Assignment 01

Question 1

Table below presents the data with regard to stratification of all farmers in a district by the
farm size and the number of farmers sampled for each stratum. The average acres of corn
per farm and its variance of each stratum are also given.

Farm Size Number of Number of Average acres Variance

(acres) farms (N ί) farm sampled of corn ( y i ) (si2)
( n ί)
0-40 290 20 5.4 8.3
41-80 360 23 16.3 13.3
81-120 290 19 24.3 12.1
121-160 330 17 34.5 15.8
161-200 170 8 42.1 14.5
201-240 210 6 50.1 16.0
>241 150 7 63.8 15.2

(i) List two (02) advantages of Stratified Random Sample.

(ii) List two (02) disadvantages of Stratifies Random Sample.
(iii) Compute stratified sample of mean ( y st ).
k
Ni
Where y st =  yi and k = number of Strata N = Total units in the
i =1 N
population
(iv) Estimate the total acres of corn in the district.
(v) Suppose a systematic sample of n = 10 elements were drawn in the order; 9, 7,
9, 10, 4, 3, 1, 2, 8 and 6. Find the mean and variance. Population size is 1000
[5 Marks each]

Question 2
(i) Give Examples for Probability sampling and non-probability sampling
techniques. [5 marks]
(ii) Give advantages and disadvantages of Probability sampling and non-probability
sampling techniques [5 marks]
(iii)What is a sampling frame? [4 marks]
(iv) An inspector visits a large company to check their vehicles. The company has 4
large-load vehicles, 136 light vans and 21 cars. The inspector decides to sample
10% of the vehicles. Each type of vehicle is to be represented in the sample.
(a) What is this kind of sampling procedure called? [4 marks]
(b) How many of each type of vehicle should be inspected? [7 marks]

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