data.
(1 mark)
iii) From previous experience, a researcher assured that Ahmad is the right person to
be interviewed to get some information. The sampling technique used is quota
sampling.
(1 mark)
iv) The median of the water utilized by every household in Machang district is 200 liter in
a month. This means most of the household in Machang district utilized 200 liter of
water in a month.
(1 mark)
v) Price index which takes quantity from the current year as the weightage, is called
Paasches Price Index.
(1 mark)

b) Pulau Perhentian, Terengganu is one of the favourite destinations to local and foreign
tourists. To increase tourists coming to Malaysia, Tourism Malaysia did a study on the
attractions of the island, hoping to duplicate the attractions to other islands. Twenty
tourists were interviewed to obtain some information for the study.
i)

Referring to the above study, state the sample, population and the method of data
collection.
(3 marks)

ii) Name and explain briefly the sampling technique that can be used in the above
study?
(6 marks)

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c) Data below is a data set pertaining to the study on customer satisfaction towards
facilities provided at PLUS Highway.
Overall Satisfaction Towards
Facilities Provided
Not Satisfied
Satisfied

Race
Chinese
200
104

Malay
280
416

Total

Indian
50
78

530
598

Based on the data, provide a stacked bar chart according to the race and give your
comment.
(6 marks)

QUESTION 2
a) The following data are shoulder length measurement (in cm) of 30 students at Sekolah
Kebangsaan Bandar Anggerik, Shah Alam.
6
9.5

7
10

7
10

8
10

8
10

8
11

8.4
11

9
11

9
11

9
11

9
11

9
12

9.5
12

9.5
13

9.5
13

Based on the above data:

i)

Obtain the five-number summary to be used in constructing a box plot.

(5 marks)

ii) Construct a box plot for the data.

(3 marks)
iii) Comment on the distribution of the data.
(2 marks)

b) i)

State the differences between unweighted and weighted index number.

(2 marks)

ii) State two criteria to determine a base year for calculating index number.
(2 marks)

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c) The following table contains information on quantities (in million tonnes) and prices (per
kilogram) of three types of palm oil produced in 2007 and 2008.
Types of
Palm Oil
A
B
C

2008

2007
Quantity
1.5
1.3
1.7

Unit price
2.80
2.60
2.50

Quantity
1.6
1.9
1.2

Unit price
2.85
2.50
2.55

Using 2008 as the current year and 2007 as the base year, calculate the
i)

Laspeyres' price index for 2008 and interpret your answer.

(3 marks)

ii) Paasche's quantity index for 2008 and interpret your answer.
(3 marks)
QUESTION 3
The following table gives the frequency distribution of hours spent per week playing video
games by sixty Sekolah Kebangsaan Sri Mas students.
Playing Hours Per Week
0 to less than 5
5 to less than 10
10 to less than 15
15 to less than 20
20 to less than 25
25 to less than 30

Number of Students
7
12
15
13
8
5

a) Calculate the mean, mode and standard deviation.

(10 marks)
b) Construct a histogram for the above information.
(4 marks)
c) Does the value of calculated mode obtained in (a) similar with mode obtained from the
histogram? Verify your answer.
(2 marks)
d) If the mean and standard deviation for student of Sekolah Kebangsaan Abdul Samad is
17 and 7.83 hours respectively, which student is more consistent (in time) in playing
video games? Calculate using the appropriate formula.
(4 marks)

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QUESTION 4
An executive of a company wants to know the relationship between monthly insurance
premium and income of its personnel. He sampled eight personnels and obtains the
following information on annual income (in thousand RM) and monthly insurance premiums
(in RM).
Annual Income (In thousand RM)
62
78
41
53
85
34
23
56

Monthly Insurance Premium (In RM)

250
300
100
150
500
75
70
100

a) Construct a scatter diagram for the data.

(3 marks)
b) Calculate coefficient of correlation, and interpret the value.
(5 marks)
c) Calculate the coefficient of determination and explain what it means.
(2 marks)
d) Find the least square regression equation of monthly premium towards the annual
income.
(5 marks)
e) Explain the meaning of the regression coefficients (a and b value) obtained in d).
(3 marks)
f)

If the annual income is RM 55,000, estimate the monthly premium of the personnel.
(2 marks)

QUESTION 5
a) In a class of 27 students, 13 are Malays, 9 are Chinese, and 5 are Indians. If five
students are selected at random from the class, what is the probability that
i)

2 of them are Indians and the rest are Malays?

(2 marks)

ii) at least 4 of the students are Chinese?

(4 marks)

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b) In a police investigation towards a massive riot recently, 80 were suspected and were
asked if they were involved or not. 35 of the suspects are female and 20 of them are
unemployed. Among male suspects, only 3 are employed.
i)

Draw a 2 x 2 table for the above information.

(2 marks)

ii) Find the probability that a suspect is a male.

(2 marks)
iii) Find the probability that a male suspect is unemployed.
(2 marks)

c) A factory has machine A, B, and C for producing air conditioners. Percentages of

machine A, B, and C producing air conditioners are 20%, 30% and 50% respectively
from the total production per day. From the previous production, it is known that 10%
from Machine A, 19% from Machine B and 30% from Machine C will be defective.
i)

Construct a tree diagram

(3 marks)

ii) If one day, a defective air conditioner is found, what is the probability that the air
conditioner produced is from machine B?
(5 marks)

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APPENDIX 1(1)

FORMULA LIST
Sample Measurements
Mean,

x=

Z*
n

Z fie

or
n
f

Median,

x = Lm

=^--Y
2
+

Jm l

Jm

Mode,

= Lmo +

VA,+A2y

Standard Deviations, s = J

[Z(x-x)2J

=Ap-[Z/(x-x7]
V n1

or

or

n-\

n-\

Zx

(ZX)2

2
Yfa2 aiA)

Coefficient of Variation, CV = xlOO

x
Mean - Mode

Pearson's Measure of Skewness =

S tan dard Deviation

or

3(Mean - Median)
S tan dard Deviation

Where
n

total frequency

lower median class boundary

Lmo

lower modal class boundary

2-1 Jm-\

cumulative frequencies for the classes before the median class

fm

median class frequency

A,

(modal class frequency) - (frequency for the class before the modal
class)
(modal class frequency) - (frequency for the class after the modal class)

A2
C

class size

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APPENDIX 1(2)

Correlation and Regression

1.

Pearson's Product Moment Correlation Coefficient

QXY)-

w(ZZ7)-(ZZ)(2:7)

r -

or

4n(XX )-(ZX)2[n(LY2)-(LY)2\

(2X) 2

2,

(EX2)

Spearman's Rank Correlation: ps = 1 -

3.

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

(ii)

,
n(XXY)-(IX)(ZY)
b=
~
,
2
2
(EX )-(SX)
a = 7-Z>X or

(ZXY)or

2, (sr) 2
(S7 2 )

6ZJ2

2.

...
(i)

(IX)&Y)

\
,2

(ZX )v

(YX\2 ^

M_6(*)

INDEX NUMBERS
V

1.

Laspeyres Price Index =

^-^xlOO

2.

Paasche Price Index = ^ - x l O O

Simple Aggregate Price Index = xlOO

Zp0
Weighted Aggregate Price Index =-xlOO

Hp0w

where
p0 = price of the base year
pt= price of the current year
q 0 = 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

P(A \B) = -P(A n B)

P(B)
2.

3.

Multiplicative Rule

a)

P(An5)

= P(B) P(A \ B)

b)

P{A n 5) = P{A) P(B) if and only if A and B are independent events.

Bayes Theorem

P(A | B)

P(A) P(B | A)
P(A) P(B | A) + P(A') P(B | A')

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