Issue 18/08/2011 Revision Date 10/06/2015 Form No. ECT/ACA/F05.

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Lab/ Software

Date: Time: Total Mark:

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Students Name

Students ID

Course Name Business Statistics

Course Code MTH203

Semester Fall 2017

Instructors Name Dr. Maamar , Dr. Feras

Contribution to a PLO Assessment? Yes- No

If Yes, specify ..

Questions 1 2 Total
Point 5 5 10
Student Mark

Note: This Assignment accounts for 10% of the students final grade.

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Rules:

1. You should work individually.

2. Use (Microsoft office) EXCEL or SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Science) to solve all the questions.
3. Send your answers as a softcopy into Moodle website : http://ect.ac.ae/elearn
4. Put your ID as a name for your file and Write your name and ID inside the file
5. Solve each part in one page or one sheet.

Question 1: Descriptive Statistics (5 Marks)

A manufacturer is investigating the operating life of laptop computer batteries. The following data are
available.
Life (min.) Life (min.) Life (min.) Life (min.)
130 145 126 146
164 130 132 152
145 129 133 155
140 127 139 137
131 126 145 148
125 132 126 126
126 135 131 129
147 136 129 136
156 146 130 146
132 142 132 132
Compute the following measures of location and variability:
Mean, Median, Mode, Variance and Standard deviation respectively.

Question 2: linear Regression (5 Marks)

Lets say that we had data on the prices of homes on sale and the actual number of sales of
homes:
Price(thousands of $) Sales of new homes
160 126
180 103
200 82
220 75
240 82
260 40
280 20

Answer all the following questions:

1) Construct a scatter diagram with Price and Sales. (1 mark)

2) Is there any relationship between Price and Sales? (1 mark)
3) Compute the coefficient of correlation. (1 mark)
4) Comment on the value of the coefficient of correlation.(1 mark)
5) Use the regression equation to predict Price when the Sales are 65. (1 mark)

Good Luck