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CONFIDENTIAL,
CSIJUN 2018/STA108
UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA
FINAL EXAMINATION
‘COURSE STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY
COURSE CODE STA108
EXAMINATION. JUNE 2018
TIME
3 HOURS
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
1
2,
3.
This question paper consists of eight (8) questions.
‘Answer ALL questions in the Answer Booklet. Start each answer on a new page.
Do not bring any material into the examination room unless permission is given by the
invigitator.
Please check to make sure that this examination pack consists of:
the Question Paper
ii) athree- page Appendix 1
iil) an Answer Booklet - provided by the Faculty
iv) atwo graph papers - provided by the Faculty
‘Answer ALL questions in English
DO NOT TURN THIS PAGE UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO
This examination paper consists of 7 printed pages
(© Hak Cipta Universiti Teknologi MARA CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL CSIJUN 2018/STA108
QUESTION 1
a) State the level of measurement of the following variables.
i) Customer service ratings at five fast food restaurants.
ii) Mobile broadband speed.
il) Models of computer.
iv) Height of tree
(4 marks)
b) Company XYZ receives a large shipment of 2000 bolts and wishes to measure their
length specification. The bolts will be used in an application that requires a variety of
different hardware. Before a shipment is accepted, a quality inspector will select a
sample of 40 bolts.
ji) State the population and sampling frame of the study.
(2 marks)
li) Identify the variable of interest and state its type.
(2 marks)
iil) _ Name the most appropriate sampling technique that can be used.
(2 marks)
jv) Determine the most appropriate method of data collection for this study and give
ONE (1) advantage of this method.
(2 marks)
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QUESTION 2
a) The following result of Minitab output displays the moisture content (%) measurement of
25 wood samples which were determined using gravimetric method.
Descriptive Statistics: Moisture
Total N for
Variable Count Mean StDev Minimum Q1 Median 3. Maximum Mode Mode
Moisture 25 46.92 15.10 20.00 36.00 48,00 57.00 73.00 483
Construct @ box plot representing the above data. Comment on the skewness of
distribution.
(4 marks)
b) The data below shows the weight of all participants in a conducted fitness program held
in Town X.
Weight (kg) 50 60 70 80 90
Number of participants 9 "4 5 14 3
Ga 660 se iso ke
’) Calculate the mean, median and mode values for the above data.
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% AD 92¢ 34 rye)
il) Interpret the modal value obtained in part (i).
(1 mark)
iii) Using the measures of central tendency in part (i), determine the shape of the
distribution.
(2 marks)
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QUESTION 3
The table below shows the production efficiency scores of poultry egg farming using system
A by 35 farmers.
_____ Score Number of farmers
0.70-0.75 4
0.75 -0.80 4
0.80-0.85 G
0.85 -0.90 6
0.90 -0.95 6
0.95 - 1.00 10
a) Calculate the mean and standard deviation for the above data
(5 marks)
b) Explain the mean value calculated in (a).
(1 mark)
©) Draw a histogram to represent the production scores of poultry egg farming.
(4 marks)
d) From the histogram, evaluate the modal value of the production score of poultry egg
farming. Explain the value obtained.
(3 marks)
) _ Given that the mean and standard deviation of production scores using system Bis 0.75
and 0.093 respectively, decide which production system is more consistent in poultry
egg farming,
(4 marks)
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QUESTION 4
a) The following table shows the data on the tuition class period (hours) and number of
student who failed in the examination
Tuition class period (hours) 10 12 2 2 12 7 6 7
Number of student who failed 19 11 6 5 9 2 23 21
i) Calculate the Pearson product moment correlation coefficient and explain its
meaning,
(6 marks)
ji) Find the regression equation line using the least squares method.
(4 marks)
iii) Estimate the number of students who failed if the tuition class period is 12 hours.
(2 marks)
b) The following are the Minitab result on weight (in kg) and systolic blood pressure of 10
randomly selected students. Assume that the weight and blood pressure are both
normally distributed and are linearly related.
Regression Analysis: Systolic Blood Pressure versus Weight
Term coef SE coef tr e
Constant 48.61 5.49 2.85 0,000
Weight 0.361 0.133, 2.70 0.027
= 5.83008 R-Sq = 47.75% R-Sq(adj) = 41.228
Based on the output above, answer the following questions.
i) Identify the independent and dependent variables.
(2 marks)
ji) State the coefficient of determination. Comment on the value.
(2 marks)
lil) State the value of slope. Interpret its meaning,
(2 marks)
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QUESTION 5
a) A private college organized an educational trip to a local university. There are 8
Statistics students and 10 Mathematics students at this college. If the trip can only be
joined by 6 Statistics students and 7 Mathematics students, calculate the probability
that the group of students selected for the trip,
(4 marks)
b) X and Y are independent events with P(X)= : and P(XUY) -t . Calculate P(Y),
(6 marks)
QUESTION 6
A milk producer company tested on their latest formula of M milk powder to prevent allergy
for new born babies in a particular hospital. The probability for a baby feeding on milk
powder in the hospital is 0.4. After giving the M milk powder to the babies, the probability for
a baby getting an allergy is 0.3. Meanwhile, babies which have not been fed with M milk
powder have a probability of 0.8 of getting an allergy.
a) Construct a tree diagram to represent above information.
(3 marks)
b) _ Estimate the probability that a baby selected an allergy.
(2 marks)
©) If the baby gets an allergy, estimate the probability that M milk powder is given.
(3 marks)
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QUESTION 7
‘The random variable X has a probability distribution as given in the table below.
x 2 - 0 1 2
m 0.3 04 n 0.4
Given that E(X) = 0.25, calculate the following
a) Value of mand n.
(S marks)
by) PK>-1).
(2 marks)
©) Variance of x, V(X).
(4 marks)
QUESTION 8
The probability density function of a continuous random variable is given by
(A (jx? —x9), O
