COURSE CODE : MQS 1013 wn E 4 PEPERIKSAAN AKHIR SEMESTER KEDUA SESI 2012/2013 FINAL EXAMINATION FOR SEMESTER TWO SESSION 2012/2013 | NAMA KURSUS (COURSE NAME) : BASIC STATISTICS KOD KURSUS (COURSE CODE) + MQS 1013 PROGRAM (PROGRAMME) : BBA/BIBF TEMPOH (DURATION) : 3HOURS 1 ASSOC. PROF. ABDUL AZIZ BIN ABDUL PENSYARAH (LECTURER) fron ARAHAN (INSTRUCTIONS) 1 ‘The question paper consists of SIX (6) printed pages including cover. 2 ‘There are SEVEN (7) questions in total. You are required to answer only FIVE (5) questions. 3. All answers must be written on the answer booklet provided. AANGAN BUKA SDALAN INI SEHINGGA DIBERI ARAHAN DO NOT OPEN THIS BOOKLET UNTIL INSTRUCTED (© KOLE) UNIVERSITT INSANIAHMOS 1013 Basic Statistics Matric Number :__ Answer only FIVE (5) questions. QUESTION 1 (20 MARKS) A random sample of 1,000 people were used in a food study. The question “What do you prefer to grill during barbecue seasons?” was asked on each of them. Below is the summary of the results obtained : Food type % Beef 31 Chicken 27 Fruit 1 Hot dogs Fish ul (Crablprawn 19 Vegetable 3 REQUIRED: a) Construct a bar chart, a pie chart, and a pareto chart, (10 marks) b) Which graphical method do you think is the best for portraying these data? Give reasons? (5 marks ) ©) What conclusion can you reach concerning the choice of food they like to grill during barbecue seasons? (5 marks )[MQS 1013 Basie Statistics Matric Number QUESTION 2 (20 MARKS) Below is the data on the cost of electricity in Malaysian ringgit for one month for a random sample of 40 one-bedroom apartments in Kuala Lumpur city: By using 90 as the lower bound of the first class interval, 219 as the upper bound of the last class interval and class width of 10. REQUIRED: a) Construct a histogram and a percentage polygon. (10 marks) b) Construct a cumulative percentage polygon. (S marks ) ©) Around what amount does the monthly electricity cost seem to be concentrated? (5 marks ) QUESTION 3 (20 MARKS) The following are the average room prices (in English pounds) paid in six British cities in 2010. 110 98 78 70 76 62 REQUIRED: ) Compute the mean, median, and the mode. Comment on the result . (7 marks ) b) Compute the range, variance, and the standard deviation, Comment on the result, (Tmarks ) c) If the first value was 210 instead of 110, give your opinion how it will affect the result in part(a) and (b) above. (6 marks )[MOS 1013 Basic Statistics ‘Matric Number QUESTION 4 (20 MARKS) The table below lists the calories and sugar in grams, in one serving of seven breakfast cereals: Cereal Calories Sugar Kellogg's All Bran 80 6 | Kellogg's Corn Flakes 100 2 | vie 100 4 | Nature's Path Organic 110 4 Kellogg's Rice Krispies ise 4 Post Shredded Wheat Almond 120 uu | Kelloge’s Mini Wheat | 200 10 REQUIRED: a) Compute the covariance. (5 marks ) b) Compute the coefficient of correlation. (S marks ) ©) Which do you think is more valuable in expressing the relationship between calories and sugar- covariance or the coefficient of correlation? Explain. (5 marks ) 4) Based on (a) and (b), what conclusions can you reach about the relationship between calori and sugar? (5 marks )MOS 1013 Basle Statistics Matric Number QUESTION 5 (20 MARKS) 1) Asurvey on 100 males and 100 females was conducted to determine whether dining preference is associated to gender. The table below shows the results: Gender Dining Preference | Male Female Total Dining inside 21 12 33 Order inside to go i9 10 29 Order at the drive | 60 78 138 through 100) 100 200 REQUIRED: a) Base on the result, is dining preference independent of gender? Explain, (10 marks) 1) IfP(A)=0.45, P(B/A )=0.7 and P( B/A’ ) = 0.65, find P( A/B) (10 marks) QUESTION 6 (20 MARKS) A set of final examination grades in a business statistics course is normally distributed, with a mean of 82 and a standard deviation of 10.5. REQUIRED: a) What is the probability that a student scored below 95 on this examination? (5 marks ) b) What is the probability that a student scored between 70 and 90? (S marks ) ©) The probability is 10% that a student taking the test scores higher than what grade? (5 marks ) d) If the professor grades on a curve (ie gives A’s to the top 10% of the class, regardless of the score), are you better off with a grade of 85 on this exam or a grade of 65 on a different exam, where the mean is 60 and the standard deviation is 3? Show your answer statistically and explain, (Smarks )[MOS 1013 Basie Statistics Matric Number QUESTION 7 (20 MARKS) The following is the overall miles per gallons (MPG) of 15 selected small sport utility vehicles (SUVs): 19, 22, 22, 26, 19, 19, 23, 24, 21, 21, 19, 22, 22, 16, 16 REQUIRED: a) Construct a 95% confidence interval estimate for the population mean MPG of small SUVs, assuming normal distribution. (8 marks ) b) Interpret the interval constructed in (a). (6 marks ) ©) Can a confidence interval estimate in (a) be constructed without the assumption of normal distribution? Give reasons. (6 marks ) END OF QUESTIONS