TEST 1

NAME
STUDENT ID
SECTION
LECTURER NAME
COURSE CODE BUM2413 APPLIED STATISTICS
DATE 25 OCTOBER 2015 (SUNDAY)
DURATION 1 HOUR AND 30 MINUTES
SESSION/SEMESTER SESSION 2015/2016 SEMESTER I

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATE:

1. Fill in the above particulars clearly. Question FOR EXAMINER USE ONLY
2. Write your student ID and the question number Marks CO Marks
number at the top of every answer sheet. 1 /4 1
3. Answer all questions in the space
2 / 14
provided.
4. Write your answers in the spaces 3 / 12
provided. All calculations and 2
assumptions must be clearly stated. 4 / 12

5 /8
Total
TEST REQUIREMENTS:
marks /50
1. Statistical Tables and Formula
2. Scientific calculator

DO NOT TURN THIS PAGE UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO

This test paper consists of SIX (6) printed pages including front page.

QUESTION 1 [4 MARKS]
The Tenaga National Berhad branch in Kuantan is conducting a survey to find out the average
monthly consumption of electricity in a selected housing area. The area consists of twenty blocks
of double-storey houses. Each block consists of twelve houses. A random sample of five blocks
is selected. All the houses in each block are included as units in the sample.

a) Determine the population in this survey.

(1 Mark, CO1/PO1)

b) What is the variable of interest? State the level of measurement of the variable.

(2 Marks, CO1/PO1)

c) What is the sampling technique used?

(1 Mark, CO1/PO1)

QUESTION 2 [14 MARKS]

In a study of ground water, it is important to know the characteristics of the soil at a certain site.
Many of these characteristics, such as porosity, are at least partially dependent upon the grain
size. 30 grains of soil are collected and their diameters are measured (in millimetres). The data is
summarized as stem and leaf plot below.

Stem Leaf
1.2 0 2 3
1.2 5 5 6 6 6 7
1.3 1 1 2 3 3 4
1.3 5 5 5 5 6 6 7 8 8 9
1.4 0 0 1 3
1.4 8
Key: 1.2 | 0 means 1.20
Figure 1

a) Determine the shape of distribution of the stem and leaf plot given in Figure 1.

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 (1 Mark, CO2/PO3)

b) Is there any outlier(s) exists for the data shown in Figure 1?

(6 Marks, CO2/PO3)
c) Construct a boxplot for the data and give comment.

(6 Marks, CO2/PO3)

d) Does the result obtained in (c) support your answer in (a) in terms of shape of distribution?

(1 Mark, CO2/PO3)

QUESTION 3 [12 MARKS]

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An article titled, Sex Differences in Static Strength and Fatigability in Three Different Muscle
Groups, by J. Misner et al. published results of a study on grip and leg strength of males and
females. The following data, in kilo-Newton (kN), is based on their measurements of right-leg
strength only for males and females.
Table 1
Male Female
2.63 1.80 1.57 1.34 1.35 1.87
2.24 2.30 1.98 2.48 1.57 1.70
1.11 1.93 3.13 1.79 1.87 2.10
2.36

Preliminary data analyses indicate that you can reasonably presume leg strength is normally
distributed for both males and females and that the standard deviations of leg strength are
approximately unequal.

a) Construct a 90% confidence interval for the difference between mean right leg strength of
males and females. Interpret your result.

(9 Marks, CO2/PO3)
b) Find an upper bound of 97% confidence interval for population means right-leg strength of
males.

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 (3 Marks, CO2/PO3)

QUESTION 4 [12 MARKS]

From September 1998 to May 1999, Malaysia experienced a Japanese Encephalitis (JE) outbreak
caused by the Nipah virus. The percentage of patient who died caused by the virus is 45%. A
neurologist found that one-fifth and two-third of 180 patients infected by the virus was unable to
survive from states M and N, respectively.

a) Find sampling distribution on the percentage of patients who died because of the virus from
state M.

(3 Marks, CO2/PO3)

b) How many patients from State N need to be sampled for 98% confidence interval so that the
estimation error lies within 10%?

(3 Marks, CO2/PO3)
c) Construct the 95% confidence interval for the difference of population proportion of survival
from the virus for both states.

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 (6 Marks, CO2/PO3)

QUESTION 5 [8 MARKS]
A computer system administrator notices that computers running a particular operating system
seem to freeze-up more often as the installation of the operating system ages. She measures the
time (in minutes) before freeze-up one month and seven months after the system installed,
respectively. The results are given as follows.
Table 2
One month after
207.4 233.1 215.9 235.1 225.6 244.4 245.3
installation
Seven months after
158.4 170.8 190.2 201.7 149.4 203.7 196.8 168.9 189.2
installation

Compute a 96% confidence interval on the ratio of population variances before freeze-up for the
seventh and first month after installation. Hence, interpret your answer.

(8 Marks, CO3/PO3)
END OF QUESTION PAPER