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BUSINESS STATISTICS
Level 2
Monday 11 June
Subject Code: 2009
Time allowed: 2 hours 30 minutes
Write your answers in blue or black ink/ballpoint. You can only use pencil for graphs, charts,
diagrams, etc.
All answers must be correctly numbered but need not be in numerical order.
You may use a calculator provided the calculator gives no printout, has no word display facilities,
is silent and cordless. The provision of batteries and their condition is your responsibility.
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ASE2009 3 12 1
QUESTION 1
A bus company employs 250 staff. Each employee has an individual payroll number in the range 001 to
250.
The company wants to introduce healthier meals in its canteen. As a first step, it plans to distribute a
questionnaire to a sample of employees to obtain their views on the meals currently provided in the
canteen.
(a)
Using the table of random numbers below and starting from the top left corner,
number 164, draw a random sample of 10 employees from the payroll list.
164
640
439
106
944
915
058
669
133
108
677
141
101
323
389
489
641
334
164
054
712
428
580
778
177
275
705
503
443
188
(4 marks)
The 250 employees are divided into four employment categories as follows:
(b)
drivers 172
mechanics 30
clerical staff 28
managers 20
(i)
(ii)
The table below shows, for a random sample of seven days, the number of buses, x, run on that day
together with the total volume of fuel, y (000) litres used by these buses.
x
y
(c)
150
7.8
104
5.4
85
4.4
67
3.5
161
8.4
94
4.9
119
6.6
Calculate the equation of the regression line for this data in the form y = a+bx.
(10 marks)
(d)
Estimate the volume of fuel used on a day when 98 buses were in service and comment on the
likely accuracy of this forecast.
(3 marks)
(Total 25 marks)
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QUESTION 2
The following table shows the numbers of females, by age, working for a government department in
England in June 2001 and June 2007.
Age (years)
June 2001
15-20
295
21-30
918
31-45
957
46 and over
280
June 2007
356
1359
1455
280
(a)
Represent the data in the form of a component bar chart, showing two bars, one for each of the
years 2001 and 2007.
(8 marks)
(b)
The following table summarises the length of service of a random sample of 140 female workers in the
government department in June 2007.
(c)
0<x3
3<x6
6 < x 10
10 < x 14
14 < x 19
19 < x 49
30
39
36
15
11
9
(d)
Estimate the percentage of female workers in the sample working for 13 months or less.
(5 marks)
(Total 25 marks)
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QUESTION 3
Sarah, who is the receptionist at a doctors practice, was asked to keep a record of the number of
patients who failed to keep an appointment.
Her records for the first 15 weeks of 2011 were:
20
(a)
26
32
37
16
27
34
20
18
48
25
37
29
25
(b)
(c)
Sarah was also asked to record the number of patients who failed to keep an appointment in weeks 16
and 17 of 2011.
Unfortunately she failed to do so, but did remember that week 16 was less than 5 and week 17 greater
than 50.
(d)
the mode
the quartile deviation
the standard deviation?
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QUESTION 4
The table shows data taken from a random sample of 8 paperback books, where x equals the number of
pages and y equals the retail selling price () of each book.
x
y
(a)
235
6.50
(i)
275
4.00
362
5.50
438
8.00
561
4.50
609
5.00
704
8.00
766
5.50
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
Suggest two other variables, in addition to the number of pages, which may affect the retail
price of a paperback book.
(4 marks)
The same 8 books were later included in a book sale. The value of the product moment correlation
coefficient between the number of pages and the sale price was 0.26.
(b)
Use this value to calculate the coefficient of determination and explain fully what this shows.
(5 marks)
(Total 25 marks)
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QUESTION 5
Seasonal variation and random variation are two terms used in the analysis of time series data.
(a)
The table shows the quarterly expenditure, on garden plants and flowers by UK households from quarter
1 of 2005 to quarter 4 of 2008.
Year
Quarter
Expenditure (million)
2005
1
2
3
4
1
2
3
4
1
2
3
4
61
131
68
63
83
122
63
64
78
125
62
70
2006
2007
(b)
Suggest a possible reason for the high level of expenditure in quarter 2 of each year.
(2 marks)
(c)
(ii)
(iii)
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QUESTION 6
A housing estate built in 2006 consists of 320 properties of which 120 are detached, 150 are semidetached and 50 are apartments.
The numbers of bedrooms in each of these properties are shown below:Number of bedrooms
Type of Property
Detached
Semi-detached
Apartment
(a)
One
Two
Three or more
0
24
30
56
88
20
64
38
0
Name two of the events listed in the table that are mutually exclusive.
(2 marks)
(b)
Calculate the probability that a property selected at random from those on the estate is:
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(c)
If three properties are selected at random from the estate, what is the probability that one of each
type is chosen?
(5 marks)
The average selling price of the 2 bedroom properties on the estate in 2006 together with the equivalent
average selling price in 2010 are shown in the table.
Type of Property
Detached
Semi-detached
Apartment
2010
286
155
130
250
137
118
You may assume that the numbers of properties in each of the three categories remains at 56 detached,
88 semi-detached and 20 apartments.
(d)
Calculate a weighted aggregate price index, with 2006 as base year, to show the change in the
average price of these 164 properties over the period.
(6 marks)
The retail price index for 2010 with 2006 as base year was 109.8.
(e)
Compare this with the index calculated at (d) and suggest a possible reason for the difference
shown.
(4 marks)
(Total 25 marks)
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