DIPLOMA IN BUSINESS

STATISTICS ASSIGNMENT

Course Title Statistics 1

Course Code MST 1023

Academic Session April – August 2023

Semester 3

Lecturer Siti Zarizza Bajuri

Assessment Individual Assignment

Weighting 20%

Released Date 9th May 2023

Submission Due Date 27th June 2023

Date Received

Marks Obtained

Student’s Declaration

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I certify that this assignment is my own work, and appropriately acknowledged wherever
material adapted from other sources. I understand that plagiarism, cheating, collusion, fraud,
fabrication or falsifications of data are not acceptable. I agree that if at any time it is shown that I
have significantly misrepresented material submitted to Crescendo International College, any
marks or credits awarded to me on the basis of that material may be revoked.

Student Name LIM SZE EN Student ID DB2209265

Signature Date 10 June 2023

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GRADING SHEET

Marks
Weighting
No. Assessment Awarded
(%)

1. Types of variables 10
2. Stem and leaf plot 14
3. Box and whisker plot 13
4. Histogram 16
5. Ogive 17
6. Probability 20
7. Expected mean and standard deviation 20
TOTAL 110%

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1. ASSIGNMENT TITLE: STATISTICS 1

2. COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES COVERED:

CLO 1: Familiarize with the key of ideas of statistics that are accessible to a student with a
moderate mathematical competence.
CLO 2: Routinely apply a variety of methods for explaining, summarizing and presenting
data and interpreting results clearly using appropriate diagrams, titles and labels when
required. CLO3: Summarize the ideas of randomness and variability, and the way in which
these link to probability theory to allow the systematic and logical collection of statistical
techniques of great practical importance in many applied areas.

3. ASSIGNMENT BACKGROUND INFORMATION

This assignment provides the questions that giving students to understand and apply the concept
of statistics that have been learn in the class. Many calculations involved in this assignments so
that student can apply lots of formula in the statistics. The tough questions are given to ensure
the students can familiar with the step of calculation in order to solve the problems.

4. DETAILS OF ASSIGNMENT TASK

 This is individual assignment.

 Answer all the questions.
 Write your answer with the questions number properly. Start your new questions at
new page.
 Show all the step of calculations clearly because the step consists of marks. (You skip
the step means you will lose your mark)
 Compile your answer with cover page and bind all together with black tape.

5. STRUCTURING AND FORMATTING YOUR SUBMISSION

Your assignment must include, but not limited to the following:

 Assignment Cover Page (Assignment Title, Course Code, Course Title, Lecturer
Name, Student Name, Student ID)
 Assignment Brief (Student’s Declaration must be signed)
 Table of Content
 Introduction
 Main body
 Conclusion
 Reference List (Harvard referencing style)
 Appendices (if applicable)

6. SUGGESTED BACKGROUND READING

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 • David Rayner, James Nicholson (2015), Probability and Statistics 1, Oxford
• https://www.mathsisfun.com/data/stem-leaf-plots.html
• http://www.flinders.edu.au/slc_files/Documents/Red%20Guides/Box%20and%20Whisker%20Pl
ots.pdf

7. IMPORTANT NOTES:
• Late submission of assignment will result in 10% mark deduction per day.
• Assignment submission later than 5 days from the due date will not be accepted. Fail
grade will be automatically imposed.
• Fail grade will be given for plagiarised work.
• Fail grade will be given for absence for assessment without a valid medical certificate /
supporting document.

GRADING RUBRICS
Range Grade Rubrics
of
Marks
90-100 A+ Demonstrates exceptional high quality work.
High High level of originality, innovativeness and creativity.
Distinction Excellent critical thinking, analysis, application and/or synthesis
of ideas in a consistent manner.
Evidence of wide range of reading and use of highly appropriate
references effectively.
Central ideas are clearly communicated and coherently presented.
Very well referenced and tightly argued work.
Almost entirely free of spelling, punctuation and grammatical
errors.
80-89 A Demonstrates excellent understanding of subject matter.
Distinction High level of originality, innovativeness and creativity.
Excellent critical thinking, analysis, application and/or synthesis
of ideas in a consistent manner.
Evidence of wide range of reading and use of highly appropriate
references effectively.
Central idea is clearly communicated and coherently presented.
Tightly argued work.
May have very minor referencing, spelling, punctuation and
grammatical errors.
75-79 A- Demonstrates excellent understanding of subject matter.
Excellent High level of originality, innovativeness and creativity.
Excellent critical thinking, analysis, application and/or synthesis
of ideas.
Evidence of wide range of reading and use of appropriate
evidence.
Central idea is clearly communicated and coherently presented,

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 but may have minor lapses in development, referencing or
mechanical errors.
70-74 B+ Demonstrates very good understanding of subject matter.
Merit Display of originality, innovativeness and creativity.
Well argued and well referenced work.
Evidence of wide range of reading.
Central idea is clearly communicated and coherently presented.
Minor lapses in development, referencing, grammatical and/or
mechanical errors.
65-69 B Demonstrates good quality work.
Merit Display of originality, good critical thinking and innovativeness.
Evidence of comprehensive knowledge.
Evidence of wide range of reading.
Central idea is well constructed and presented but disjointed at
some parts.
Minor lapses in referencing, grammatical and/or mechanical
errors.
60-64 B- Demonstrates good quality work.
Merit Evidence of comprehensive knowledge.
Display some originality of work with good critical thinking.
Evidence of adequate reading.
Central idea is reasonably constructed and presented.
Work is reasonably referenced, with some spelling, grammatical
and/or mechanical errors.
55-59 C+ Demonstrates acceptable quality work.
Pass Evidence of adequate understanding of subject matter but crudely
applied.
Moderate originality of work with some critical thinking.
Inadequate referencing.
Weaknesses in structure, spelling and grammar etc
50-54 C Demonstrates acceptable quality work.
Pass Evidence of basic understanding of subject matter.
Little originality of work with poor application of ideas and
concept.
Minimal referencing.
Weaknesses in structure, spelling and grammar etc
45-49 C- Work of unacceptable level.
Fail Lack of knowledge in the subject matter.
Little originality of work.
Chaotic structure, incoherence, poor grammar and spelling etc
Poorly referenced work.
40-44 D+ Work of unacceptable level.
Fail Indication of very weak grasp of knowledge in the subject matter.

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 No originality of work.
Chaotic structure, incoherence, poor grammar and spelling etc
Very poorly referenced work.
35-39 D Work with minimal respond to the assignment brief.
Fail Mainly irrelevant or poorly analysed material presented.
Indication of extremely weak grasp of concept.
Poor grammar and spelling.
Chaotic structure and generally badly written with serious
mechanical errors.
0-34 F Work does not respond to the assignment brief, irrelevant or very
Fail poorly analysed material presented.
Indication of extremely weak grasp of concept.
Poor grammar and spelling.
A very badly written work with chaotic structure and serious
mechanical errors.
Nominal can be arranged
Ordinal not be arranged
Discrete can count
Continuous can measure
Categorical have table, made of word
Measurable made of numbers

Assignment Questions.

Question 1

Classify each one of them as measurable or categorical. If a variable is measurable, further classify it as
discrete or continuous. If a variable is categorical, further classify it as nominal or ordinal. Justify your
answer.

(a) The amount of time it takes each of 15 telephone installers to hook up a wall phone.
(2 marks)
ANS: Measurable, Continuous
(b) The style of music preferred by each of 30 randomly selected radio listeners.
(2 marks)
ANS: Categorical, Ordinal

(c) The lengths of 50 randomly selected cars.

ANS: Categorical, Ordinal
(2 marks)

(d) The classification of a student (first, upper second, lower second, third, pass, fail) in the course
Statistics 1.
ANS: Categorical, Nominal

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 (2 marks)

(e) Rank of a university according to its reputation.

ANS: Categorical, Nominal
(2 marks)

Question 2

A random sample is taken of 50 competitors in a chess tournament and their ages recorded. Their ages
are shown below.

40 53 94 42 36 55 58 75 47 74
51 73 38 68 58 50 65 45 69 65 79
62 51 48 51 49 57 59 64 89 61 48
57 66 50 37 78 71 67 75 53 77 54
46 60 64 67 49 58 62

(a) Construct and label a stem and leaf diagram.

ANS:
3 6 7 8
4 0 2 5 6 7 8 8 9 9
5 0 0 1 1 1 3 3 4 5 7 7 8 8 8 9
6 0 1 2 2 4 4 5 5 6 7 7 8 9
7 1 3 4 5 5 7 8 9
8 9
9 4
(3 marks)

(b) Find the median and interquartile range.

ANS: Median= (50+1)/2
=25.5 th
= (8+8)/2
=8

(8 marks)

(c) Determine the shape of distribution.

ANS:
(3 marks)

Question 3

Data shown yearly incomes of a group of people, measured in thousands:

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 9 6 12 24 21 57 6 15 9 12 30 36

(a) Construct a box plot based on the given data.

(8 marks)

(b) Based on answer in (a), describe the distribution of the data.

(3 marks)

(c) State TWO other types of graphical displays that would suitable to represent the data.
(2 marks)

Question 4

The following data show the periods (in minutes) that a sample of students needed to complete a
statistics assignment.

76 59 93 87 38 50 56 113
45 67 102 34 54 85 85 50
44 33 51 40 82 92 79 38 86
34 29 107 63 46 68 49 99 62
61 72 79 45 70 40

(a) Construct table of frequency based on the data given with the first interval 21 – 30. (Show
frequency density)
(4 marks)

(b) Draw and label the appropriate histogram for these data.
(5 marks)

(c) Find the median class, median and interquartile range.

(7 marks)
Question 5

The weights of 30 children in a class, to the nearest kilogram, were as follows.

50 45 61 53 55 47 52 49 46 51
60 52 54 47 57 59 42 46 51 53 56
48 50 51 44 52 49 58 55 45

(a) Construct a grouped frequency table for these data such that there are five equal class intervals
with the first class having a lower boundary of 41.5 kg and the fifth class having an upper
boundary of 61.5 kg.
(5 marks)

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(b) Draw a cumulative frequency curve on graph paper to represent the data.
(5 marks)

(c) Determine median and interquartile range from the graph based on answer in (b).
(7 marks)

Question 6

An engine encounters a standard environment with a probability of 0.9 and a severe environment
with a probability of 0.1. In a normal environment the probability of failure is 0.03, whereas in the
severe environment this probability is 0.5.

(a) Draw a tree diagram for this problem.

(4 marks)

(b) Find the probability of failure.

(3 marks)

(c) Given that failure has occurred, find the probability that the environment encountered was
severe.
(3 marks) Question 7

A study on music influences towards Malaysian teenagers found that 50% of the teenagers
preferred Korean songs while the rest preferred local songs. However, 80% of the female teenagers
preferred Korean songs and 55% of male teenagers preferred local songs.

(a) Draw a tree diagram to present the above information.

(3 marks)

(b) Find the probability of a teenager selected preferred local songs.

(2 marks)

(c) Calculate the probability that a randomly selected teenager are female.
(3 marks)

(d) Given that a randomly selected respondent is a female teenager, calculate the probability that
the respondent preferred Korean song.
(3 marks)

Question 8

The variable 𝑋𝑋 takes the value 1, 2, 3 and 5 according to the following distribution.

𝑿𝑿 1 2 3 5

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 𝑷𝑷(𝑿𝑿=𝒙𝒙) 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.2

(a) Find the probability that 𝑋𝑋 is odd number.

(2 marks)

(b) Find 𝐸𝐸(𝑋𝑋), the expected value of 𝑋𝑋 and standard deviation of 𝑋𝑋.
(6 marks)

(c) Find the probability that X 2 ≥4 .

(2 marks) Question 9

The variable 𝑋𝑋 takes the value 2, 4, 6 and 8 according to the following distribution.

𝑿𝑿 2 4 6 8
𝑷𝑷(𝑿𝑿=𝒙𝒙) 0.28 0.25 0.05 0.42

(a) Find the probability that X is even number.

(2 marks)

(b) Find 𝐸𝐸(𝑋𝑋), the expected value of 𝑋𝑋 and standard deviation of 𝑋𝑋.
(6 marks)

X 3.
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(c) Find the probability that 2
(2 marks)

END OF QUESTIONS

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