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Answer To Test Year 2012
Answer To Test Year 2012
1c. Which of the following sampling schemes will produce a more precise
estimate? Why?
i) n=20 and m=50, or ii) n=50 and m=20; where n is the number of
cluster and m is the number of elements)
(2 marks)
ii ) is better because it is spread out, and it reduces the rate of homogeneity.
The chances of covering clusters with different characteristics are better as
compared to design i).
2. The director of University Hospital wants to find out the average waiting
time at Clinic G. He intends to select a systematic sample of 60 patients
out of the total of 600 registered on a particular day. The result shows the
mean waiting time y =110 minutes, and standard deviation s = 20
minutes. Find the finite population correction factor and 95% confidence
interval for the mean waiting time.
(3 marks)
s 2 N n
V ( y )
n N
FPC=540/599 =0.9015
N
n
y
s
s sq
FPC
600
60
110
20
400
0.901503
Var (y bar)
SE
ME
95% Ci
6.010017
2.451534
4.903067
105.0969
114.9031
3. The bank manager wanted to estimate the total amount of cash withdrawn
from ATM machines located in shopping complexes and other places. He
selected a random sample of ATM machines from 100 machines located in
shopping complex and 200 machines located in other places. Results of his
study are shown in Table 1.
Table 1
N
n
Shopping complex
100
20
Other places
200
40
yi
i
320
60
168
20
1
N2
si2
N i ( N i ni )
i 1
ni
L
N
n
yi
si
s sq
wi
N-n
Y bar
Shopping complex
100
20
Other places
200
40
320
168
60
3600
0.3333
80
20
400
0.6667
160
106.656
112.0056
1440000
Var (y bar)
SE
ME
320000
218.66
16
176000
0
19.555
56
4.4221
66
8.8443
33
c)
Determi
ne the
sample
size
using
Neyman
allocatio
n, if the
margin
of error
B=10.
(3
marks)
N
i 1
2
i
2
i
/ ai
N 2 D N i i2
i 1
N
s sq
Ni Si
Shoppi
ng
comple
x
100
3600
Other
places
200
400
6000
4000
10000
wi
D
Num
Nsq D
N Sq
Den
0.6
25
0.4
600000
00
225000
0
360000
400000
00
1000000
00
80000
440000
2690000
37.1747
21
n
round
up
38
Percent
Valid Percent
Cumulative
Percent
Valid
Malays
201
67.0
67.0
67.0
.3
.3
67.3
Chinese
72
24.0
24.0
91.3
Indians
11
3.7
3.7
95.0
Other Bumiputera
Others
Non-citizens
Total
.3
.3
95.3
14
4.7
4.7
100.0
300
100.0
100.0
Weighted
Ethnic group
Frequency
Percent
Valid Percent
Cumulative
Percent
Malays
176
58.5
58.5
58.5
.6
.6
59.1
Chinese
99
32.8
32.8
92.0
Indians
2.0
2.0
94.0
Others
.2
.2
94.2
17
5.8
5.8
100.0
300
100.0
100.0
Other Bumiputera
Valid
Non-citizens
Total
Table 2
M (number of
durians)
50
40
35
A (number of rotten
durians)
5
8
5
N n
V ( p ) 2 s 2p
NnM
n
s 2p
a
i 1
Baske
t
2
p mi
n 1
M (number
of durians)
A (number of
rotten durians)
mi
ai
A
B
C
sq
50
40
35
125
P
M bar
FPC
Var(p)
a-m*P
5
8
5
-2.2
2.24
-0.04
4.84
5.0176
0.0016
9.8592
4.9296
18
0.144 sp sq
41.666667
0.0001344
0.000663
SE
0.0257398
ME
0.0514796
Number of students
2650
1290
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
1318
2010
2220
2775
1505
2893
1305
3390
1622
1022
24000
a) Please refer to Table 3 and help him select the sample using systematic
sampling with probability proportional to size. (Let 1039 be the random
start).
(2 marks)
b) What is the first stage, second stage and overall sampling fraction for
each of the 4 selected schools?
(2 marks)
c) If the proportion of students that are obese in each of the selected schools
is 0.24. 0.16, 0.35, 0.19. Estimate the proportion of obese students in the
district, and place a bound on the error of estimation.
(2 marks)
Numb
Schoo er of
l
studen
ts
A
2650
B
C
1290
1318
1st
2nd
overall p
0.4416 0.0377 0.0166
2650
67
36
67
0.24
3940
5258
2010
E
F
2220
2775
1505
H
I
2893
1305
3390
K
L
1622
1022
24000
7268
9488
12263
13768
16661
17966
21356
22978
24000
0.335
0.0497
51
0.0166
67
0.16
0.2508
33
0.0664
45
0.0166
67
0.35
0.565
0.0294
99
0.0166
67
0.19
Interv
al
F
b
RS
0.235
6000
60
0.24
0.005
100
0.16
-0.075
0.35
0.115
0.19
-0.045
6000
1039
7039
6000
13039
Var
Ppps
6000
19039
SE
ME
END
sq
0.0000
25
0.0056
25
0.0132
25
0.0020
25
0.0209
0.0017
42
0.0417
33
0.0834
67