SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT CLASS

A professor at a Business School in Europe teaches a popular program in supply chain management. In
one particular semester there are 80 participants signed up for the class. When the participants register
they are asked to complete a questionnaire regarding their sex, age, country of origin, area of
experience, marital status, and the number of children. This information helps the professor organize
study groups, which are balanced in terms of the participant’s background. This information is contained
in the table below. The professor teaches the whole group of 80 together and there is always 100%
attendance. The professor likes to have an interactive class and he always asks questions during his
class.

When you have a database with this type of information, there are many ways to analyze the
information depending on your needs. The following gives some suggestions, but there are several ways
of interpretation.

1. What is the probability that if the professor chooses a participant at random then that person
will be:
a) From Britain?
b) From Portugal?
c) From the United States?
d) Have experience in Finance?
e) Have experience in Marketing?
f) Be from Italy?
g) Have three children?
h) Be female?
i) Is greater than 30 years of age?
j) Are aged 25 years?
k) Be from Britain, have experience in engineering, and be single?
l) From Europe?
m) Be from the Americas?
n) Be single?
2. Given that a participant is from Britain then, what is the probability that the person will have:
a) Have experience in engineering?
b) Have experience in purchasing?
3. Given that a participant is interested in finance, then what is the probability that the person is
from an Asian country?
4. Given that a participant has experience in marketing, then what is the probability that the
person is from Denmark?
5. What is the average number of children per participant?
Number Sex Age Country Experience Marital Children
status
1 M 21 United States Engineering Married 0
2 F 25 Mexico Marketing Single 2
3 F 27 Denmark Marketing Married 0
4 F 31 Spain Engineering Married 2
5 F 23 France Production Married 0
6 M 26 France Production Single 3
7 M 25 Germany Engineering Single 0
8 F 29 Canada Production Single 3
9 M 32 Britain Engineering Married 2
10 F 21 Britain Finance Single 1
11 M 26 Spain Engineering Married 2
12 M 28 United States Finance Single 0
13 F 27 China Engineering Married 3
14 M 35 Germany Production Married 0
15 F 21 France Engineering Married 2
16 F 26 Germany Marketing Married 3
17 F 25 Britain Production Married 3
18 F 31 China Production Single 4
19 M 22 Britain Production Married 2
20 M 20 Britain Marketing Single 3
21 F 26 Germany Engineering Married 2
22 M 28 Portugal Engineering Single 1
23 M 29 Germany Engineering Single 0
24 M 35 Luxembourg Production Married 0
25 M 41 Germany Finance Married 3
26 F 25 Britain Marketing Single 0
27 M 23 Britain Engineering Married 3
28 F 23 Denmark Production Single 3
29 M 25 Denmark Marketing Single 2
30 F 26 Norway Finance Married 3
31 F 22 France Marketing Single 2
32 F 26 Portugal Engineering Married 3
33 F 28 Spain Engineering Single 3
34 M 24 Germany Production Married 2
35 M 23 Britain Engineering Single 1
36 M 25 United States Production Married 0
37 M 26 Canada Engineering Married 0
38 F 24 Canada Marketing Single 2
39 F 25 Denmark Marketing Single 0
40 M 28 Norway Engineering Married 3
41 F 31 France Finance Married 5
42 M 32 Britain Engineering Married 2
43 F 26 Britain Finance Single 3
44 M 21 Luxembourg Marketing Single 2
Number Sex Age Country Experience Marital Children
status
45 M 25 China Marketing Married 5
46 M 24 Japan Production Married 2
47 F 25 France Marketing Single 0
48 F 26 Britain Marketing Married 3
49 M 24 Germany Production Single 2
50 F 21 Taiwan Engineering Married 1
51 F 31 China Engineering Single 3
52 F 35 Britain Marketing Married 0
53 M 38 United States Marketing Married 5
54 F 39 China Engineering Single 2
55 M 23 Portugal Purchasing Married 3
56 F 25 Indonesia Engineering Married 2
57 M 26 Portugal Purchasing Married 2
58 M 23 Britain Marketing Single 0
59 M 25 China Purchasing Married 3
60 M 26 Canada Engineering Single 0
61 F 24 Mexico Purchasing Married 3
62 M 25 China Engineering Single 0
63 F 28 France Production Married 1
64 M 31 United States Marketing Single 2
65 F 32 Britain Marketing Married 3
66 F 25 Germany Engineering Single 0
67 M 25 Spain Purchasing Married 2
68 M 25 Portugal Engineering Single 1
69 M 26 Luxembourg Production Single 3
70 F 24 Taiwan Marketing Single 0
71 M 25 Luxembourg Production Married 1
72 F 26 Britain Engineering Married 2
73 M 28 United States Engineering Single 3
74 F 25 France Engineering Married 0
75 M 26 France Production Single 0
76 F 31 Germany Marketing Single 0
77 M 40 France Engineering Married 3
78 F 25 Spain Marketing Single 2
79 M 26 Portugal Purchasing Married 1
80 M 23 Taiwan Production Single 1