TUTORIAL CHAPTER 1

PART 1
1) State whether the data from the following statements is nominal, ordinal, interval or
ratio.
i) The normal operating temperature of a car engine.
ii) Classification of students using an academic program.
iii) Speakers of a seminar rated as excellent, good, average or poor.
iv) Number of hour’s parents spend with their children per day.
v) The number of as scored by SPM students in a particular school.
vi) The monthly salary of school teachers.
vii) The number of papaya fruits harvested per day by a farmer in Sekinchang.

2) For each of the following, identify whether the statement is descriptive or inferential
statistics.

No Statement Type of Statistics

i) The department of Social Welfare and Development
(DSWD) statistics recorded that there were five child abuse
cases in past five years.
ii) Thus, A politician would like to estimate his chances for
winning in the upcoming election based on opinion polls.
iii) A housewife wants to determine the average weekly
amount she spent on groceries in the past 3 months.
iv) A new milk formulation designed to improve the
psychomotor development of infant was tested on
randomly selected infants. Based on the results, it was
concluded that the new milk formulation is effective in
improving the psychomotor development of infants.

3) Which of the following statements indicate a qualitative variable and quantitative

variable.

- Time taken to finish a test

- Brand of shirt bought by customers
- Mass of football used by student in a school
- Quantity of petrol sold by petrol stations in Bukit Tinggi, Klang
- Number of houses in Shah Alam
- Number of students who scored 10 As in the student SPM examination in 2005
- Types of car driven by students in a college
- Gender of students who sang in a concert

qualitative variable quantitative variable

4) Identify the population and sample in each statement below:

No Statement Population Sample

i A list of all asthmatic school children
treated in Bukit Beruang clinics in
Melaka.
ii. Mr Said conducts a statistical analysis
on students’ final examination scores
in Business Statistic subject for the past
year which is taken by Accounting,
Business and IT students. Then, he
collects the data only from Accounting
students.
iii Khoo wants to find the mean of the
heights of female students in his
Algebra class.
iv The manager of cloth factory wishes to
estimate the average time (in minutes)
for an operator to complete a certain
job. The factory has 98 operators. Eight
operators are selected at random and
their time to complete a particular job
is recorded.
v A researcher wishes to conduct an
English newspaper readership survey
based on race in a town with a
population of 100 000 people. The
population breakdown is as follow:
50% Chinese, 30% Malay, 18% Indian
and 2% others.
vi The National Electricity Ltd. Branch in
Klang is conducting a survey to find
out the average monthly consumption
of electricity in housing estate. The
area consists of 20 blocks of double
storey houses. Randomly selected 1
block which contain 10 houses in each
block are included as unit in the
sample.
PART 2
1) The manager of cloth factory wishes to estimate the average time (in minutes) for an
operator to complete a certain job. The factory has 98 operators. Eight operators are
selected at random and their time to complete a particular job is recorded.
a) State the population of the survey?
b) What is the variable of interest?
c) What sample method is used in this research?

2) A researcher wishes to conduct an English newspaper readership survey based on race in

a town with a population of 100 000 people. The population breakdown is as follow: 50%
Chinese, 30% Malay, 18% Indian and 2% others.
a) State the population of the survey?
b) Suggest a sampling method that is appropriate for this survey.

3) A market research firm intends to collect information on the recreation expenditure of

families in the Federal Territory and Selangor state for last year: Three groups of residents
were identified. Thirty percent of the residents belongs of residents belongs to the lower
income group, 50% belong to the middle income group while 20% belong to the higher
income group. A set of questionnaires is prepared and distributed to each unit of sample
selected.
a) State the variable in this study?
b) Suggest the most suitable sampling method and state a reason why?

4) A national survey is carried out to identify the current issues of concern in Malaysia. The
people of Malaysia consist of 50% youths below the age of 20 years, 40% adults between
the ages of 20 and 50 years and 10% senior citizens of age more than 50 years. The
respondents would be asked to comment national problems that they consider worrying.
These include issues such as poverty, drug abuse, unemployment, illegal; immigrants and
high crime rates.
a) State the population in this study
b) State a sampling technique that is suitable for this study. Explain clearly how a
sample size of 1000 can be selected using this sampling technique

5) The National Electricity Ltd. Branch in Klang is conducting a survey to find out the
average monthly consumption of electricity in housing estate. The area consists of 20
blocks of double storey houses. Each block consists of ten houses. A random sample of
five blocks is selected. All the houses in each block are included as unit in the sample
a) State the population of the survey?
b) What is the variable of interest?
c) What is the sampling technique used?

6) The management of UniKL is interested in obtaining information on problems which

influence the student’s academic performance. Among the problems identified are a lack
of study skill, low motivation, peer influence, disciplinary problems and a lack of
recreation or sport facilities. UniKL has 13 branches located throughout Malaysia.
Suppose you are asked to carry out the above research.
a) State the population of the survey?
b) What is the sampling technique used?