QUIZ STA404 DEC 2021

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Student No:
Group: SAMA7A/SACA4A
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PART A

QUESTION 1

a) Fill in the blank with an appropriate answer.

i) ____________ is the lowest scale of measurement, while __________is the
highest scale of measurement.
ii) Income is an example of _____________ variable.
iii) There are two sources of data: __________ and ______________ data.

(5 marks)

b) A lecturer carried out a survey involving 200 students drawn at random from a total
of 800, 2000, and 600 students of the Technology Faculty, Social Science Faculty,
and Medicine Faculty, respectively. One of the survey questions asked was “In a
typical week, how many hours do you study? (Include lecture/seminar attendance as
well as studying in your own time)”.

i) State the population and sample for the above study.

(2 marks)
ii) What is the scale of measurement for the variable in this study?
(1 mark)
iii) What is the sampling technique used in this study?
(1 mark)
iv) What is the method used by the lecturer to collect the data from his respondents?
(1 mark)

QUESTION 2 (5 marks)

The following data shows the weight (kg) of 7 customers registered with HFX Fitness Studio.

110 90 65 100 95 90 85

a) Calculate the mean and standard deviation.

(4 marks)
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b) Find the mode and median.

(3 marks)
c) Calculate the first and third quartiles.
(3 marks)

PART B

QUESTION 1

Faiz's group project paper's title is to study the effectiveness of headache tablets. The number
of hours of relief from headache using two different brands of headache tablets administered
to 15 patients experiencing fevers of 38 degrees Celsius or more was analyzed using SPSS.

Table 1
Group Statistics
Brand Std. Std. Error
of tablet N Mean Deviation Mean
Number of hours Brand A 8 4.8000 1.94863 .68894
to relief from Brand B 7 7.1143 2.09875 .79325
headache

Table 2
Levene's
Test for
Equality of
Variances t-test for Equality of Means
95% Confidence
Interval of the
Sig. (2- Mean Std. Error Difference
F Sig. t df tailed) Difference Difference Lower Upper
Number Equal .008 .931 -2.214 M .045 N 1.04509 -4.57206 -.05651
of hours variances
to relief assumed
from Equal -2.203 12.412 .047 -2.31429 1.05066 -4.59508 -.03349
headach variances
e not
assumed
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a) Find M and N.
(2 marks)
b) What is the assumption of the variances based on Levene's test?
(3 marks)
c) Find a 95% confidence interval for the mean difference. Interpret.
(2 marks)
d) Which brand of tablet is more effective? Give your reason.
(3 marks)

QUESTION 2

All students must buy the recommended textbook, which costs RM100 each. Their lecturer is
investigating if the students can afford to buy the textbook immediately by checking their
current amount in hand. A random sample of 40 students from a population of 210 students
who registered for a sampling methodology course was selected. The amount of money they
had at the time of the study was recorded and analysed using SPSS.

Table 3

Std. Std. Error

N Mean Deviation Mean
Amount in hand (RM) X 170.00 Y 18.568
Table 4

Test value=100
t df Sig. (2- Mean 95% Confidence Interval
tailed) Difference of the Difference
Lower Upper
Amount in 3.770 Z 0.001 70 32.44 107.56
hand (RM)

i) Find X, Y and Z
(3 marks)
ii) Find a 95% confidence interval for a mean.
(2 marks)
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QUESTION 3

Alia is interested in knowing whether the video of education increased during the MCO last
year. She collected the data from the YouTube channel by counting the number of videos
uploaded four months before and four months after the MCO 1.0 was announced. The SPSS
output below shows the result of the analysis.

Table 5

Paired Differences
90% Confidence
Interval of the
Std. Std. Error Difference Sig. (2-
Mean Deviation Mean Lower Upper t df tailed)
Pair Number of -14.92857 36.1997 6.84115 B C -2.182 27 .038
1 videos (before
MCO) - Number
of videos (after
MCO)

a) Find a 90% confidence interval for the mean difference. n=28

(3 marks)

b) Based on the confidence interval in a), can it be concluded that there is a difference
in the number of videos of education during the MCO? Give your reason.
(2 marks)

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