MATH 230

ATTEMPT ALL QUESTIONS

ASSIGNMENT (15 MARKS)
DUE DATE 7/3/2023
1. Compare probability and non-probability sampling methods, giving suitable situation where each

can and cannot be used

2. A firm sales manager believes that total sales for the firm this year can be modeled by using a

normal distribution with a mean of kshs 2,500,000 and a standard deviation of kshs 250,000

i. What is the probability that the firm’s sales will exceed kshs 3,050,000?

ii. What is the probability that the firm’s sales will fall between kshs 2,000,000 and kshs

3,000,000

iii. Determine the sales level that has only 12% chance of being exceeded

3. Explain two conditions under which Poisson distribution can be used to approximate binomial

distribution

4. A soap manufacturing company was distributing a particular soap brand through a large number

of retail shops. Before advertisement campaign the mean sales per week per shop was a40 dozen.

After a campaign, a sample of 25 shops was taken and the mean sales was found to be 148 dozen

with a standard deviation of 15. can you consider the advertisement to be effective?

5. In a city 16 out of a sample of 500 men were drinkers. After the heavy increase in tax on

intoxicants, another random sample of 100 men in the same city included 3 drinkers. Was the

observed decrease in the proportion of drinkers’ significant after-tax increase?

6. Twenty volunteers were selected with five being assigned at random to each of A1, A2 A3 and

A4. Each volunteer was given the assigned antidote and then required to drink a prescribed
amount of sugar; an amount kept secret to protect the innocent. One hour after the volunteer had

drunk the sugar, a sample of his/her blood was taken and tested for blood sugar level. The results

are given below.

Antidote/rep 1 2 3 4 5 Total

A1 76 52 92 80 70 370

A2 110 96 74 105 125 510

A3 95 145 100 190 201 731

A4 87 93 91 120 99 490

Required

Analyze these data and prepare a report on the comparative merits of the four antidotes.