University of Sri Jayewardenepura
Department of Statistics
B.Sc, (General) Degree Second Year First Semester Terminal Course Unit Examination
June, 2019
STA 214 1.5 - Nonparametric Statistics
‘Answer All Questions Time: Two (2) hours
Use a = 0.05 for all tests
Question 1: (10 Marks) .
Historically factory tas been abe to produce an electronic component with $0% reliability,
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that tis has improved the reliability. To test this, they took a
Sample of 15 components produced wing the new process and foun that 13 components passed
the quality assurance test. Does the data show a inificant improvement over the ol process?
Qupatfon 2: (10 Marks)
fe numbers of books borrowed from a particular council library during a certain week were 150
on Monday, 130 on Tuesday, 140 on Wednesday, 280 on Thursday and 300 on Friday. A
researcher wants to determine whether the numbers of books borrowed on Monday to Friday are
significanty/4ifer or not Perform a suitable nonparametric test to check the above,
spanifactring process ‘and hope that
fion 3: (30 Marks)
ian is studying he effec ofa seca it plan (Pan A) on weight los, Nine people
“(who may be tonsidered as a random ‘Sample from the population’ unider study) volunteered to
také part in the experiment. Their weights were measured, Then, they were ppt on the special
diet plan, After a month, their weights were measured again, Theres related to Plan A
kilograms were as follows:
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hae an appropriate non-parametric test to determine whether the dietician's special diet
plan (Plan A) has significantly reduced the weight.
es thatthe ditcian has recently developed another diet plan (plan B) and he wants
de which plin is better out of Plan A and Plan B, ‘B. To investigate this NEWS Gen
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another sample of nine people (from the same population). The rests related to Plan B
& in Klograms were as Fallows: ————
after one month
Weightloss | 45 | 25 | 19 | 30 | 12 | 09 ss | 36 | 24]
Outline the steps of 2 nonparametric test that can be applied to decide which plan is
beter.
Quesfiof 4: (35 Marks)
ip experiment was conducted {o determine the accuracy of a test designed to identify, a certain
sof at the hospital, and five undergraduate medical
stadents who are Fe following psychology, The results in the table sive the number correct
classified by each judge. a
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significant difference between the scores obtained by the three groups.
{b) Perform the test you chose in Part (a).
scores obtained by the three groups are significantly different
(6) Do the data suggest that
scores.
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yn 5: (15 Marks)
Aemployees was asked about the daily time wasted at work
doing nor-work activities, and eriailing friends. The resulting data,
jn minutes, were as follows:
jos 108 tL 112 113. 114 LIT 128 130 151
1 decide whether that these data follow a normal
Apply a suitable nonparametric test
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Pairwise comparison:
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Tier ten (Ri)? - 3nlk+1) sample
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Pairwise comparison:
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Kruskal Watts test:
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