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FACULTY OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCES & TECHNOLOGY

EXAMINER ANSWER SCRIPT (TEST 1 SET A)
SEMESTER: I SESSION: 18/19

Course: APPLIED STATISTICS Prepared By:

Course Code: BUM2413 Verified By:

QUESTION 1 5

(i) All newborn babies in Kuantan in the last five years. A1

(ii) birth weight of all newborn babies in Kuantan in the last five years. A1
(iii) Quantitative / continuous. A1
(iv) Ratio. A1
(v) 3.27 kg. A1

QUESTION 2 5

10
Yields:  CVar  yields   100%  20% . M1A1
50
5
Plant Height:  CVar plant height   100%  9.10% . A1
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Hence, since  CVar yields   CVar plant height , data of yields is more variation/variable than plant
A1A1
height.

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QUESTION 3 18

D1 Label
D1 Axis
D1 Shape

Arrange the data in ascending order:

66.2 66.5 67.2 67.3 68.3 68.4 68.4 69.5 70.6 73.0 74.8 79.9

x3  x4 67.2  67.3 M1A1

Q1  x112   x3    67.25
4
2 2
x  x7 68.4  68.4
Median = 6   68.4 M1A1
2 2
x x 70.6  73.0
Q3  x312   x9  9 10   71.8 A1
4
2 2
Lower limit: Upper limit:
x  Q1  1.5 (Q3  Q1 ) x  Q3  1.5 (Q3  Q1 )
x  67.25  1.5(71.8  67.25) x  71.8  1.5(71.8  67.25) M1
A1 UL
x  60.425 x  78.625 A1 LL
Outlier: 79.9 A1 Outlier
Min = 66.2 A1
Max = 74.8 A1
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(ii) The absorbed energy for Machine A is skewed to the right/ Positively Skewed. A1
(iii) The best measure of average is median and the variability is IQR. A1A1
Based on the location of median, 50% of the absorbed energy data at the lower than 68.4.
OR
A1
Based on the variation/IQR, the data has more variation at the right side which is at higher than
68.4
QUESTION 4 9
(i) Yes, both samples are dependent each other. A1
(ii)
Subject A B C D E F G H
Before 6.7 6.6 9.1 10.4 11.4 8.2 6.3 11.7
After 6.9 2.5 7.5 8.6 8.2 6.2 3.5 2.1
Difference, D 0.2 -4.1 -1.6 -1.8 -3.2 -2 -2.8 -9.6 M1

Difference, D =
Pain Measurements
After - Before
Sample size, n 8
Sample mean, x -3.1125 B1
Standard deviation, sD 2.9127 B1

t , n 1
 t0.10 ,81
 t0.05,7  1.8946 B1
2 2
A 90% confidence interval for difference between two population means
sD
xD  t , n 1
2 n
  2.9127  
 3.1125  1.8946   M1
  8 
 5.0635, 1.1615 dol A1A1
We are 90% confident that the difference between true mean of after and before results of
effectiveness of hypnotism in reducing pain is between 5.0756 dol more by before result to A1
1.1744l dol more by before result, compared to each other respectively.
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QUESTION 5 15
(i)
315
p  0.6563,
480
z0.02  2.0537 B1
A 98% One-sided confidence interval for  B1
 0.6563 1  0.6563 
 0, 0.6563  2.0537 
 480 

M1
  0, 0.6563  0.0445 
  0, 0.7008  A1A1

(ii)

psilicon  0.6563, psubstrate  0.845, B1

B1
z0.01  2.3263
A 98% confidence interval for  1   2
 0.845 1  0.845  0.6563(1  0.6563)  M1
   0.845  0.6563 2.3263  
 450 480 
 
  0.1887  0.0642, 0.1887  0.0642 
A1A1
  0.1245, 0.2529 
A1
We are 98% confident that the difference in the true percentage of energy efficient LED bulbs
using sapphire substrate and LED bulbs using silicon substrate lies within 12.45% and 25.29%.

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(iii)
480  315
p  0.3438, B1
480 B1
z0.005  2.5758, E  0.03
2
 2.5758 
n  0.3438 1  0.3438  
M1
  1663.1211
 0.03 
 1664 LED bulbs A1

OR
p  1  0.6563  0.3437,
B1
z0.005  2.5758, E  0.03 B1
2
 2.5758 
n  0.3437 1  0.3437     1662.8907
 0.03  M1
 1663 LED bulbs
A1
QUESTION 6 6

f , n 1, nn 1
 f 0.05 ,111,12 1
 f 0.025,10,11  3.5257 B1
2 c 2
f , n 1, nc 1
 f 0.05 ,12 1,111
 f 0.025,11,10  3.6649
2 n 2 B1
A 95% confidence interval on the ratio of two population variances,
 sc2 sc2 
 2  f , f 
1 , nn 1, nc 1 s 2 , nn 1, nc 1 
 sn 2 n 2 
 
 sc2 1 sc2 
c   2
2
, 2 f 
, sn f  sn 2 ,nn 1,nc 1 
 n2  , nc 1, nn 1
 2 
 0.3407 1 0.3407 
  ,  3.6649 
 0.1297 3.5257 0.1297  M1
  0.7451, 9.6271 seconds
A1A1
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We are 95% confident that the of population variances for the assembling time produced by A1
current and new machine lies within 0.7451 and 9.6271.

QUESTION 7 7
(i)
Step 1
H 0 :   30 (claim)
H1 :   30
Step 2
x  0
x  30.4 minutes, s  1.3 minutes, n  30, is unknown, ztest 
s/ n
30.4  30
ztest   1.8462
1.3 / 36
M1A1
Step 3
 z0.025  1.96 and z0.025  1.96 B1
Step 4
Since   z0.025  1.96    ztest  1.8462    z0.025  1.96  , Do not reject H0. M1A1

Step 5
At   0.05 , there is insufficient evidence to reject the claim that the true average time required A1

by the nigh security guard to walk his around is 30 minutes.

(ii)
The true average time required by the night security guide to walk his round is 30 minutes. A1

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QUESTION 8 10
(a)
0  RM160 B1

(b)
Step 1
H 0 :   160
H1 :   160 (claim) B1

Step 2
x  163.50
B1

s  16.4924 B1

163.50  160
t test   0.6002
16.4924 / 8 M1A1
Step 3
t0.03,7  2.2409 B1

Step 4
M1A1
Since (ttest  0.6002)   t0.03,7  2.2409  , Do not reject H0. Reject the claim.

Step 5
At   0.03 , there is not enough evidence to support the claim that the average weekly grocery A1
bill for a four-person family in Kuantan exceed the national average of RM160 per week.

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