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K AMPALA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF SCHOOL OF COMPUTER STUDIES
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2011
COURSE : BCS, BCI, BBC, BIT
PAPER : Introduction to principles of Statistics
CODE : CS1202
YEAR : I
SEMESTER : I
DATE : 31ST May 2011
TIME : 2-5PM
DURATION : 3Hrs
Instructions
Attempt ALL Questions in SectionA and ANY Three from section B
r2= 1- 6 D 2 =a+ bX b= (X- X)(Y- Y)n(n2- 1) (X- ) 2
SECTION A COMPULSORY QUESTIONQuestion. 1
a) Briefly write down the meaning of the following
(i) Sample
(ii) Population
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(iii) Statistics
(iv) Parameter (3 Marks @)
b) Define a data source. [3 mark]
ii) Give the meaning of both primary and secondary data, give examples in each case.
[6 marks]
c) Give the difference between the following
i) Statistical inquiry and sampling [3 marks]
ii) Give two advantages and two disadvantages of sampling [4 marks]
iii) State what you understand by simple random sampling, stratified sampling, cluster sampling and
judgmental sampling [ 8 marks]
iv) Population and a Sample [4 marks]
d) Differentiate between homogeneous and heterogeneous populations [2 marks]
SECTION B, Attempt ONLY Three Questions
Question2
a) Give two reasons why sampling should be used [ 5 marks]
b) What is sampling distribution [3 marks]
c) The following is a table of grouped data for the days of maturity for 40short term investmentsfound in national business and financial weekly paper.
Day to matching frequency
30-40 3
40-50 1
50-60 8
60-70 10
70-80 7
80-90 7
90-100 4
a) Use the sample to estimate
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(i) Sample mean
(ii) Mode
(iii) Inter quartile range
b) Draw an o-give and use it to estimate the median
Question3
The data below shows the ages of people in the central region of Uganda who didnt activelyparticipate in CHOGM preparations of 2007.
47 73 65 66 72 75 55 45 71
72 60 64 53 69 60 83 68 65
79 61 52 55 70 62 57 56 80
68 70 50 61 62 52 54 58 50
74 59 46 70 70 67 74 63 55
a) Determine the following:
i) State the variable under investigation [1 mark]
ii) The Range [1 mark]
iii) Class width [2 marks]
b) Construct a frequency distribution table for the data. [12 marks]
c) Calculate the Arithmetic Mean Age [4 marks]
Question. 4
The following are data collected from Gongo la mboto shops showing the categorical profitrealization ($) in the month of August 2009.
Profit per Shop ($) 0 9 10 19 20 29 30 39 40 49 50 - 59
No. of Shops 12 18 27 20 17 6
a) Represent the information a frequency table and show the cumulative frequency.
[8marks]
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b) Draw both the less than and greater that Ogive [7 marks]c) Using both the formula and graphical methods, calculate the median. Comment on the
two, and give the difference that exists if any. [5 marks]
Question. 5
The table below shows the frequency distribution of the persons employed in units of Azamindustries in Tanzania. If the frequency of the first class interval is 6, study the table and answerthe following questions.
Calculate
i) The average number of persons employed. [ 8 marks]ii) The mode [ 5 marks]
iii) Draw for the frequency polygon for the employees [ 7 marks]
Question. 6
Using the formulae: r2= 1- 6 D2
n(n2- 1)Calculate the Spearman correlation coefficient r2 between anxiety and performance of
biology test. (15 marks)
Student 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Anxiety Score 25 28 31 31 35 42 45 49
Biology Score 17 16 15 15 13 15 15 10
Class
Interval
Less than Cumulativefrequency
5 - 9 6
10 14 11
15 19 26
20 24 36
25 29 41
30- 34 45
35 39 47
40- 44 50
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Question. 7
A statistics teacher administers a test to a group of 100 students and
obtainsthe following results.
Score 1 2 4 5 7 8 9 10 13 14 16 17 18
Frequen
cy
5 8 10 10 3 4 12 15 20 8 2 2 1
a) Construct a grouped frequency using 3 as class size.
b) Use (a) to determine the relative frequency distribution of the data
c) Use (a) to plot the ogive of the data. (15
marks)
Question. 8
The number of hours spent studying should be related to performance in an
examination. To verify this assertion, a teacher registers the number of hours
(per week) six students spend studying physics and the marks they obtain in
the physics examination as follows:
Student 1 2 3 4 5 6
Time
studying
8 7 15 4 11 14
Exams
score
13 10 16 12 13 17
a) Draw a scatter diagram of the data
b) Use the scatter diagram to estimate the line of best fit
c) Use the method of least squares to determine the line of best fit.
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d) Compare the lines in (b) and (c) above.
e) What would be the estimated score for a student who spends 10 hours
a week studying? (15 marks)
Question. 9
(i)What is measurement? (3 marks)
(ii) Using examples explain the different measurement scales used
statistical data
Analysis (12
marks)
Question. 10
The following probability of each outcome is given below
Colour Yellow Blue Green Violet Black
Probability 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.3
Calculate the probability that a lecturer at KIU will
a) Wear a blue or violet tie
b) Wear a green or blue or black suit
c) Would wear green and yellow tie
d) Will not wear a black or green or yellow shirt. (15 marks)
END