STK110 TUT 1&2: Preparation sheet MEMORANDUM 2023

1. For this question you are expected to use the survey data available in the Tutorials section on
ClickUP.
a. Based on this data, populate the following table with variables that the STK110 lecturers
were interested in.
1 Internet access 5 Height
2 Household chores 6 Number of countries visited
3 Excel experience 7 Gr 12 average
4 Internet connection 8 Transport mode

b. Sort the variables in the table above according to their type and measurement scale.
Qualitative Variables Quantitative Variables
Nominal Ordinal Interval Ratio
1 3 5
2 4 6
8 7

2. Given the following scenario, define (1) the population of interest and (2) an appropriate
sample. Also define one quantitative and one qualitative variable.
You want to interview victims of hijacking in two suburbs of Johannesburg in order to measure
the stress levels of the victims.
Population: ALL hijacking victims in two suburbs of Johannesburg
Sample: A SUBSET of the hijacking victims in two suburbs of Johannesburg

Variable 1: Number of times hijacked Variable 2: Type of car (make & model)
(quantitative variable) (qualitative variable)

3. In each of the following cases, identify whether the example is descriptive or inferential
statistics:

a. A bowler calculates his bowling average for the last 12 games.

Descriptive statistics Inferential statistics

b. A bowler estimates his bowling average for the upcoming season, keeping in mind his
performance over the last 3 years.

Descriptive statistics Inferential statistics

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4. Suppose we are interested in investigating the difference between weeknight hours slept for
two generations. A random sample of 40 Y-ers (Generation Y’ers (Millennials): Born: 1980 –
1995) and 20 Z-ers (Generation Z’ers: Born: 1996 →) were asked the number of hours they
sleep on a randomly chosen weeknight (minutes were converted to a fraction of an hour). The
results are summarised in the following back-to-back stem-and-leaf diagram:
Weeknight hours slept
Leaf unit = 0.1
Generation Y Generation Z
9 8 8 6 6 5 6
9 8 8 8 8 8 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 7
9 8 8 6 3 3 2 2 2 0 0 0 7 0 0 4 6 8 8 9
9 9 9 8 8 6 6 6 5 0 0 8 0 0 5 7 7 7 8 8 8
9 2

a. What is the variable of interest in this study? Weeknight hours slept

b. What are the elements in this study? People from Generations Y and Z
5. Forty (40) randomly chosen first year students were asked the amount of time (in minutes) that

they sleep on a typical weeknight. The results are presented in the following ogive:

Ogive of time slept by first year students

40 40
Cumulative Frequency

35
35
30
28
25
20
15
10 10
5 5
0 0
300 325 350 375 400 425 450 475 500 525 550
Time (minutes)

a. The data type is: Quantitative – Continuous

b. Is this graph based on sample or population data? Sample data
c. The measurement scale for the number of minutes slept is: Ratio scale
d. The approximate number of first year students that slept between 400 and 500 minutes is:
25
e. What percentage of first year students slept at most 400 minutes?
10
× 100 = 25%
40
f. 70% of students slept less than 450 minutes.
70
× 40 = 28 (Draw a horizontal line from 28 on y-axis to ogive and read 450 on x-axis)
100
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