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CHINHOYI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SCHOOL OF NATURAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS CUMT105 - INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICS (SOCIAL CLASS) OCTOBER 2020 SUPPLIMENTARY EXAMINATION DURATION: 3 HOURS INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATE Answer ALL Questions in Section A and any THREE Questions in Section D. REQUIRED MATERIAL + NON-PROGRAMMABLE CALCULATOR SECTION A [40 Marks] Answer ALL questions in this section. Carefully number them as A1 to AS. AL. Define the following words used in Statistics a) Statistics (2) b) Sample (2) ©) Variable (2) A2. Identify three situations where pictograms are used in reallife. [6] AB. Name one computer package and say what it is used for in Statistics. [2] 4. Write: a) two merits of surveys [2] b) two demerits of document analysis. (2) AS. Natalie has 8 socks in a drawer. 5 of the socks are black. 3 of the socks are white, Natalie takes out a sock at random, writes down its colour and puts it back into the drawer. Then Natalie takes out a second sock, at random, and writes down its colour. a) Present the outcomes on a probability tree diagram. [6] b) Work out the probability that the two socks are the same colour. [6] AG. Write five Interventions that Zimbabwe has implemented to manage Covid-19 in Universities. [10] SECTION D - [60 Marks] Answer any THREE questions from Section. Number them carefully as D7 to D11 D7. a) Using examples, illustrate any five functions of Statistics. {10} b) Draw table to show the difference between a bar-graph and a frequency density graph. [10] Ds. a) Write four advantages of sampling students’ views on e-learning using the zoom platform. (8) b) The Department of Mathematics intents to gather students views on On-line learning, It is considering gathering data from the following students’ groups: Level 1.1 has 210 students on campus, level 3.2 has 65 students on attachment and level 4.1 has 35 students doing research project. Describe in detail how you can select a sample of 9 students from all groups, [12] D9. a) Write three advantages of presenting data ona Stem and Leaf diagram. [6] b) Present these marks on a Stem and Leaf diagram: [10] 56, 77, 12, 33, 57, 20, 29, 42, 45, 33, 24, 13, 25, 33, 49, 49, 38, 26, 27, 39 ©) Use the Stem and Leaf to describe the mark distribution. [4] D10. ‘The figures below show the different distances (in meters to one deciinal place) that 52 students reported good vision of figures projected on the screen, 77° 203 168 7.7 157 195 169 209 62 53 170 184 64 83 199 171 184 26 193 142 54-66 223 204 161 7.3 106 150 83 25 94 46 159 261 183.174 103 57 115 96 53 62 89 191 201 243 304 45 7.9 198 34 199 a) Copy and complete this table to summarise the data ‘ (8] Distance (m) 3to7 8to 15 16to20 | 21t025 Tally Number of Students b) Present the data on a frequency density graph, 7] ©) Use grouped data to calculate the mean distance for the vision. (5) p11. The following data pertains to the chlorine residual in a swimming pool at various time intervals after the water has been treated with chlorine. Number of hours (t) 2 4 6 8 10 12 Chlorine Residual (R) 18 15 14 11 11 09 (a) Present the data on a scatter diagram and comment. [6] (b) Calculate Pearson's correlation co-efficient (r,) and interpret it. [8] (6) Deduce an equation to predict the chlorine residual in the pool at any time (t) after treatment. 13] (a) When is the pool water free from any chlorine residuals? [3] END of EXAMINATION PAPER

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