PBL CM0024/SM0025

2021/2022

PBL: STATISTICS

READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST

1- Please write your Matric number, full name and lecture number on the given cover page and
evaluation form.
2- Please attach evaluation form at the end of the page.
3- Report must be written using a computer. Do not write in blue or any colored pen and pencil.
4- You may use a soft pencil for any diagrams or graphs.
5- Do not use highlighters, glue or correction fluid.
6- Answer all the questions.
7- Show all your workings. No mark will be given for the missing steps.
8- Give non-exact numerical answers correct to 3 significant figures, or 1 decimal place in the case
of angles in degrees, unless a different level of accuracy is specified in the question.
9- The use of an electronic calculator is expected, where appropriate.
10- You are reminded of the need for clear presentation method/steps in your answers.
11- Fasten all your work securely together.
12- Hand in your report before starting your presentation.
13- Verify and understand in terms of “−”, “+”, “×” and other Mathematics signs in used formula.
14- Examiner will ask you to justify the chosen formula used in your answers.
15- Presentations must be done with a computer generated slide presentations (Power Point or any
presentation tools) and presented in English.
16- Please cite at least three references in your report.
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PROBLEM BASED LEARNING: Descriptive Data

PROBLEM 1 (30%):

1) Choose one data from

https://www.dosm.gov.my/v1/index.php?r=column/ctimeseries&menu_id=NHJlaGc2Rlg4ZXlGTj
h1SU1kaWY5UT09 , under the option “Labour Force Survey (LFS) Time Series Statistics by State,
1982-2017.”
a) The data your group selects MUST NOT BE THE SAME as other groups within your tutorial
class.
b) Your data must have a sample size of at least n=15, starting from the year 2000 onwards,
where the year represents the independent variable.
c) Your data must be a comparison of there (3) different states.
d) Select only one (1) dependent variable and must be the same for all three states selected.
e) Treat your data as a discrete data.
(6 marks)
2) Your report and presentation must have
a) An introduction; A brief description in your own words of your data and variables. (2 marks)
b) Prepare an appropriate type of frequency distribution table for each state and then compute
frequencies and cumulative frequencies. (6 marks)
c) Histograms, ogive and frequency polygon for each state. (9 marks)
d) Calculation of the summary measures of each state (mean, standard deviation, quartiles,
interquartile range). (12 marks)
e) A side-by-side box-and-whisker plots for any two groups selected from the three states. (6
marks)
f) Discussion of your outcomes. Comment on any symmetry or skewness in part 2(c). Discuss
the differences in terms of possible factors that relate to the movement of the data and
conclude your findings. (5 Marks)
(total 46marks)

PROBLEM 2 (10%)

You are employed as a statistician for a company that makes household products, which are sold by
part-time salesperson who work during their spare time. The company has four salesperson employed in
a small town. Let us denote these salesperson by A, B, C and D. the sales records (in ringgit) for the past
six weeks for these four salesperson are shown in the following table.

Week A B C D
1 1774 2205 1330 1402
2 1808 1507 1295 1665
3 1890 2352 1502 1530
4 1932 1939 1104 1826
5 1855 2052 1189 1703
6 1726 1630 1441 1498
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Your supervisor has asked you to prepare a brief report comparing the sales volumes and the
consistency of sales of these four salesperson. Use the mean for each salesperson to compare the sales
volumes, and then choose an appropriate statistical measure to compare the consistency of sales.

PROBLEM 3 (10%)

Assume you work for OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) and have complaints about
noise levels from some of the workers at a state power plant. You charge the power plant with taking
decibel readings at six different areas of the plant at a different times of the day and week. The results of
the data collection are listed. Use boxplots to initially explore with protective ear wear. The safe hearing
level is approximately 120 decibels.

Area 1 Area 2 Area 3 Area 4 Area 5 Area 6

30 64 100 25 59 67
12 99 59 15 63 80
35 87 78 30 81 99
65 59 97 20 110 49
24 23 84 61 65 67
59 16 64 56 112 56
68 94 53 34 132 80
57 78 59 22 145 125
100 57 89 24 163 100
61 32 88 21 120 93
32 52 94 32 84 56
45 78 66 52 99 45
92 59 57 14 105 80
56 55 62 10 68 34
44 55 64 33 75 21