Name: KEITH WALLY Y.

BALAMBAN
Student No.: 2018-31016

PMM 299.1 QUANTITATIVE METHODS FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND

MANAGEMENT

Exercise Number 2

Date Due: 25 October 2019

1. 20 points
The following table shows the grouped data, in classes, for the height of 50 people.

height (in cm) – classes frequency

120 <- 130 2
130 <- 140 5
140 <- 150 25
150 <- 160 10
160 <- 170 8

a) Calculate the mean of the height of the 50 people.

b) Calculate the standard deviation of the height of 50 people.
c) Interpret your result.

Solution/Computation:

height (in cm) – x f fx

classes
120 <- 130 125 2 250
130 <- 140 135 5 675
140 <- 150 145 25 3,625
150 <- 160 155 10 1,550
160 <- 170 165 8 1,320
Total 50 7,420

a. X = fx = 7,420 = 148.4

n 50

height (in cm) – x f fx fx2

classes
120 <- 130 125 2 250 31,250
130 <- 140 135 5 675 91,125
140 <- 150 145 25 3,625 525,625
150 <- 160 155 10 1,550 240,250
160 <- 170 165 8 1,320 217,800
Total 50 7,420 1,106,050

b. S =  f (fx2) – (fx)2 =  50(1,106,050) – (7,420)2 =  55,302,500 – 55,056,400 = 10.02

n (n-1) 50 (50-1) 2,450
 c. The average height of the 50 people is 148.4 cm based on the computation of the
mean. Based on the table, the average height is more frequent on the height with a
range of 140 cm to 150 cm. The standard deviation resulted to 10.02 which merely
explains that the height of the 50 people are concentrated or clustered to the average
height. This also explains why the distribution of the grouped data has an intervals of
10 in the frequency table.

Fill-in the Blanks

2. 15 points
A researcher knows that the average height of Filipino women is 1.525 meters. A random
sample of 26 women was taken and was found to have a mean height of 1.56 meters with a
standard deviation of .10 meters.

Answer the following:

1. What test statistic should be used? T-Test for Single Sample Test of the Mean
2. Formulate the null hypothesis. Ho:  = 1.525
3. Formulate the alternative hypothesis. Ha:  > 1.525
4. At .01 level of significance, what is the table value? 2.485
5. At .05 level of significance, what is the table value? 1.708

3. 15 points
Eggs laid by chicken are known to have lengths normally distributed, with a mean of 6 cm
and standard deviation of 1.4 cm. What is the probability of finding an egg bigger than 8 cm.
in length?

Solution/Computation:

ANSWER: The probability of finding an egg bigger than 8 cm. in length is 7.64%

4. 20 points
The lifetime of a tire brand is approximately normally distributed with mean 42,500 miles
and standard deviation 3,200 miles. What percentage of tires last over 45,000 miles? Show
your computation.
Solution/Computation:

ANSWER: The percentage of tires that last over 45,000 miles is 21.77%

The blood cholesterol levels in 20-year old students is normally distributed with a mean of
165 milligrams of cholesterol per deciliter of blood and a standard deviation of 30. What
percentage of 20-year old students have level between 120 and 200? Show your
computation.

Solution/Computation:

ANSWER: The percentage of 20-year old students that have blood cholesterol level
between 120 mg and 200 mg is 81.22%
5. 30 points
A training was given to 30 local entrepreneurs to increase their monthly sales. Their mean
monthly sale is 200 units prior to the training. Six months after the completion of the training,
a survey of the trainees revealed a mean-monthly sale of 215 units with a standard deviation
of 15 units. Answer the questions below: (NOTE: Include computation where needed.)

Do a hypothesis test to determine whether the sale of the trainees increased. Use  = 0.05.

a. What is the null hypothesis?

A. Ho:  > 215
B. Ho:   215
C. Ho:  < 200
D. Ho:   200
E. Ho:  > 200

b. What is the alternative hypothesis?

A. Ha:  > 215
B. Ha:   215
C. Ha:   200
D. Ha:  < 200
E. Ha:  > 200

c. If you are going to use t-test, what is the direction of the test?
A. Right tailed
B. Left tailed
C. Two-tailed
D. Nine-tailed
E. None of the above

d. Given the critical values below, what is the right decision rule?
One-tail critical value at  = 0.05 is 1.699
Two-tail critical value at  = 0.05 is 2.045
A. Reject Ho if tcomputed > 2.045, otherwise fail to reject Ho.
B. Reject Ho if tcomputed > 1.699, otherwise fail to reject Ho.
C. Reject Ho if tcomputed < -2.045, otherwise fail to reject Ho.
D. Reject Ho if tcomputed < -1.699, otherwise fail to reject Ho.
E. None of the above.

e. What should be your decision?

A. Reject Ho
B. Fail to reject Ho
C. Reject Ha
D. Fail to reject Ha

f. Based on your decision in no. 5, what is the conclusion of your test.

The statistical model to be use for testing the hypothesis is the T-Test for a Single Sample
Test of Mean considering that the sample is small (<30). Given that the alternative hypothesis
involves the > symbol, the direction of the test is right tailed. The formula for T-Test for a
Single Sample Test of Mean is as follows:

Since the result of the T-Test is 5.40 which is greater than the one tailed critical value of
1.699 then the conclusion will simply be that the null hypothesis be rejected and the
alternative hypothesis be accepted given that there was an increase in the sales of the trainees
after the six month completion of their training.