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UNIVERSITI TEKNIKAL MALAYSIA MELAKA SEMESTER 2 2011/2012

BENH 2112 STATISTICS

ANSWER SCHEME TEST 1 14 November 2011 08.00 PM 09.30 PM (1 Hours)

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Section A [10 marks] Please print your answer in the space provided at the end of section A questions. 1) Under descriptive statistics, we study: A) The description of decision making tricks. B) The methods for organizing, displaying and describing data. C) How to describe the probability distribution. D) None of these. 2) A random sample is a sample drawn in such a way that: A) Each member of the population has some chance for being included in the sample. B) All elements of a population are included. C) Some members of the population have no chance of being included in the sample. D) Each member of the population has .10 chances for being included in the sample. 3) A variable is a: A) Result that varies from sample to sample. B) Characteristic under study that assumes different values for different elements. C) Sample drawn from a population in such way that all its elements are different. D) None of these. Use the following information for question 5-6 The following table gives the frequency distribution of the highest degree held by 25 professionals. Highest Degree Frequency Bachelors 12 Masters 8 Doctorate 5 4) The relative frequency for Masters is: A) 0.48 C) 0.2 B) 0.5 D) 0.32 5) The percentage of persons with a Bachelors degree as the highest degree is: A) 20% C) 48% B) 32% D) 80%
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6) In a frequency distribution, the classes should always: A) Be overlapping. B) Be non-overlapping. C) Have a width of 10. D) None of these. 7) The value of the middle term in a ranked data set is the: A) Mean B) Standard deviation. C) Mode D) Median

8) If you roll a die once, the probability of obtaining an odd number is A) 0.6 B) 0.25 9) Two mutually exclusive events : A) Always occurs together B) Can sometimes occur together C) Cannot occur together D) None of these 10) The probability that a physician is a pediatrician is 0.2. The administration selects two physicians at random. The probability that none of them is pediatrician is: A) 0.04 B) 0.16 C) 0.64 D) 0.80 C) 0.17 D) 0.5

Answer for Section A 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. B A B D C 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. B D D C C

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Section B [30 marks] Please answer all questions and show the necessary working. Each question is 10 marks.

1) Super Bowl television broadcasts rate among the highest in all television broadcasts. The Television Bureau of Advertising published a report titled TV Basics. Part of the report listed the television ratings for 32 Super Bowls, as shown in the following table. 49.1 40.4 43.3 46.0 44.4 41.3 45.1 48.3 42.7 45.5 48.6 43.5 42.3 47.2 44.4 47.1 46.4 46.3 42.4 41.9 45.8 43.3 40.7 40.4 44.5 41.6 40.3 41.4 41.9 40.2 44.2 46.4

a) Construct a frequency distribution. Use classes starting with 40 to the less than 42, 42 to the less than 44, 44 to the less than 46 and so on. class 40  42 42  44 44  46 46  48 48  50 frequency 10 6 (2m) 7 6 3 (2 marks)

b) Find the relative frequency and percentage distribution for the data above. class 40  42 42  44 44  46 46  48 48  50 frequency 10 6 7 6 3 32 Re l. frequency 0.3125 0.1875 0.21875 0.1875 0.09375 1 (1m) percentage 31.25 18.75 21.875 18.75 9.375 100 (1m) (2 marks) c) Construct a graphical display for the relative frequencies. HISTOGRAM FOR RELATIVE FREQUENCY (2m) (2 marks)

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d) Use part (a) to calculate the mean and standard deviation. MEAN=44.125 ------1.5m

(4 marks)

STD DEV=2.7327 -------2.5m 2) The following table cross-classifies medical school faculty by gender and rank. Male(M ) 21224 16332 25888 5775 781 70000 Female( F ) 3194 5400 14491 5185 723 28993 TOTAL 24418 21732 40379 10960 1504 98993

Pr ofessor ( P) Associate professor (OP) Assis tan t professor (ST ) Instructor ( I ) Other (O ) TOTAL a) Find the probability that

i. The selected member is a male P( M ) ! 70000 ! 0.7071 98993 (2m)

(2 marks)

ii. The selected member is a female given that she is an Instructor. P( F I ) ! 5185 ! 0.4731 10960 (2m) (2 marks) (2 marks) (2m)

iii. The selected member is a male or a professor. P( M P) !

70000  24418  21224 73194 ! ! 0.7394 98993 98993

b. Are the events male and Assistant professor independent? Are they mutually exclusive? Why? P( M OP) ! P( M ) 25888 ! 0.64 40379 70000 P( M ) ! ! 0.707 98993 P( M OP) { P( M ) P( M OP) ! Dependent --------------1m Not mutually exclusive, because they can occur together
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3) When investigating times required for drive- through service, the following results (in seconds) were obtained. Find the range and standard deviation for each of the two samples, and then compare the variation of two sets of result. Re staurant A 120 67 89 97 124 68 72 96 Re staurant B 115 126 49 56 98 76 78 95 (10 marks)

Restaurant A X 120 67 89 97 124 68 72 96 733 X^2 14400 4489 7921 9409 15376 4624 5184 9216 70619 ---------1m ---------3m

RANGE=57 STD DEV=22.2257 Restaurant B X 115 126 49 56 98 76 78 95 693 X^2 13225 15876 2401 3136 9604 5776 6084 9025 65127

RANGE=77 STD DEV=26.9811

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Restaurant A is lower than restaurant B/ Restaurant B is higher than restaurant A/ Restaurant A is better than restaurant B
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