April 28, 2021

SABANCI UNIVERSITY
MGMT 203 - Introduction to Data Analysis and Research in Business

Quiz 2
Duration: 60 minutes

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3. You are expected to follow Sabancı University Academic Honesty policies.
4. You should join the Quiz 2 online and from the weekly zoom link, the camera should be
arranged as the TAs and the instructor can see you and your computer screen.
1. The file Question12021.xlsx contains data on repetitive task times for each of two workers. A has
been doing this task for months, whereas B has just started. Each time listed is the time (in seconds) to
perform a routine task on an assembly line. The times shown are in chronological order.

a.(40)Calculate a 95% confidence interval for the mean time it takes A to perform the task. Do the same
for B. Interpret your finding

b.(10)Do you believe both of the confidence intervals in part a are valid and/or useful? Why or why
not? Which of the two workers would you rather have, assuming that task time is the only issue

2. The CEO of a medical supply company is committed to expanding the proportion of highly qualified
women in the organization’s large staff of salespersons. Given the recent hiring practices of his human
resources director, he claims that the company has increased the proportion of women in sales
positions throughout the organization between 2014 and 2019. Hoping to find support for his claim, he
directs his assistant to collect random samples of the salespersons employed by the company in 2014
and 2019. These data are listed in the file Question22021.xlsx

a)(40)Test the CEO’s claim using the sample data and report a p-value.
b)(10)Is there statistical support for the claim that his strategy is effective?

Good Luck