Dealon, Dave B. MTh G5.

13 2:30-4:00

QUIZ #1 STT 041.1

1. Determine whether the numerical value is a parameter or a statistic. (6pts)

i. In a survey of 2253 Internet users, 19% use Twitter or another service to share social updates. (Source:
Pew Lower class limit Upper class limit Internet Project)
101 111
Statistic
112 122
ii. At a 123 133 college, 90%
of the 134 144 Board of
145 157*
Trustees
members approved the contract of the new president. Parameter
iii. A survey of 846 chief financial officers and senior comptrollers shows that 55% of U.S. companies are
reducing bonuses. (Source: Grant Thornton International) Parameter
2. Identify the sampling technique used in each study. Explain your reasoning. (6PTS)
i. A journalist goes to a campground to ask people how they feel about air pollution. Random sampling
is the technique used since every member of the population has the equal chance of being
selected. The journalist can pick randomly to every people in the campground hence, it is
Random Sampling.
ii. For quality assurance, every tenth machine part is selected from an assembly line and measured for
accuracy. Systematic Sampling is the sampling technique used since the sample to be selected is
assigned a number. Every tenth machine part are selected so we can say that the sample is
assigned a number hence, it is Systematic Sampling.
iii. A study on attitudes about smoking is conducted at a college. The students are divided by class
(freshman, sophomore, junior, and senior). Then a random sample is selected from each class and
interviewed. Stratified Sampling is the sampling technique used since the members of the
population are divided into strata or group in each segment before selecting random person. The
population of students are grouped according to their respective segment of freshman,
sophomore, junior, and senior then picked a person randomly hence, it is stratified sampling.
3. The data set represents the number of minutes a sample of 25 people exercise each week.
108 139 120 123 120 132 123 131 131
157 150 124 111 101 135 119 116 117
127 128 139 119 118 114 127
(a) Make a frequency distribution of the data set using five classes. Include class limits, midpoints,
boundaries, frequencies, relative frequencies, and cumulative frequencies. (10pts)
 Number of classes — 5
 Range — 157 – 101 = 56
 Class Width — 56 / 5 ≈ 11.2 or 11
  Class limits

*The final upper class limit may not be equal to our maximum data entry of 157 when
adding the class width of ≈11.2 or 11 due to the possibility of rounding off.

 Frequency Distribution Table

Class Frequency Midpoint Relative frequency Cumulative
frequency
101–111 3 106 0.12 3
112–122 8 117 0.32 11
123–133 6 128 0.24 17
134–144 6 139 0.24 23
145–157 2 151 0.08 25
f = 25 f
— =1
n

(b) Display the data using a frequency histogram and a frequency polygon on the same axes. (3)

Number of People Exercise per week

(Labeled with class midpoint)
9 8
8
7 6 6
FREQUENCY

6
5
4 3
3 2
2
1
0
Number of Minutes

(c) Display the data using a relative frequency histogram. (3)

Number of People Exercise per week

9 8
8
RELATIVE FREQUENCY

7
6 6
6
5
4
3
3
2
2
1
0
Number of Minutes
 (d) Describe the distribution’s shape as symmetric, uniform, or skewed. (2)
 The distribution shape is a right skewed.

4. Construct a frequency distribution and a frequency histogram for the data set using the indicated number of
classes. Describe any patterns. (10)
Sales
Number of classes: 6
Data set: July sales (in dollars) for all sales representatives at a company
2114 2468 7119 1876 4105 3183 1932 1355 4278 1030 2000
1077 5835 1512 1697 2478 3981 1643 1858 1500 4608 1000

Frequency Distribution Table

Class Frequency Midpoint Relative frequency Cumulative
frequency
1000–2019 12 1510 0.55 12
2020–3039 3 2530 0.14 15
3040–4059 2 3550 0.09 17
4060–5079 3 4570 0.14 20
5080–6099 1 5590 0.04 21
6100–7119 1 6610 0.04 22
f = 22 f
— =1
n

Frequency histogram

JULY SALES FOR REPRESENTATIVE

14
12
12

10
FREQUENCY

4 3 3
2
2 1 1
0
CLASS MIDPOINT