TEST CODE  02105032

FORM TP 2010130  MAY/JUNE 2010

CARIBBEAN E X A M I N AT I O N S COUNCIL

ADVANCED PROFICIENCY EXAMINATION

APPLIED MATHEMATICS

UNIT 1: STATISTICAL ANALYSIS

PAPER 03/2

1 ½ hours

10 JUNE 2010 (p.m.)

This examination paper consists of THREE questions.

The maximum mark for each question is 20.
The maximum mark for this examination is 60.
This examination consists of 4 printed pages.

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES

1. DO NOT open this examination paper until instructed to do so.

2. Answer ALL questions.

3. Unless otherwise stated in the question, all numerical answers MUST be

given exactly OR to three significant figures as appropriate.

Examination Materials:

Mathematical formulae and tables (Revised 2009)

Electronic calculator
Ruler and graph paper

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1. (a)
A school wants to obtain the views of its students on the possibility of having a teacher-
student exchange day (students become teachers and teachers become students for one
day). The school has 600 students, distributed as shown in the following table:

Year group Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5
Number of students 130 140 130 120 80

(i) Using the method of stratified random sampling, select a sample of 60 students to be
surveyed. [5 marks]

(ii) State ONE advantage and ONE disadvantage of using this technique.
[2 marks]

(iii) State ONE disadvantage of using a simple random sample to select the sample.
[1 mark ]

(b)
The average weekly income (in dollars) of workers in the 14 departments of a large
company are:

161 165 181 188 227 263 274
329 340 401 435 503 585 764

Determine

(i) the median income [3 marks]

(ii) the upper quartile of the incomes [1 mark ]

(iii) the lower quartile of the incomes [1 mark ]

(iv) the range of the incomes. [2 marks]

(c) Calculate the mean income. [3 marks]

(d) After salary negotiations, all salaries were increased by $50.00. What is the new mean
salary for the company? [2 marks]

Total 20 marks

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2. (a) A department store analyst wants to determine if there is a relationship between the
price of an article and the method of payment for the article. A random sample of 100
purchases was examined. The results are summarised in the following table.

Method of payment
Total
Cash Credit card Debit card
Price of Less than $200 9 3 4 16
article $200 - $1000 5 21 18 44
More than
3 23 14 40
$1000
Total 17 47 36 100

Calculate the probability that a randomly selected article

(i) cost more than $1000 [2 marks]

(ii) cost $200 – $1000 and was paid for with a credit card [3 marks]

(iii) cost less than $200 or was paid for with cash [3 marks]

(iv) was paid for with a credit card, given that it cost more than $1000.
[4 marks]

(b) A plumber has estimated that 35% of the household jobs that he is called to do will take
less than 15 minutes to complete. Assuming that jobs are independent,

(i) what is the probability that, in a sample of 12 jobs,

a) EXACTLY 6 will take less than 15 minutes to complete? [3 marks]

b) AT LEAST 2 will take less than 15 minutes to complete?

[3 marks]

(ii) Calculate the probability that EACH of the next 3 jobs he is called to do will take
less than 15 minutes. [2 marks]

Total 20 marks

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3. (a) For EACH of the following pairs of variables, A, B and C shown in the table below

A Time taken to repay a loan monthly balance on the loan

weights placed on the end of
B Length of the spring for each weight a spring
C Amount of income tax paid a person’s income

(i) identify the dependent and independent variables. [3 marks]

(ii) state whether you will expect a positive, zero or negative correlation between
EACH pair. [3 marks]

(b) The following table shows the age x, in years, and the value, in thousands of dollars, of
eight vehicles.

Age in 8 1 4 7 3
7 4 5
years, x
Value of
vehicle 30 52 44 20 70 48 25 60
(1 000 dollars)

∑x = 39, ∑y = 349, ∑xy = 1415, ∑x2 = 229, ∑y = 17369

2

(i) Calculate (x, y) where x is the mean of x and y is the mean of y.

[2 marks]

(ii) a) Derive the equation of the regression line of y on x, in the form y = a + bx

[6 marks]

b) Interpret the value of b in relation to the information given.

[2 marks]

(iii) a) Calculate the product-moment correlation coefficient, r. [2 marks]

b) Interpret the value obtained for r. [2 marks]

Total 20 marks

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