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WASIKE IGNATIUS NYUKURI

REGISTRATION NO.: BIT/2023/51272

SCHOOL OF COMPUTING AND INFORMATICS, MOUNT KENYA UNIVERSITY.

BMA1104: PROBABILITY AND STATISCS I.

DUE ON 27/10/2023 11.00PM

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Q1. The following data relates to the weights of 80 children who attended a clinic in one month

Weight of 0-4 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-29

the kids
No. of 6 15 20 18 5 16
children
Determine,

i).The mean (2mks)

Weight Midvalues No. of c.f fx x-x (x- x)2 f(x- x)2

of kids X children(f)
0-4 2 6 6 12 -13.0625 170.6289 1023.7734
5-9 7 15 21 105 -8.0625 65.00391 975.0586
10-14 12 20 41 240 -3.0625 9.3789 187.5781
15-19 17 18 59 306 1.9375 3.7539 67.5703
20-24 22 5 64 110 6.9375 48.1289 240.6445
25-29 27 16 80 432 11.9375 142.5039 2280.0625
∑f=80 ∑fx=120 ∑=439.3984 ∑=
5 4774.6875

∑ fx 1205
The mean¿ = = 15.0625
∑f 80
ii)The variance and hence standard deviation (4mks)

∑ f ( x−x ) 2 4774.6874
variance( s2)= ∑f = 80 = 59.6836
standard deviation(s)= √ 59.6836= 7.7255
iii).Median and the mode of the data (4mks)
N
+ −C . F
median = L 2 ×C
F
N th = 80 = 40
2 2
median class is 10-14

median= 9.5+ 40−21 ×5 =9.5+4.75= 14.25

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mode= 3median-2mean = 3×14.24-2×15.0625= 42.75-30.125= 12.625

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 Q2a).Fit a linear regression model of the form y = a + bx for the data below. Determine the
values of a and .
(10mks)
Distance x Time y mins (x- x) (y- y ) (x- x)(y- y ) (x- x)2 (y- y )2
miles
3.5 16 0.61 2.4 1.464 0.3721 5.76
2.4 13 -0.49 -0.6 0.294 0.2401 0.36
4.9 19 2.01 5.4 10.854 4.0401 29.16
4.2 18 1.31 4.4 5.764 1.7161 19.36
3.0 12 0.11 -1.6 -0.176 0.0121 2.56
1.3 11 -1.59 -2.6 4.134 2.5281 6.76
1.0 8 -1.89 -5.6 10.584 3.5721 31.36
3.0 14 0.11 0.4 0.044 0.0121 0.16
1.5 9 -1.39 -4.6 6.394 1.9321 21.16
4.1 16 1.21 2.4 2.904 1.4641 5.76
Σx = 28.9 Σy = 136 ∑(x- x)(y- y )=42.260 ∑(x- x)2=15.889 ∑(y- y )2 =122.40
x =28.9/10 136
y= =13.6
=2.89 10

Y =a+bx
Sy
Slope of the regression line b is given by b=r ×
Sx
Where
r is correlation coefficient
Sy is the standard deviation of y
Sx is the standard deviation of x
The y intercept a, of the regression line is given by a= y -b x
Where y is mean of y.
Where x is mean of x.
∑ ( x −x ) ( y− y ) 42.260 42.260
Correlation coefiecient r¿ = = = 0.9583
√∑ ( x− x ) 2 ∑ ( y− y ) 2 √15.899 ×122.40 √1944.8136

√
Sx =
∑ ( x −x ) 2 15.889/10
n
= = 1.5889

Sy=
√ ∑ ( y− y ) 2
n
= 122.40/10 = 12.240
b=0.9583×12.240/1.5889 = 7.3822
a=13.6-2.89×7.3822= -7.7346
regression equation is y=-7.7346+7.3822x
Q2 b). In an aptitude test administered to 900 students, the mean is 50 and standard deviation is
20. (Assuming normal distribution) Find

i) The number of students scoring between 30 to 70 (2mks)

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 µ= 50 ∂=20
x−µ 30−50
z= = = -1
sd 20
70−50
z= =1
20

P(30<X<70)= P(-1<Z<1)

-1 0 1

Area(z= -1 to z= 1)
0.8413-0.1587= 0.6826
Number of students will be 0.6826×900 = 614.34
= 614 students
ii) Number of students exceeding the score of 65 (4mks)
65−50
P(X>65)= P(Z> ) = P(Z>0.75) = P(Z< -0.75)
20
0.2266×900 = 203.94
203 students
iii) The value of score exceeded by the top 90 students (4mks)

90= area(probability) ×900

Area= 0.1

Checking from z table (1-0.1)= 0.9 read to get

Z= 1.28

x−50
=1.28
20

X=25.6+50= 75.6

=75 marks

References

1. Probability and statistics study guide.

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2. Four figure mathematical tables