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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, 08 ofthe corn oS FASE Guai assurance requemens, They have now changed tele 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: Scanned with CamScanner yw y Person 1 2 3 4 : . z a 2 (& | Host weieme | 7 | wo | 682 | 749 310 | 69.6 | 653 | 741 | s10- gd Weight after [375 | g00 | 68.6 | 700 | 78.0 | 65.0 | 61.0 | 71.0 | 770 ‘one month 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 ) 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 Scanned with CamScanner a s - Ow Ga Ye L474 Said ie actors ; wn as w , *| HR] O08 | [frninee doctors . ec @ 5 oy |

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