STT100 T3 2018

Individual Major Assignment

Based on Research and Hypothesis Testing

Subject Value: 25%

Due Date: Week: Friday 15 February 4th
Method of Submission: Turnitin via Moodle
Word Limit: This assignment involves statistical analysis and as such does not have a specific
word limit.

You must look at the lecture posted in week 7 for this unit to gain a fully overview and
assistance with how to complete this assignment.

This assignment requires you to select a topic of interest which can be examined using
available statistics about a population.
 You then are required to collect data on a sample of a population concerning your
selected topic of interest.
 You are then to conduct a hypothesis test to find out if the sample is similar or
significantly different to the population. This means that you compare if the sample
mean is equal to or not equal to the population mean or if the sample proportion is
equal or not equal to the population proportion.
 You are also required to then conclude and explain why or why not the sample and
population results and the sample are similar or different. Where possible you
should support your findings with journal articles on this topic.
 Does the sample have different characteristics for example to the population, are
there differences that are social, cultural, economic, geographical or are there time
differences between the two (for example different ages of the people in the
sample, different era, etc.).
 Explain the possibility of Type I and Type II errors that you could have made when
drawing your conclusion.

In conclusion based on your results what recommendations and business applications could
you suggest.