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UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA

FINAL EXAMINATION

COURSE : INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICS

COURSE CODE : STA104
EXAMINATION : FEBRUARY 2023
TIME : 3 HOURS

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES

1. This question paper consists of eight (8) questions.

2. Answer ALL questions in the Answer Booklet. Start each answer on a new page.

3. Do not bring any material into the examination room unless permission is given by the invigilator.

4. Please check to make sure that this examination pack consists of:
i. the Question Paper
ii. a three – page Appendix 1
iii. an Answer Booklet – provided by the Faculty
iv. two graph papers – provided by the Faculty

5. Answer ALL questions in English.

DO NOT TURN THIS PAGE UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO

This examination paper consists of 6 printed pages

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QUESTION 1

a) State the correct term for each of the following statements.

i) A study done before the actual framework is carried out.

(1 mark)
ii) Data which were previously collected and summarized by other parties and used by
current user.
(1 mark)
iii) A subset of items is chosen from the population.
(1 mark)
iv) Characteristics of the population that the researcher wants to study.
(1 mark)
v) A summary measure such as mean, median, mode, or standard deviation, is computed
from sample data.
(1 mark)

b) The manager of a glove factory wishes to estimate the average time (in minutes) for an
operator to complete a particular job. The factory has 88 operators. Eight operators are
selected at random and their time to complete a particular job is recorded.

i) State the population and sample of this study.

(2 marks)
ii) Identify the variable of interest in this study and the type of variable.
(2 marks)
iii) What is the suitable sampling technique for this study? Give one advantage of this
technique.
(2 marks)
iv) Explain how to select the sample by using the technique in (iii).
(3 marks)
v) State the data collection method that is suitable for this study. Give one disadvantage of
the method.
(2 marks)

QUESTION 2
A cosmetics company produces four different shades of lipstick. The sale for 3 months is
shown in the table below.

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Draw a stack bar chart and give your comment.

(5 marks)

QUESTION 3
The data below recorded the number of earthquakes worldwide for 12 years (2010 until 2021).

a) Find the first quartile and third quartile for the above data.
(4 marks)

b) Interpret the third quartile in (a).

(1 mark)

c) Given the median value of the number of earthquakes is 1650, draw a box and whiskers
plot. Hence, comment on the skewness.
(5 marks)

QUESTION 4
The table below shows the number of late arrival (in minutes) of 148 aircraft at Airport Y in a
day.

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a) Compute the mean and standard deviation for the above data. Hence, interpret the mean
value obtained.
(5 marks)

b) Construct a ‘less than’ ogive to represent the above data.

(3 marks)

c) From the ‘less than’ ogive in (b), estimate the median value of the late arrival of the aircraft
at Airport Y and explain its meaning.
(2 marks)

d) The mean and variance for late arrival of aircraft at Airport Z are 29.43 and 113.45
respectively. Using the appropriate measurement, determine which airport has a more
dispersed distribution.
(3 marks)

QUESTION 5
Each semester, a college bookstore must order books two months in advance. It believes that
the number of books sold for any given course is proportional to the number of students
enrolled in the course at the time the books are ordered. The bookstore obtains the number
of students registered and the number of books sold for a course from previous records for
seven different semesters.

a) Identify the independent and dependent variables.

(1 mark)

b) Calculate the Pearson’s product-moment correlation coefficient and comment on the value
obtained.
(5 marks)

c) Calculate the coefficient of determination and explain its meaning.

(2 marks)

d) Find the linear regression equation using the least square method.
(5 marks)

e) Explain the meaning of the slope obtained in (d).

(1 mark)

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f) Estimate the number of books sold when the number of students registered are 75.
(3 marks)

QUESTION 6
The following table shows the average price per kilogram (kg) and quantity of three raw
materials in 2019, 2020, and 2021.

Using 2019 as the base year,

a) Calculate the simple average relative price index for 2020.

(3 marks)

b) Calculate the Laspeyres quantity index for the year 2021 and comment on the value
obtained.
(4 marks)

QUESTION 7

a) State any two components of time series.

(2 marks)

b) The table below represents the average closing price of Delila Company’s share recorded
over 12 weeks for the year ending 2021.

i) Find the trend values using the moving average method (correct to 4 decimal places).
(5 marks)
ii) Determine the seasonal index for each week.
(6 marks)

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iii) Explain the meaning of the seasonal index for the 2nd and 3rd week.
(2 marks)
iv) Forecast the average closing price of the company’s share for the 4 week of January
th

2022.
(3 marks)

QUESTION 8

a) In Elementary School A, 17% of the students joined the badminton club, 8% joined the
chess club while the remaining students joined other clubs. From these, 35% of the
students who joined the badminton club are females, 75% of the students who joined the
chess club are males while 42% of the students who joined other clubs are males.

i) Construct a tree diagram to represent the above information.

(3 marks)
ii) What is the probability that a student joins other clubs and is a male?
(2 marks)
iii) Find the probability that a student joins the chess club given that the student is a
female.
(3 marks)

b) A team of 5 is to be chosen from 8 teachers and 5 students. Determine the number of

teams that can be formed if the team consists of at least 3 teachers.
(3 marks)

c) Two events A and B are defined in a sample space with P(B)=0.33 and P(A∩B)=0.02. Find
P(A’|B).
(3 marks)

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