TOPIC A

Q1. 1. Politics

Week 2 PART II QUESTIONS

Which discipline(s) use(s) statistics?

2. Business and Economics 3. Natural and Social Sciences 4. Physical Sciences 5. Education

Q2.

Define Statistic and give an example.

Define Parameter and give an example.

Q3

Filling in blanks: a b c d e A totality under study such as the students attending school A characteristic of a sample such as the average age of students in a class of a school A subset of a population such as the students of one class in a school. A characteristic of a population such as the average age of students attending a school. Is the science of collecting, organizing, presenting, analysing, and interpreting numerical data in relation to the decision making process. Summarizes numerical data using numbers and graphs. For e.g. the grades of students in a class can be summarized with averages and line graphs. Use sample statistics to estimate population parameters. The averages age of students in a class can be used to estimate the average age of the students attending the school. Measurement may assume any value associated with an uninterrupted scale e.g. a bottle may contain 12.02ounces of liquid refreshment and a person may weigh 175.25pounds. Only finite values, such as the countable numbers, can exist on the x-axis, e.g. defects in the tire and the number correct on a true or false statistics exam. Population Statistic Sample Parameter Statistics

Descriptive Statistics Inferential Statistics Quantitative Continuous Data Quantitative Discrete Data

Q4.

The customer service division of a bank wants to conduct a survey to find out the customer satisfaction level of the bank customers. A survey questionnaire was distributed to 600 randomly selected customers. It collected information such as gender, mobile phone numbers, monthly salary and number of credit cards held by these customers. (a) (b) (c) (d) What is the population of interest? What is the sample of interest? Name one parameter. Name one statistic.

For each of the following variables, state whether it is qualitative or quantitative. Classify the quantitative variables as discrete or continuous. [2008 ICA QUESTION] (e) (f) (g) (h) Gender Mobile phone numbers Monthly salary Number of credit cards held

Q5.

True-False Questions [ICA QUESTION 2007/S2] a) Population is a complete collection of measurements, objects, or individuals of interest. b) The weight of cabbage is a continuous variable. c) The age of SMU students is an example of a qualitative variable. d) Parameter is a number that describes a sample characteristic. e) Class interval or width is found by largest value minus smallest value and divide by number of classes. f) A simple technique in which we briefly describe population or sample or both is called inferential statistics. g) The branch of statistics from which we draw conclusions from sample data is called statistic.

Q6.

Classify whether the following variables are Discrete or Continuous: [Past ICA/Exam Question] a) The length of time taken by you to reach NYP from your home. b) The number of customers waiting in a Supermarket cash counter. c) The volume/amount of water in a tank. d) The number of people in Golden Village Theatre watching the movie Indiana Jones

Q7.

State which one of the following is an example of continuous data. (ICA Question) i) ii) iii) iv) Number of students watching a soccer match. Number of Part time lecturers in NYP. The time taken to travel between Yishun and Ang Mo Kio. Number of tables in your tutorial class room.

Q8.

Determine whether each of the following statement is true or false. If the statement is false, explain why. a) Probability is used as a basis for inferential statistics. b) The weight of Prime Minister is an example of a variable. c) The variable age is an example of a qualitative variable d) The height of students is considered to be a continuous variable

12) Text book question Chapter (1): QUESTION 1.5, pg.9 Classify each of the following variables as being either quantitative or qualitative. [Ignore other parts like nominal/ordinal etc.] a) The time that a chief executive officer spends at work. b) The ordered preference that investors have for different investment funds for retirement purposes. c) The state where an individual was born. d) The average temperature for the summer months in Chicago. e) The ranking of computer stores with respect to their competitors, based on sales.

13) Text book question Chapter (1): QUESTION 1.21, pg.18 Do Only (a), (c) & (d) An operations manager at a semiconductor company is interested in the satisfaction level of the firms that buy computer chips from the company. Approximately 1000 firms buy chips from this company. The manager has developed a satisfaction scale from 1 to 100 for the respondents to mark their level of satisfaction with the companys products. This scale is to be included on a survey to a sample of 100 firms that buy from this firm. a) What is the population of interest? b) How can a random sample be selected? c) What is the parameter of the population that is of interest? d) What is the statistic corresponding to the parameter requested in part (c)?

14) Text book question Chapter (1): QUESTION 1.25,Pg.19 Determine which of the following groups of people or objects represents a population or a sample. a) A list of 500 employees of General Motors. b) Forty students who were randomly stopped and questioned on a university campus. c) 200 people who were selected randomly from a telephone book to receive a marketing questionnaire. d) The list of all possible choices of 2 cards from a deck of 52 cards. e) A batch of electronic parts ready for inspection.