UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS UNIVERSITEMTSEKSAMENS (mee mm, UNISA Ise STA1510 (ara) May/dune 2015 BASIC STATISTICS Duration 2 Hours 100 Marks EXAMINERS FIRST MR TP MOHLALA. SECOND DREM RAPOO Use of a non-programmabte pocket calculator ¢ permissible Closed book examination, ‘This examination question paper remains the property ofthe University of South Africa and may not be removed from the examination venue BE ‘This examination paper consists of 22 pages, including 2 pages of formulae (p 12-13) plus 9 pages of tables (pp 14-22) a5 well as instructions for the completion af 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 all 25 questions on one mark reading sheet ITURN OVER]STAISIO MAY/UNE 2015 Question 1 ‘A-summary measure thats computed to descnibe a charactensuc from only a sample of the population 1 called 1 aparameter 2 census 3 astanste 4 the serene method 5 asample Question2 Which ofthe following is a discrete quanttarwve (numerical variable? 1 theamount of ealones contained in a S0-gtams package of cheese 2 the Volume of water released from a dam 3. the distance you drove yesterday the numbe! of employees of an surance company the amount of ume a student spent studying for an exam ITURN OVER}Question 3 STAISIO MAYIJUNE 2015 The follovnng are the duration in minutes of a sample of long-distance phone calls made within the Republi of South A inca reported by one long-distance carries Tame (in Minutes) | Relauve Frequency O but less than 5 037 5S but less than 10 022 0 but less than 15 ois 20 but less than 25 TS but less than 20 10 v7 25 burt less than 30 007 30 or more 00 ‘Referring to the table, what is the cumulanve relative frequency lor the percentage of calls that lasted 10 minutes. 1 more? Question 4 Refer to the table on question 3 1 100 calls were sampled, _ of them would have lasted fess than 15 minutes 2 016 024 oal 090 on 6 " 10 90 30 ITURN OVER]4 STAISI0 MAYAUNE 2015 Question 5 In night-shewed distributions, which of the following 1s the correct statement? 1 The distance fiom Q; to Qp 1s yreater than the distance from Q; 10 Qs 2. The distance from Qj to Qo 1s less than the distance from Qs 10 Qs. 3 The amthmetie mean is less than the median 4) The mode is greater than the arithmenie mean 3. The distance from Qy 10 > equals to the distance from Q3 10 Qs. Question 6 1m a revent acadermic year, many public umversities in South Afi raised twition and fees due to a decrease in state subsidies Ihe change in the cost of tuition, a shared room, and the most popular meal plan from the previous. ‘academic year for a sample of 10 public universities were as follows R1S89, R593, RI223, R869, R423, R1720, R708, R1425, R922 and R308 Referring to the information, what the interquactile range of the change in the cost? 1 R593 2 R100 3 RIS 4 R832 5 R92 Question 7 ‘The employees of a company were surveyed on questions regarding their educational background (college degree oF no college degree) and mantal status (single or married) 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 does not have college degree 1s 1010 2033 3 067 4075 5 0733 ITURN OVERQuestion 8 STAISIO. MAYHUNE 2015 The probabyity that @ new advernsing campaign will mctease sales 1s assessed as being O 80 The probability that the cost of developing the new ad campaign can be hept within the onginal budget allocation 1s 0.40. Assuming that the two events are independent, the probability thatthe cost 1s not hept withi budget or the campaign will not merease sales 1s 1012 0x2 068 4088 020 Question 9 Mothe:s Agamnst Drunk Driving 18a very visible group whose main focus 1s to educate the public about the harm. caused by drunk drivers A study was recently done that emphasized the problem we all face wath dimakmg and dnving Four hundred accidents that occurred on a Saturday mght were analyzed Two stems noted were the ‘number of vehucles volved and whether alcohol played arole m the accident The numbers are shown below ‘Number of Vehicles lnyotved Did alcohol playarole” [1 [2 [3 | Totals Yes ___ {50 | 190 | 20 | 170 No 25 | 175 | 30 | 230 Totals 75 | 275 | 50 [400 Referring to the table, given that alcohol was not involved, what proportion ofthe aceidents were multiple vehicles? 1 50/170.0r 29 41% 2 120/170 oF 70 59% 3. 205/230 or 89 13% 425/230 or 10.87% 5 20/230 or 870% ITURN OVER]Question 10 STAISIO. MAYIUNE 2015, Wf = 10 and x = 070, then the standard deviation of the binomial distribution 1s 1 007 2 14s 3700 4 1629 5 210 Question 11 ‘The number of powe: outages at a nuclear power plant has a Poisson distribution with a mean of 3 5 outages per yea The probability that there will beat least three power outages ina year 1s 1 00302 2 067m 3 02158 4 09367 5 03209 Question 12 ‘Two different designs on new line of winter jackets for the coming wanter are available for your manufactunng, plants Your profit (in thou nds of rands) will depend on the taste of the consumers when winter amves. The probability of the three possrble different tastes of the consumers and the corresponding profits are presented sn the following table Probabriy | Taste Denn | Dexgn 02 ‘more conservaive [180] 520 05 no change 230-310 03 morehibend | 350 | 270 Referring tothe table, what 1s your expected profit when Design A 1s chosen? 1 R256000 2 R340000 3 Ri8o000 4 R520000 5. R330000 ITURN OVER]7 SIAISIO. MAYUNE 2015 Question 13 we know that the length of ume 1 takes 2 college student to find a parking spot in the library parking lot follows ‘normal disinbutton with a mean of 3 $ minutes and « standard deviation of 1 munute. find the probability that a randomly selected college student vill find a parking spot inthe hbrary parking lot m less than 3 aninutes 1 03551 2 03085 3 02671 4 0191s 9.5000 Question 14 Suppose Z has a standaid normal distribution with a mean of 0 and standard deviation of 1 The probabrhty that Z valves are larger than _ 503483, 1-039 2 108 309 4 5039 Question 15 ‘The amount of tea leaves in a can from a particular production line w normally distributed with je = 110 grams. and a = 25 grams A sample of 25 cans is to be selected What i the probabilty that the sample mean will be greater than 100 grams? 1 90228 2 03085 3.02674 409772 5 01587 ITURN OVER]8 STAISIO MAYHJUNE 2015 Question 16 According to a survey, only 15% of customers who visited the web sit of « major retall store made a purchase Random samples of size $0 are selected What proportion of the samples will have less than 15% of customers ‘who wall makes purchase after visiting the web site? 1 0 sou0 2 308s 3 026% 4 ose? 5 084i3 Question 17 ‘A unversity dean 1s interested in determining the proportion of students who recewe some sort of financial aid Rather than exemine the records for all student, the dean randomly selects 200 students and finds that 118 of them ave receiving financial aid The 95% confidence interval for x 1s $9 0 O7 Interpret his interval 1 We are 95% confident thatthe true proportion of all students receiving financial ard ws between 0 $2 and 066 2. 95% of the students get between 52% und 66% of their tuition paid for by finaneral aid 3. Weare 95% confident that between 52% and 66% of the sampled students receive some sort of financtal aid 4 We are 95% confident that 59% ofthe students are on some sort of financial au 5 We are 95% confident that 66% of the students are on some sort of financial aid Question 18 ‘A hotel chain wants to estimate the mean number of rooms rented daily n a given month The population of rooms rented daily 1s assumed to be normally disinbuted for each month with a standard deviation of 24 rooms Dung, February. a sample of 25 days has a sample mean of 37 rooms ‘A 99% confidence interval lor the mean number of rooms rented daily in @ given month is fre wo 1 3702104936 2 27591046 at 3 2582048 18 43702105019 5 2464104936 ITURN OVER}9 STAISIO MAYHUNE 2015 Question 19 ‘A mayor OVD rental chain 1s considering apening a new store un an stea that eumently does not have any such stores The chaun will open 1! there 1s evidence that more than $, GOQof the 20,000 households im the aica aie quipped with DVD players Ii conduets a telephone poll of 300 randomly selected households in the area and finds that 96 have DVD piayers The p-value associated with the test statistic m this problem 1s approximately equalto 1 00100 2 00051 3 0.0026 400013, 5 09974 Question 26 A survey claims that 9 out of 10 doctors revammend aspirin for thexr patents wath headaches To test this ckarm ‘against the alternative that the actial proportion of doctors who renmmend aspirin 1s Tess than 0 90. a iandom sample of 100 doctois. results im 83 who indicate that they recommend aspirin ‘The value of the test statistic m ‘his problem 1s approximately equal to 1-412 2 3-186 4-007 s 41a Question 24 ‘The owner of a local mghtetub has recently surveyed a random sample of n = 250 customers of the club She would now hke to determine whether or nol the mean age at her customers 18 greater than 30-130, she plans to alter the entertamnment to appeal to an older crowd {faot, no entertainment changes will be made The appropriate hypotheses to test are Uy we 2 30 versus ith w <30 2 My ws 30verus He > 30 30 versus hy ¥ < 30 Hy 30 venus Hy ¥ > 30 4h 5S Fy ws 30 versus Hu #30 ITURN OVER10 rA151 STAISIO MAYAUNE 2015 Question 22 One entenion used to evaluate employees in the assembly section of a large factory 1 the number of defecuve pieces per 1,000 parts produced The quality control deparument wants to find out whether there 1 a relationship between years of experience and defect rate Since the job 1s reperitious after the mtial taining period, Improvement due toa learning effect might be offset by a loss of motwanion A defeet rate 1s calculated for each worker ina yearly evaluation The results for 100 workers are given in the table below Years Since Traiming Period <1 Yea [1 —4 Yeas [5 —9 Years Hig 6 9 9 Detect Rate [Average [9 9 3 [Low 7 8 i0 Referning tn the table. find the rejection region necessary for testing atthe 0 OS level of significance whether there 's a relationship between defect rate and years of experience 1 Reject Ay ify? > 16919 2 Reject Hy it x? > 15.507 3 Reject My fg? > 11183 4 Reject fy if ¢? > 9.488 5 Reject My fy? > $991 Question 23 Refer tothe table on question 22 What isthe expected number of employees wih less than 1 year of training time and a high defect rate? 1 036 2 864 ITURN OVER)n STAISIO MAYNUNE 2015 Question 24 ‘The director of cooperative education at a slate college wants o examine the effect of cooperative education job eexpertence on mnarketabrlity 19 the work place She takes a random sample a four students. For these four she finds out how many times each had a cooperative education job (independent variable) and how many Job offe.s (dependent variable) they recewed upon gradvation “These data are presented inthe table betow ‘Student | Co-op Jobs | Tob Ofer 1 T 4 2 2 6 3 t 3 [4 [o 1 Refening tothe table the prediction for the number of job offers fora person wit twa cooperative eckcation sobs Question 25 Reler to the table on question 24, the erior or residual sum of squares (SSE) is 149 2475 ITURN OVER)2 STAISIO MAYHUNE 2015 Fonmulae / Formules ze yo-¥ oH P(A oF B) = P (4) + P(B)~ P(A and B) P (And 8) Pal) = Se = EOD = AP CR) LOY] PO) POD = aay IE KROL [TURN OVER}3 STAISIO. MAYMUNE 2015 tay @Bz# Lew + fe ane ates S8E=D- HOH DMN see mE Ken TA LH ssr ey 2 asa {TURN OVER}‘Table 1. Standardized Normal Distribution ‘Tabel 1; Standaardnormuatverdeting The Standardized Normal Distrbuien ‘smb the an 2 as | ais a8 ow a ry oa toe 2 203 5 cone a1 os? tt mt Be ame ahs ssa so st 95 oe “08 ans to ts iste sale me fost in Som ss rT 03% om Seas me as a ‘as os an on ae ais 2 he sss wo ‘ont one 08 2 ise oe ams aim an se os 199) a1 eo oH ee on as ame pion omer STAISIO. MAYAUNE 2015 on a) ha a uso is wes 20 be wie et mS Soe 3133 huss 39a jor ais te Sim be be en is wes an tine noe ed time oot ase 99? a0 i yams ‘sats ons are ‘ons oat foots Sony Gon fms amt ee ITURN ovER;‘Table 2A: Cumulative Standardized Normal Distribution (Z <0) ‘Tabel 2A: Kumulatiewe Standaardaormaalverdel STAISIO MAYAUNE 2015 B(Z <0) The Cumulatve Standardized Normal Oetibution ! ary repens tude he ue Suna : fal eon tom ore? i —ze Connitatie Rrobabiines aa Z [om oo om 00s somes 08am 80 | Oceneao0t Ss | ooo $0 | covons =e | ouono033e8 M40 | oongesieri =39 | coves” oonas comm —oov0% —gouoe 0000s a0 oD oot 38 | oco7 cone? coe? oceans Hos Cote OIOTE 036908 eos =17 | coooi: —o0n010 —cvenie casi Commh—oomY —amEE —OUoNOR Stes 36 | oownis —sonmis —oo0ois —Gonols oom 001s oes BaaETE oom 55 } vaorzs vonos2 acez? amor! Doxead—on019 —DONDI—_amnOIK e001? “34 | vows 000 —owworr—ocouso 00129 cous o0m2? Daa Some 33 | consis — ano —omy04s —acoB43 aon vo0oK 9019 DODNEE 0003s 32 | vows —nontes —Oodnes 00062 PanNED CDSE 0055 DDS 00030 “31 | ocoosr nome anno» coon? aans Gomme? Ohon79 DIT oo =30 | 000135 papi3i v9012s 000122 bwoITB Gaould goon bomoT ova =29 | oon sabi owe 001? ool, Das ams Oats, oid =2e | coms —oom2s vous oomts nent oma?) OIRT oie =27 | 0003s oom 00m oes! Om BNR 6 Sie | coo — ews Gast ast ont neead nts ame Some “25 | uo —DomK Cons? STS Coss S082 amST 00s 24 | ovos2 cond copm —00075—ooTS OMT nse 00s 723,| 50107 0104 core 0002 ome 00084 poste 00a 22 | ov ose cars 01 ols. «ea atly ote sare <2 | 9017 coi orm ovis» ote? 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OE “1 | wasn 94s bas ates Oude Ouse as amg OT “00 | osm — oa oa Ouse Oss] O47, ara Oa OSH [TURN OVER}‘The Curnulatwe Standa-dized Normal Datrbution (Cantinsed) Table 2B: Cumulative Standardized Normal Distribution (Z > 0) ‘Tabel 2B: Kumulatiewe Standoardoormaatverdeling (Z > 0) nny epee area de be lave ands * Cuaisiatfeg probabaiits, STAISIO MAYUUNE 2015 z [ew om a oes aot oases rT 99 | ose esto som siz>osiy OS® Ose OD on 0am O1 | ossee sae osm s8I7 0587 Osim Bae OsHIS OSI O 02 | osm 0582 asB7! 03810. osaeh a8? aah Odd sled anit 03 | Gam oni? oes was ass aaies dome Ossett peat va | sess 689) wim 06661 a7e0 ase Tm Demn bates pea 93 | ces 04880 owmes O71 a7054 toe ni2s OTST ost Oaaa 95 | aus om ammo a7se oa Oss DM OSI raat 07 | ars 76127407737 p ase rese os | ozs 710 nme nas 07995 oas baat «alte alae ata 99 | ais) kids omnis) aIs Oat gates 10 | vay os obs) ome asis «HSN «OSS OSI asp 11 | oto ones Rete ostes 0m) ORTMD OMT OLD. USSSD 12 | og ones ont ome7 us Gson naa? oataa gas San 13 | ome nso o9nse gms? 09099 SiS aI Dela Stee UaTtT 14 | csi —oozor—ngnsz—onnse asst ass bate 8am: asses «a 15 | sme ossas—osasy oust cast nsats = aay BR gute oe 16 | 094s osas oars cunt 94858505 Goats Dosts «853 nsts 17 | 09554 03564 ousrs 05829561 0557 Us Oauls «05628 If | og 09619 D956 vex 9671 OaeTB = OoeR «OT Ueet) ite 19 | 9973 os7iy nga ogg «Osa 0750 Ose wae OSTE 20 | 0977 osm noms ort agrms 0979 O98 OaoE oat? SuIY 2h | osm —0mm26 09830 mnie © O9RSE OER OBR ahs OSE OMmST 22 | osmst onset ons geT: GR Dams aHRT «DBRT astY abe 23 | 09s asm oss ogee bane © O98) sant IUT) wae 24 | 091s ayy nea ages gee omm ammonia oat 25 | 09938 osm 9p ops 548884 =m gay «CEL 26 | 09983 aspss—009s6_—awys7 005905550 —«DaB6I—Daees= med 27 | 0996s 09956 09967 amen ssa OTL gaymacasms Oa 28 | om gprs oom = oTTasem owe Bae) 29 | 0051 opps oom 9993s OsmN OS 8RIS Moan 30 | oases ogoaca —ossevs 9987 oggts2 99st © OomHH®—OumRP—OGDHET—_GopnOD 31 | 09503 ospne 59510 HHI O89HI6 Osss18 oN ODN DevER ORNS 32 | oypnt —o95%54 overs 098938 o5ms40 9982 Dome —DINEMG SERIE gm) 33 | 099s a mins5 oss o9nos? 098958 Gamma gnc UoamD —H0 DUNE ODI nae? OFIRI—OUIME 36 | ospp1e o99m1s —ossyRs —osones —casose O98? Dam8ST —OBeHRE OSDIR anmED 57 | 09ers asasao oom Gaas90O85p01 Done doemea—naese2 oom DoaMET 38 | 099983 0999930803 oveyys ©5080 opm Goma as99s OS OORT 33 | 9095 sms oi 098505 Oma 00m mG «NNER OSDIST Gan? 40 | ospeseanzs 8 | oononesoe 50 | ogepepyris 55 | oovsoppsa1 60 | Damen ITURN OVER]7 STAISIO. MAYAUNE 2015 ‘Table 3A: Critical values of ¢ ‘Tabel 3A: Kritieke waardes van ¢ crmest vais of Feraaouae panto ere ny cas ced trrarensiy seems pay ITURN OVER]ig STAIsI0 MAYAUNE 2015, ‘Table 3B: Critical values of: ‘Tabel 3B: Knitieke waardes van / (TURN OVER)9 STAISIO MAYJUNE 2015 Table 4 Critteal values of <2 Tabel 4. Knitieke waardes van x? Conical Values of x? fer apurcua numberof Gees of ct eoy repress ena ale of x responding ithe culate rbabisy (1 ~ g) abd aspect oppertal 1 dos 01m 132 Soo ais 7879 2 0020 Oat O57 27734405 S01 Ta 9210 10597 3 ons OSs 121 4108 25178189548. HISKS 4 027 10st 1923 $385 779 9488348 1327714860 5 oss 160 2675 6635-9236 «OTL 128335085 16750 6 oan 22M 3485 THM 06k 12502 seo HELD 18SB 7 1239 Das 42559037 2017 34067 60138720278 « 166 3490 SOM 10210 1336215307 1753S aOR 2195S : 2098 1885899 wor 19025 21.665 Das89 0 2588 4955673712569 15987 18307 20489 I 75188 u 3053 S518 738 BTL IS Wers 21920 MTS 26757 2 asm 030) BS 4945 Aese 21026 23397 2617 38299 Bb 4107 702 9299 ism 9812 22382 3476 TEER 29819 4 660 7790 1016S AT UIT 21064 2685 6119 BEAL 51319 6 529 S547 11057 IB245 22307 24995 PARE 0572 2AM 16 san 9312 11912 19169 254226295 ake 32000 "7 408 oss 12792 20489 24749 _ZISKT BIL 35.409 we 703 10855 13675 21603 259% DRAB 31506 34405 » 7633 NGS! 14562 22718 DIM IM RD 6 19T 20 8260 ban a2 2 BLT 17566 a 804 6897 1324) lo34e M4913 D9GIS SET 35479 3897 2 Bess 9582 W402 17240 26008 30813 S94 Sw TaE anos 2 9250 10196 fags iR1G7 2714 ¥2007 S172 BROT LE a 9885 10336 15639 19037 28241 33195 S5ais 30364 42980 3 tos 11526 13120 ait tears iggy 20309 SAE? STaS2 ABLE 44314 2% 1160 12198 19EH 15379 17787 2084S 3043-35563 SRRRS 41923 a5 642 2 1808 12879 1457S 61S GING T1749 MSIE 367A WOLD 43194 46903 2 12461 3565 15308 16928 48957 0s? Dm 91S AISBT Atal 828 » 13121 14257 1604717708 19 76R 23367 35TH B9ORT D557 43722 aD SK ” 13757 14653 16791 18493 20597 Mars 34800 40258 4377) Seu79 30892 fev Lnger alos of dares ode (fhe xposion 7 ~ V5? ~ Vlaf) — | maybe wndad th eager ace from be multe seared meal datstaton (aks 3) TURN OVER}Se a as tere somal Psbies “Bip peamtanan eat cay mau poche pina Yesay shen Sot wi ney wen net on 20 STAISIO. MAYI/JUNE 2015 ‘Table 5 Bunomial Probabilities ‘Tabel §: Bunomizalwaurskyahkhede ITURN OVER]‘Table 5 (continued) Tabel § (vervolg) STALSIO MAYHUNE 2015 ITURN OVER}able of Pasion Pobileg Table 6: Poisson Probatuliies ‘Tabel 6 Poisson-waarskynlikhede Sots ie it is i UNISA 2015 STAISIO MAYHUNE 2015omen unversiry or sours arnica UNISA loses. 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