Sarhad University of Science & Information Technology Peshawar

Assignment # 3
Course: Educational Statistics- (EDU 409) Maximum Marks: 20

Note: Attempt all questions.

Q1. The heights and weights of five students are as follows. Use the data to
predict how many circuit boards a worker will assemble in 10 hours.

Heights = x 4 8 6 9 11
Weights = y 2 7 5 8 12

1. Determine the regression equation to estimate y.

2. Use the data to predict value of y for x = 10
3. Draw a scatter diagram for observed and estimated values

Q2. Make a box-and-whisker plot Use the following data: 91, 87, 98, 93, 89,
78, 94. Follow a step by step procedure and accurate scaling.

Q3: An Economist gives the following estimates of price and demand for a
product. It is required to find the correlation coefficient with comments.

Price = x 1 2 3 4 5
Demand = y 9 7 6 3 1

Q4: The following sample of six measurements was randomly selected from
a normal distributed population: 1, 3, -1, 5, 1 and 2. Test the null hypothesis
that the mean of the population is 3 against the alternate hypothesis µ at
α =0.05 level of significance: