INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICS

CUMT 105

ASSIGNMENT ONE

Answer ONE question from EACH SECTION.

Type your answers if you want to submit the assignment ON-LINE for marking
Write your answers NEATLY by hand and submit the hard copy, if you cannot type.
Methods marks are awarded for correct methods shown on your answer script.

Write your answers in complete sentences. E.g. χ = 3.4 and not this: = 3.4
Number your answers accurately
SECTION A

A1.a) What are the meanings of these words used in Statistics?

i)Statistics (ii) Statistic (iii) Population (iv)sample (v) Sampling [10]

b) Copy and complete the table by ticking under the appropriate descriptive word. [10]

Variable Quantitative Qualitative Discrete Continuous

Number of students in class
Weight of a desk
Colour of uniforms
Speed of cars
Number of pages in a book
Level of Education

c) Suggest five possible benefits of studying Introduction to Statistics to you. [5]

A2.a) Identify each of these data sources as Internal, external, primary and /or secondary.

i) Assignment marks for social class [2]

ii) News reports on road accidents along Harare to Chinhoyi road [2]
iii) Results of a survey of students’ views on transport to University. [2]

b) Write four advantages of using primary data in your research. [8]

c) Name and suggest an example for each of the four methods of collecting data. [8]

d) Write three advantages of using numbers in statistics. [3]

SECTION D

D3. a) Describe with an example, the appropriate variable distribution for the situation

where each of these sampling methods can be used.

i) Simple random sampling. (ii) Stratified. (iii) Systematic. (iv) cluster

(v) Snowball [15]

b) The Chairman would like to interview 38 students from the Social class which is

composed of : 13 students from BSCEM, 97 students from BSHT and 23 students from

BSWEC. Explain how the sampling of 38 participants is done. [10]

D4. a) Write five purposes of graphs. [10]

b) Present the following Ages of 24 people who visited Chinhoyi Caves on Easter on a

Stem and Leaf diagram. [11]

70, 30, 14, 51, 56, 72, 94, 63, 40, 37, 73, 48, 67, 55, 31, 40,

40, 66, 53, 46, 35, 47, 65, 54.

c) Use your diagram to describe the Age distribution. [4]

DATE DUE: 28 MAY 2021