ASSIGNMENT SUBMISSION AND ASSESSMENT

Elementary Statistics
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 ASSIGNMENT QUESTION

INSTRUCTION: ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED

EXPLAINNATION

QUESTION 1

Suppose you are working for a company in the music business. They make
stereos, musical instruments and produce CDs. They decide to do a survey on
dance preferences by college students. Basically, they wanted to know about
college students interests and practices on dance music. A survey was
administered to a random sample of 37 students and recorded in Table 1:
A Ironic dance B Pro dance C Sway dance
D Dad-dance E Twerk dance

Table 1
Male Female Male Female Male
A A A A E
C E C C A
A A C B E
A C A D D
A A B A A
C D E B B
D A D D A
D A

a) Prepare a summary table for dance preferences. Calculate percentage and (4)
sectarian angle of each type of dance preferred.
b) Represent these figures on a pie chart. (3)
c) Draw a bar chart to represent the dance preferences. (3)
[Total: 10 marks]
ANSWERS:
a) PERCENTAGE = FREQUENCY OF EACH DANCE TYPE X 100
TOTAL FREQUENCY

SECTARIAN ANGLE = PERCENTAGE / 100 X 360o

DANCE TYPE NUMBER OF STUDENTS SECTARIAN

MALE+FEMALE PERCENTAGE ANGLE
A 16 43.24 43 156
B 4 10.81 11 39
C 6 16.22 16 58
D 7 18.92 19 68
E 4 10.81 11 39
TOTAL 37 100 360

b)
Dance Relative Frequency
A 0.43
B 0.11
C 0.16
D 0.19
E 0.11

Dance Frequency

11% A
B
19% 43%
C
D
16%
E
11%
c)
Dance Frequency
A 16
B 4
C 6
D 7
E 4

Dance Preferences
18 16
16
14
12 A
Frequqnecy

10 B
8 7
6 C
6 4 4 D
4
2 E
0
A B C D E
Dance Type

QUESTION 2
Based on Table 1 in Question 1:

a) Prepare a multiple frequency table for dance preferences of both genders. (2)
b) Using your frequency table, draw a multiple bar chart to represent the (4)
information.
c) Briefly discuss and compare the percentage of favorite and least favorite (4)
dance preferences of both genders.
[Total: 10 marks]
ANSWERS:
a)
DANCE TYPE NUMBER OF STUDENTS
MALE PERCENTAGE FEMALE PERCENTAGE
A 9 40.90 41 7 46.66 47
B 2 9.09 9 2 13.33 13
C 4 18.18 18 2 13.33 13
D 4 18.18 18 3 20 20
E 3 13.63 14 1 6.66 7
TOTAL 22 100 15 100

b)

Dance Frequency
10
9
8
7
Frequency

6
5
Male
4
Female
3
2
1
0
A B C D E
Dance Type

c) Both male and female students prefer A the most.41% male and 47% female students
prefer A. Least favorite dance for male is B (only 9% prefer B) and for female is E(only 7 %
prefer E)
QUESTION 3
Table 2: Mathematics Score
27 37 30 28 39 25 45 28
32 28 26 38 31 30 47 41

a) Based on Table 2, organize the data into a frequency distribution by taking (4)
25 as the lower limit of the first class and 5 as the class width.
b) Construct a less than or equal ogive for the frequency distribution (6)
established in (a) and then approximate the number of candidates who
scores below 35.

[Total: 10 marks]

ANSWERS:
a)
Class Frequency Cumulative Frequency
25-30 6 6
30-35 4 10
35-40 3 13
40-45 1 14
45-50 2 16

b)

Cumulative Frequency
18
16
14
12
Freqquency

10
8
Cumulative Frequency
6
4
2
0
25-30 30-35 35-40 40-45 45-50
Class
QUESTION 4
A bag contains 3 black balls and 5 white balls. Paul picks a ball at random from
the bag and replaces it back in the bag. He mixes the balls in the bag and then
picks another ball at random from the bag.
a) Construct a probability tree of the problem. (5)
b) Calculate the probability that Paul picks:.
i) two black balls (2)
ii) a black ball in his second draw (3)

[Total: 10 marks]
ANSWERS:
a)
First draw Second draw Outcomes Probability

3 3 3 9
B ( B, B) 8 = 64
8
8 ( B, B)
3 3 5 15
( B, W) 8 = 64
8 B W 8
5 ( B, B) ( B, B)

3 8
8 5 3 15
5 W B ( W,B ) 8 = 64
8
W)
8 ( B, B)
W 5 3 9
5 ( W, W) 8 = 64
8
( B, B)
8 ( B, B)

b) i) two black balls

To find the probability of getting two black balls, first locate the B branch and then
follow the second B branch. Since these are independent events we can multiply the
probability of each branch.

3 3
( ) = 8 8 =

ii) a black ball in his second draw

There are two outcomes where the second ball can be black.
rom the probability tree diagram, we get:
 P(second ball black)
= P(B, B) or P(W, B)
= P(B, B) + P(W, B)
9 15
= 64 + 64
24
=
64

=

Either (B, B) or (W, B)

QUESTION 5
12 workers of an electronic factory were selected to assemble electronic spare parts. The
time taken to completely assemble a part are recorded in Table 3.
Table 3
18 15 17 22 12 20
19 15 20 25 16 13

a) Calculate the mean, the median, the mode and the standard deviation of (7)
assembling time.
b) Calculate the Pearson coefficient of skewness and comment on the (3)
assembling time distribution.
[Total: 10 marks]

ANSWERS:
a) MEAN = X / N = 212 / 12 = 17.67
Arrange data in ascending order:
12 13 15 15 16 17 18 19 20 20 22 25
MEDIAN = (17+18) / 2 = 17.5
MODE = 20,15
STANDARD DEVIATION = ((X - MEAN)2 / N-1)
X X - MEAN ( X MEAN )2
18 0.33 0.1089
15 -2.67 7.1289
 17 -0.67 0.4489
22 4.33 18.7489
12 -5.67 32.1489
20 2.33 5.4289
19 1.33 1.7689
15 -2.67 7.1289
20 2.33 5.4289
25 7.33 53.7289
16 -1.67 2.7889
13 -4.67 21.8089

STANDARD DEVIATION = (156.6668 / 11) = 3.77

b)Pearson coefficient of skewness = 3 (mean median) / standard deviation

Pearson coefficient of skewness = 3(17.67 17.5) / 3.77 = 0.1352

The time distribution is positively skewed. Since the value is smaller, the distribution slightly
differs from a normal distribution.

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