STATISTICS SECTION B21

TAKE HOME EXAM

Answer the following questions/ problems. Submit your answers as attachment to an email to me with
appropriate calculations, if and when necessary. Use my email add: argcomahig@gmail.com on or
before December 25, 2019. Thank you.

1. What are the two major areas of statistical inference?

A. Descriptive Statistics

B. Inferential Statistics

2. Find the mean and variance of the following distribution:

x 1 2 3 4
P(x) 0 1/4 1/4 1/2

3. Mr. Alfonso Martin, the human resource management officer of Y Corporation, is responsible
for recommending the promotion of an employee, Raul Khan, to a Division Chief position.
Determine the type of error that Mr. Martin will be making in each of the following conditions:

a. The hypothesis that Raul Khan is qualified is erroneously accepted. - Type II error
b. The hypothesis that Raul Khan is qualified is erroneously rejected. – Type I error
c. The hypothesis that Raul Khan is qualified is correctly accepted. – No Error
d. The hypothesis that Raul Khan is qualified is correctly rejected. – Type I error

4. Write the null and alternative hypotheses in the following:

a. The proportion of male and female students entering this year is equal.
Null: There is no significant ….
Alternative: There is a significant ….

b. There exists a significant difference in the performance of Grade 7 pupils in Mathematics

and in English.
Null: There is no significant …
Alternative: There is a significant …

c. There are more female than male employees in Company Z for the year 2019.
Null: There is no significant …
Alternative: There is a significant …
 d. Traditional politicians are more likely to win in the forthcoming national elections than non-
traditional politicians.
Null: There is no significant …
Alternative: There is a significant …

e. The admission test score of a college student predict his success in college.
Null: There is no significant …
Alternative: There is a significant …

5. The manager of a pipe manufacturing facility must ensure that the diameters of its pipes equal
5cm. The manager follows the basic steps for doing a hypothesis test.

a. What would be the most appropriate null hypothesis?

H0:

b. Choosing the most common significance level of 0. 5, they collect a sample of pipes and
measure their diameters. They perform the hypothesis test and the manager obtains a p-
value of 0.004. The p-value is less than the significance level of 0.05. What is the conclusion
of the manager regarding this matter?
Conclusion:

6. The IGP coordinator of a certain university would like to determine if there is a significant
difference in the mean monthly income of the school’s internet café to facilitate the plan
procuring additional computer units. The following data were taken on the monthly income of
café for the 1st and 2nd semesters. Perform a test of hypothesis for this problem using an alpha
value of 0.05. Use ANOVA to find the P-value. What is your conclusion?
Month 1st Semester 2nd Semester
1 P15,244.50 P30,450.18
2 30,317.68 40,719.14
3 20,300.50 20,915.25
4 25,415.25 30,100.57
5 73,378.75 80,391.50

H0:
Conclusion:

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