Faculty of Business

DBQT2013 Business Statistics

Semester May 2023
Assignment 1

Name & Student : Kerishma D/O Palaniyandi

ID 202109030012
Date : 18/07/2023

Marks :

TOTAL MARKS: 20%

30 MARKS

Answer ALL questions.

[Total : 30 marks]

QUESTION 1

A mortgage company randomly samples accounts of their time-share customers. State

whether each of the following variables is Qualitative or Quantitative. If Qualitative, give
the level of measurement. If Quantitative, is it discrete or continuous?
a) The original purchase price of a customer’s time-share unit.
= Quantitative, Continuous.
b) The state (or country) of residence of a time-share owner.
= Qualitative, Nominal data
c) A time-share owner’s satisfaction level with the maintenance of the unit
purchased (1: very dissatisfied to 5: very satisfied).
= Qualitative, Ordinal data
d) The number of times a customer’s payment was late.
= Quantitative, Discrete
(8 Marks)

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QUESTION 2

Visitors to a supermarket in Singapore were asked to complete a customer service

survey. Are the answers to the following survey questions categorical or numerical? If
an answer is categorical, give the level of measurement. If an answer is numerical, is it
discrete or continuous?
a) Have you visited this store before?
= Categorical, Nominal
b) How would you rate the level of customer service you received today on a scale
from 1 (very poor) to 5 (very good)?
= Categorical, Ordinal
c) How much money did you spend in the store today?
= Numerical, Continuous
(6 Marks)

QUESTION 3

A university administrator requested a breakdown of travel expenses for faculty to

attend various professional meetings. It was found that 31% of the travel expenses was
spent for transportation costs, 25% was spent for lodging, 17% was spent for food, and
20% was spent for conference registration fees; the remainder was spent for
miscellaneous costs.
a) Construct a pie chart.

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 b) Construct a bar chart.

(6 Marks)

QUESTION 4

The following frequency distribution table gives the age distribution of drivers who were
at fault in auto accidents that occurred during a 1-week period in a city.

a) Prepare the relative frequency and percentage distribution columns.

Age (years) F Relative Frequency Percentage

18-20 7 7/117=0.06 6%
20-25 12 12/117=0.10 10%
25-30 18 18/117=0.15 15%
30-40 14 14/117=0.12 12%
40-50 15 15/117=0.13 13%
50-60 16 16/117=0.14 14%
60 and over 35 35/117=0.30 30%
Total 117 1.00 100%

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b) Construct a histogram for the percentage distribution and describe on the shape.
(10 Marks)

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