UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS UNIVERSITEITSEKSAMENS 4 a, UNISA lees STA1510 (481412) October/November 2015 BASIC STATISTICS Duraton > 2 Hours 4100 Marks EXAMINERS : FIRST MR TP MOHLALA SECOND DR EM RAPOO 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. ‘This examination paper consists of 22 pages, including 2 pages of formulae (p_13-14) plus 8 pages of tables (pp 15-22)as well as instructions for the completion of a mark reading sheet Please complete the attendance register on the back page, tear off and hand it to the anvagilator. ‘Auswer question paper on a mark-reading sheet and place in green answer book provuded for rough work. INSTRUCTIONS, ‘Answer all 25 questions on one mark reading sheet [TURN OVER]Question 1 Which of the following 1s a continuous quantitative (numerical) vanable? 1 the colour of a student's eyes 2 the number of employees of an insurance company 3. the amount of milk produced by a cow in one 24-hour peniod 4 the number of gallons of milk sold atthe local grocery store yesterday ‘5. MrMoblala’s annua! icome rounded to the nearest thousand ‘Question 2 STAISIO. OCTINOV 2015 ‘The following are the duration 1n minutes of a sample of long-distance phone calls made within the Republic of South Africa reported by one long-distance camer Relative Time Gm Minutes) | Frequency Obut less thanS | 037 S but ess than 10 | 022 | 10 but less than 15 [015 15 but less than 20 | 010 20 but fess than 25 | 0.07 25 but less than 30 [ 007 30 or more 002 Referring tothe table, if 100 calls were randomly sampled, how many calls lasted 15 minutes or longer? 1 10 214 3% 4m 3 85 ITURN OVER}STAISIO OCTINOY 2015, Question 3 Refer to the table on question 2 ‘What 1s the cumulatwve relative frequency for the percentage of calls that lasted 10 minutes or more? 1016 2024 3 041 4-090 5074 Question 4 In leftskewed distributions, which of the following 1s the correct statement? 1 The distance from Q, to Qs 1s smaller than the distance from Q2 to Qs 2. The distance from the smallest observation to Q 1s langer than the distance from Q to the langest observa- thon 3. The distance from the smallest observation to 1s less than the distance from Qa tothe largest observation 4 The distance from Q, to Qs 1s twice the distance from the Q, to Qs 5. The distance from Qy 10 Qs 1s equals to the distance from (3 to Qs Question ‘Which ofthe following statement 1s incorrect? | Ifa set of data 1s perfectly symmetrical, the arithmetic mean must be identical to the median 2. The interquartile range ts a measure of variation or dispersion ina set of data 3 The coefficient of vanation measures vanability n a data set relative to the size of the arthmetic mean 4A. The median of a data set with 20 stems Would be the average of the 10th and the 1 Ich tems in the ordered array 5 The coeffictent of variation 1s a measure of central tendency in the data [TURN OVER|Question 6 STAISIO OCTINOV 2015 Health care issues are receiving much attention in both academic and political arenas A sociologist recently conducted a survey of citizens over 60 years of age whose net worth 1s too high to qualify for Medicaid ‘The ages 0F 25 senior citizens were as follows 6 61 6 636k ww] 10, “4 1 1% 76 8 8 82 8 87 89 90 Determine the third quartile of the ages of the senior 1 65 Syears 2 between 65 5 and 73 0 years of age 3.73 S years 4 89 years 5 815 years Question 7 BoB ‘The employees of a company were surveyed on questions regarding their educational background (college degree ‘or no college degree) and mantal status (single or mameed) Of the 600 employees, 400 had college degrees, 100 were single, and 60 were single college graduates The probability that an employee of the company 1s mamed and does not have a college degree 1s 1 010 2 033 3 067 4075 5 0267 {TURN OVER]Question 8 STAISIO OCTINOV 2015 Mothers Against Drunk Driving 1s a very visible group whose main focus 1s to edueate the publie about the harm caused by drunk dnvers A study was recently done that emphasized the problem we al face with drinking and dnvmg Four hundred accidents that occurred on a Saturday mght were analyzed Two stems noted were the ‘number of vehicles involved and whether alcohol played a role n the accident The numbers are shown below ‘Number of Vehicles | Involved | Didatcohol play arole? |1 [2 | 3 Totals Yes 50 | 100 | 20 170 No 25 | 175 [30 | 230 Totals [73 [27s [30 [400 Referring to table, given that alcohol was not involved, what proportion of the accidents were single vehicle? 1 50/170 0 29 41% 2 120/170 oF 70 59% 3 205/230 or 89 13% 4. 25/230 oF 10 87% 5 20/230.or 8 70% Question 9 “The probability that a particular type of smoke alarm will function properly and sound an alarm in the presence of smoke 150 8. You have two such alarms 1n your home and they operate mdependently The probability tha at Teast one sounds an alarm inthe presence of smoke 1 096 2 036 100 408 5064 (TURN OVER]Question 10 STAISIO OCTINOV 2015, ‘The number of power outages at 2 nuclear power plant has a Poisson distribution with a mean of 3 5 outages per year The standard deviation of the number of power outages 1s 1 2 0.0302 06791 35 1225 1 8708 Question 11 ‘Two different designs on a new line of winter jackets for the coming winter are available for your manufacturing plants Your profit (in thousands of rands) will depend on the taste of the consumers when winter arnves The Probability of the three possible different tastes of the consumers and the corresponding profits are presented in the following table Probability | Taste Design A | Desiga B 02 __| more conservatwe | 180 520 05 no change 230 310 03 ‘more liberal 350 270 Referring to table, what 1s your expected profit when Design B 1s chosen? 1 2 256000 340000 180000 520000 350000 ITURN OVER]7 STAISIO OCTINOV 2015, Question 12 {f we know thatthe length of time it takes a college student to find a parking spot mn the hbrary parking lt follows ‘anormal distubution with a mean of 35 minutes and a standard devietion of | minute, find the probability that a randomly selected college student will find a parking spot in the brary parking lot m more than 3 minutes 1 03951 2 03085 3 02674 4 01915 5 06915, ‘Question 13 Suppose Z has a standard normal distnbation with a mean of 0 and standard deviation of 1 The probabinty that Z values are larger than _ 18 0 6985 1-052 2 103 3070 41 5039 Question 14 “The amount of tea leaves ina can fiom a particular production ine 1s normally distributed with = 110 grams and a = 25 grams A sample of 25 cans 1s to be selected What is the probabuity that the sampfe mean wall be between 100 and 120 grams? 1 00228 2 03085, 3 02674 4 09772 5 09544 ITURN OVER],8 STAISIO. OCTINOV 2015 Question 15 According to a survey, only 15% of customers who visited the web site of a mayor retal store made a purchase Random samples of size 50 are selected What proportion of the samples will have between 20% and 30% of customers who will make a purchase after visiting the web site? 1 0s000 2 0.9985 3 0.8380 4 01596 5 08413 Question 16 A university dean 15 interested in determining the proportion of students who receive some sort of financial aid Rather than examine the records forall students, the dean randomly selects 200 students and finds that 118 of them are receiving finan financial aid aid. Use a 90% confidence interval to estimate the true proportion of students who receive 1 05200 x = 0.6600 2 05900 < x < 06472 3 05900 < x < 06582 4 05328 ) must equal 0 2 the explained variation equals the unexplamned variation 3. there 1s no unexplained vansation 4 there s no explained vanation 5 allthe dasa ports must fall exactly on a straight ine witha slope that equals 1.00, (TURN OVER}STAISIO OCTINOV 2015, @-) P (Aor B) =P (A) + P(B)~ P(A and B) P (Aand B) PUB) = So w He EO) = > LPL) y De -£e¥] po Page dh KH 012, 0 [TURN OVER]‘ STAISIO OCTINOV 2015 Bur SSE= DY -WDY- HDX, sox = xy EAMEN) = 558 SST Ssx= Dat oxy (TURN OVER]7 STAISIO OCTINOV 2015 ‘Table 1A: Cumulative Standardized Normal Distribution (Z <0) T The Curmulabve Standardized Normal O'sinbution ' ny cept area endarth oman : end det om 00 2 t peers ZO Cumulative Probabilities z coo tas SO on 8 60 | oooodeed ss | owonoo1s 2s | coon Has | conmi0sso8 =40 } Cooons167t 735 | coos, occes — conse — eo connec HBF OOLHDH—HGaNES—_eMIED The | satoo7 060007 — Gomon? 900005 cena 0008 80S ONNIES DMS 0 vous 27 | cosort —oono10 9.40nd co ORaID GG —_DoNGS 9.69008 DERE —aoREE KINDS 36 | soci 6001S 0001S BOUTS GNI OOHLS _OEOTS 00012 aa0IZ TE [35 | oooozs coca —cacnz2 coven ann aoeuia 00190008 90017 N01 34 | coost —oanesz Gan 000030 Gamay © anaes over? — HONS 0.0024 33 | toioie —o0ene7 9.00015 000045 ocous —ome4d 00039 CORED ON" OHNE one? 000065 | 0 bIOEA 900062 000K) AHUSE —ON0USEO00SH ONWS2 800 bones? otgp4 000050 AG0R7 OOGORI 000"? 0000 90TH OODHTE HIN: 200135 OOO13t 00126 000122 OUOTTE —900LIA ODE aonI07—ootas_aaDiao, doly 90018 Coote 007——~DODLE- = «DI BONIS mms amis OME bois — 00025-00024 ©0023-0023 «8012» oamz! oan! ate bons 0004 00003 0.0052-—«OomaT—« O00} «om aR’ — N27 HMB bor 0004 oeH 0063 GoK © O00 ©0039 aeoRE NTT Done 000600005 © DDST UNS OOUsH ONE? 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