UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS UNIVERSITEITSEKSAMENS tee, UNISA fez. STA1510 (494743) MayiJune 2018 BASIC STATISTICS Duraton : 2 Hours 100 Marks EXAMINATION PANEL AS APPOINTED BY THE DEPARTMENT. Use of a non-programmable pocket calculator is permissible, Closed book examination. ‘This examination question paper remains the property of the University of South Africa and may not be removed from the examination venue. Hi ‘This examination paper consists of 22 pages, cluding 2 pages of formulae (p 12-13) plus 9 pages of tables (pp 14-2) as well as mstructons for the completion of a mark reading sheet Please complete the attendance register on the back page, tear off and hand it to the invigilator, Answer question paper on a mark-reading sheet and place in green answer book provided for rough work. INSTRUCTIONS Answer ali 25 questions on one mark reading sheet ITURN OVER]2 STAISIO MAYAUNE 2016 Question 1 ‘Consider the following statements ‘A. The make of a vehucle 1s an interval vanable B_ Money spent ata shopping mall 1s an ordinal varable C Rating avatlabilty of parking as excellent, good fair and poor, implies an ordinal vaniable D_ Listing occupation ts a nominal variable Which of the above statements is/are correct? 1 AandB 2 CandD 3 BandC 4 OnlyB 5 Only D. Question 2 ‘The following 1s a stem-and-leaf display representing the amount of gasoline purchased, in gallons for a sample of seventeen cars 8 259 5 1 0 1 5667 0 Which one of the following statements 1s incorrect? 1 The range 18 32 2. The mode 1s 65 and 66 3. The fifth largest observation 1s 66 4 The median 1s 61 5. The stem-and-leaf 1s an ordered array ITURN OVER]3 STAISIO MAYAUNE 2016 Question 3 ‘The different kinds of items on the shelves of a photo shop can be displayed by means of ‘A. box-and-whisker plot B scatterplot C stem-and-teaf display D pie chart Which of these statements is/are correct? 1 Only A 2. BandC 3 only c 4 Only D 5 AandD Question 4 ‘The following data represent the number of children in a sample of 11 families from a certain community. 20410511402 ‘Which one of the following statements 1s correct? 1. The distnibution 1s not symmetrical 2 The median is 5 3. Only the mode 1s equal to the median 4 Only mean and median are equal 5 The mode of this dataset 1s equal to one Question 5 Refer to question 4, the standard deviation 1s 1 18181 217787 3 31636 4 16959 5 1.6036 [TURN OVER]Question 6 STAIS10 MAY/JUNE 2016 Suppose that 4 and B are mutually exclusive such that P (4) = 030 and P (B) = 020 ‘Which one of the following statements is incorrect? 1 P(4)=070 2 P(A and B)=0 3 P(A|B)=P(BIA) 4 P(A or B)=05 5 A and Bare independent events Question 7 A group of 150 Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) 1s tested for personahty type The following table gives the results ofthis survey Gender ‘Type A (A) | Type B (B) Men(M) | 78 a Women (W) | 19 u If one of CEO is selected at random from the group, which one of the following statements 1s correct? 1 The event “women (17)" and “type A personality (4)" 1s mutually exclusive 2 P(M|B) =035 3 P(W and B)=0073 4 P(W) = 0353 5 P(BIM) =0792 Question 8 ‘A BSc student in statistics applies for five diferent jobs Let X represent the numberof offers. Given below are the probabilities for the number of yob offers x 0 1 2 3. 14 P&H) | 0039 | 0 175 [ 0324 | 0299 | 0138 0.025 ‘Which statement 1s correct? {TURN OVER}‘ MAYIIUNE2OI6 1 P (atleast 2) = 0 538 2 P(X s5)=0975 3 PQ 144) = 09251 2 P(Z <203) =0 0212 3 P(Z <-135)=09115 4 P(Z>159) =09441 3 P(Z <284)=00023 [TURN OVER}7 STAISIO MAYAUNE 2016 Question 14 Its portant for airine to know the appropriate total weight of the baggage carried on each aipplane An airhne researcher believes that the mean baggage weight for each adult is 60kg_ To test his belief, he draws a random sample of 50 adult passengers and weighs their baggage He finds the sample mean to be 7 Ikg If he knows that ‘the population standard deviation 1s 10kg, the probability that the average baggage weight 1s more than 57 1 ts 1 09798 2 00202 3 09772 4 00979 5 2.0506 Question 15 In testing the hypotheses Hp x = 0.40, Fy x > 040, atthe 5% significance level, if the sample proportion 1s 0.45 and the sample size 18 49, the standard deviation for proportion 1s 1 07144 2 00700 3 005 4 12487 5 Cannot be calculated with this information Question 16 Consider the information on question 15, The entical value mn this problem 1s 1 005 2. 1645 3 00764 4 09236 5 095 [TURN OVER]8 STAISIO MAYHUNE 2016 (Question 17 In testing the hypotheses Ho w= S0vs Hi wu #50 Ifm=64, ¥ = 535 and.o = 10, then the value of the standardized test statistic is equal to 1 =280 2 1350 3720 4 280 5 2432 Question 18 Consider the value ofthe standardized tet statistic on question 17, then the p-value 1s equal to 1. 0.0026 2 00052 3 0.9974 4 04974 5 00087 Question 19 Of 100 people who were given a vaccine, 80 developed immunity to a disease The 95% confidence interval on the proportion of people developing immunity 1$ 1 (07216, 08784) 2 (0 7076, 0.8924) 3. (0.7984, 0 8924) (0 7480, 0 8106) 5 (07760, 0 8294) [TURN OVER]9 STAISIO MAYAUNE 2016 Question 20 Your statistics mstructor wants you to determine a confidence mterval estimate for the mean test score Past experience indicated that tests scores are normally distributed with a sample mean of 160 and a population standard deviation of 45. A 95% confidence interval estimate if your group has 36 students is 1 1453401747 2 15755 10 162.45 3 1525101675 4 15875 to 161 25 5 160101744 Question 21 In a news story distributed by the local news paper, it reports that a substantial fraction of mortgage loans that go nto default within the first year of the mortgage were approved on the basis of falsified applications For instance, loan applications often exaggerate the meome Suppose that a random sample of 1000 mortgage loans that were defaulted within the first year reveals that 410 of these loans were approved on the basis of falsified applications, ‘A.95% confidence interval for proportion of all the first year defaults that are approved on the basis of falsified applications 1s 1 (03795, 0 4405) 2 (03579, 0.0445) 3 (03944, 0 4256) 4 (0.4098, 0.4102) 5 (0.4404, 0 3795) Question 22 The certain Media company published 4 magazines for the teenage market The executive editor of the company would like to know whether readership preference for the 4 magazines 1s independent of gender A survey among, 200 teenagers was carried out The following contingency table was obtained Gender | Magazine preference Beat | Youth | Grow | Live Guis [18 [12 [20 [28 Boys [38 [26 [34 | 24 ‘Which one ofthe following statements is correct? [TURN OVER]10 STAISIO MAY/SUNE 2016 1 The expected value for cell youth and gurls 1s 14 82 2. The null hypothess Hg is gender and magazine preference are independent 3. The altemative hypothesis Hy 1s gender and magazine preference are dependent 4. The degrees of freedom 1s 3 5. The chi-square curve is symmetrical Question 23 Refer to question 22, the ? test statistic 1s equal to 1 86916 2 200 3 68916 4 68916 5 46961 Question 24 ‘The planning director of an electronics company 1s interested in finding out the effect of research and development (R&D) expenditure on company profits (in thousands of rands) He has obtained expenditure and profit data from ‘stx companies operating in the same market as his company Profit ¥ | R&D expenditure ¥ | 30 | 30 6 (35 0 ‘(20 70-40 35 15 60 35 LX = 5575 Ty? = 18050 TAX = 10000 EX=175 TY =320 ‘The coefficient of determination is 1 09798 2 09607 3 09898 40.9900 5 09801 (TURN OVER}u STAISIO MAY/JUNE 2016 Question 25 ‘Consider the information on question 24, Which one of the following statements 1s mncorrect? 1 The mean of X = 29 1667 and the mean of ¥ = 53 333 2. Theslope is 1 4160 3. The y-intercept is 12.0354 4 The equation line is 7, = 1 4160-4 12.0354, 3. The relationship 1s very strong ITURN OVER]2 STAISIO MAYAUNE 2016 Formulae / Formules ~ @=1) P (Aor B) = P(A) + P(B)— P(A and B) P(A and By PUD = SH v B= EX) = KPH) a x => [%,- EO] p(X) of PO= Gay X= 1,2, 7 eur P()= X=0,1,2, 00 ¥ [TURN OVER]B STAISIO MAY/UNE 2016 2srar = (Aa xk fhe rar SSE= DY - OK -bOLY SSR= bo DY, so %xn- 2 ssr=p 3-2 SSKY =D (X,-¥%)(%-7) sx => (X,- SSXY b= Sse by =7-a¥ ITURN OVER}‘The Standardaed Normal Distributor ey eres nce snd oral Table 1: Tabet 1: Standaardnormaatverdeling ‘Standardized Normal Distribution STAISIO MAYIJUNE 2016 ‘ban fant mean 2 zim mw om we 00 | ton wo mds «ora «160 a rr at | oss oes oes as 036095 oz | ims omen gato, ws tose a) tt 3 [im Gy ts Bs Ws tet On | asset kk im 108 TM8 os | isis soins 201 mB usa BN os | mar el ame 57 Be ass ov | 0 | keke 2M oe | gm eas 257 Mist 3073s 3 og | si 38 SS mis Bhs ro | mses ast ts ash ase ti | ses 305° ess Hae am alot 12 | 39 aaa a ee 13 | wr oe logs doe we aT 4 | ain am ee 25 em ome {an 4s 6 om om aos 6 | a2 eee aos ASS SSS 0 | a ee ae 98 akan 3 te | asa 49a ae ton sas tea Pe re a a ee 20 | 4m | arm amma mamet003 ae bt | am ° ams Amo aka aS 87 3a | a ace Sette sens agg ssh tae ats 23 | fan ws wk sok tee 805 sow fa | wis 0 kas awa 38 33 | Be on oes 8s aes ost wk ze | om sass os om sk at 65 et 25 | sek Mw wast) aa | ame se eo oma 2s | au ao tasks 5S asas aah sa | apes apne amuses stam) asees asm) 31 | fom ppos fowl Gomis east amt an, asst apse 008 32 | fot Toes dams one ond asst aoa 850 35 | on Ges Sons “hoes 00s asae] asl HiRR 8S i | see me” gn ae ism aeons ae aga 96 33 | fom ae gomedia oH be | ome foes ons | ots ssa aT ares omen 909 31 | fom tomo eg, 9950 oops: oeen gaa a8 | aoxps comms asset geet, ame sees aos 905 re ee i (TURN OVER}15 STAISIO MAYAUNE 2016 ‘Table 24: Cumulative Standardized Normal Distribution (Z < 0) ‘Tabel 2A: Kumulatiewe Standaardnormaaiverdeling (Z < 0) ‘The Curhulatne Standardized Normal Ossinbution "uy regresats ea unde th cdativeendaized ‘oral dtbunoe om =20 0 [TURN OVER}16 STAISIO MAYAUNE 2016 ‘Table 2B: Cumulative Standardized Normal Distribution (Z > 0) ‘Tabel 2B: Kumulatiewe Standaardnormaalverdeting (Z > 0) ‘The Cumulatve Standardized Normal Dsstnbution (Connauad) nary represents ava under the umulanv standards soem distin from co Z [TURN OVER]‘Table 34: Critical values of ¢ ‘Tabel 3A: Kritieke waardes van 1 Cea Vales of ‘Fai pier mater of ep of ee entry ces ‘eget ae of|soreentin ode asin poy aad esd pert (0 gets: "Cain (RUM ORMVESSE GEEBS Sone weune : rye io om ten ~ | tates = 2009 2m ioe Se | ei 209s assim os aos name am b | oat = zosis 2am = arr 2 038 zou = ban 2s a | oss. doa aso 2868 be ma yea dem sm 603 rows as 248 2 tae iow = tas 3s E aca jos baa u ss pom dat 2a 8 aims ro) hag Da x seis pow 2045 2s neg jan me 2a ase x [sam tao ae gris 3 | :aor uae ia hss ta oe ter. foo ot dams met a bs, 203s es a 2 oa dost bass, Raat S| ten 2067 2a 2st 8601 tem bois alatbamnt ea, tom het 2aithe ‘eo tom nai 247 [geo Lae, tre Pans as Dee! ame vara io hema STAISI0 MAY/IUNE 2016 ITURN OVER]‘S Bsaee sess Hi SSSESRORGHS Suess BeUeS eeTR ORAHS BEELE BREE Be, ee 20957 zone 268 26685 266 2633 Desi 20650 26599 ass rest 24536 24s sit 26s, 20080 2ome 20 29 2am 2am Bee 2695 len 207 20n 208 20 res 2616 210” 2805 res ass 20% 26% ae 2am 200 2988 STAISIO MAY/IUNE 2016 (TURN OVER]9 STAISIO MAYHUNE 2016 ‘Table 4: Critical values of 7? ‘Tabel 4: Kritieke waardes van x? 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