1.

A building contractor claims he can renovate a 200-square-foot kitchen and dining room in
40 work hours, plus or minus 5 (i.e., the mean and standard deviation, respectively). The
work includes plumbing, electrical installation, cabinets, flooring, painting, and the
installation of new appliances. Assuming, from past experience, that times to complete
similar projects are normally distributed with mean and standard deviation as estimated
above.
NORMAL PROBABALITY DISTRIBUTION:
a)

What is the likelihood the project will be completed in less than 35 hours?

Normal Distribution
Z Distribution

=0.0222
For Less than 35 hours,

(10)
=0.222

Probability

=0.00

=0.35

0.1179

0.0

0.35

Conclusion

b)

What is the likelihood the project will be completed between 28 hours and 32
hours?

Z Distribution

=0.0222
For Less than 35 hours,

(04)
=0.0888

Probability

=0.00

=0.4

0.1554

c)

0.0
0.4
What is the likelihood the project will be completed between 35 hours and 48
hours?

Z Distribution

=0.0222
For Less than 35 hours,

(13)
=.2886

Probability

=0.00

=0.13

0.0398

0.0
d)

0.13

10 percent of such projects require more than how many hours?

Z Distribution

=0.0222
For Less than 35 hours,

(10)
=0.222

Probability

=0.00

=0.10

0.0398

0.0

0.35

Question Two
Required:
a)

Are the following nominal, ordinal, interval, or ratio data? Explain your answer.
INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICS
i)

Responses to the question whether (in the downtown area of a large

city) living conditions are `getting much worse, `getting a little
worse, `staying the same, `getting a little better, or `getting much
better.

ii)

Ordinal
Because these can not be measured in a specific manner
Ages of secondhand cars.

b)

Cardinal.
Because of its counting limit

The local cable television company is planning to add one more channel to its
basic service. There are five channels to choose from, and the company would
like to gather some inputs from its subscribers. There are about 200,000
subscribers, and the company knows that 35 percent of these are college
students, 45 percent are white-collar workers, 15 percent are blue-collar workers,
and 5 percent are other. The company believes there is much variation within
these groups.

Required:
Which of the following probability sampling methods is more appropriate:
random, systematic, stratified, or cluster sampling? Explain your answer.
SAMPLING METHODS

c)

There are various groups in the samples so the method that is appropriate is
Stratified random sampling.
The Random sampling method will not define the true and generalized picture
of Population.
In a study on fuel consumption of automobiles manufactured in 2014, the mean
value of kilometers per liter was 27.5 and the median was 26.8. The smallest
value in the study was 12.70 kilometers per liter, and the largest was 50.20. The
lower and upper quartiles were 17.95 and 35.45 kilometers per liter, respectively.

Required:
Develop a box plot and comment on the distribution. Is it a symmetric
distribution?

DISPLAYING AND EXPLORING DATA

Draw the box plot with its all importance values.
About the symmetric pattern of the distribution with the correct
justification..
Explanation about the distribution

Lower Limit

Higher Limit

Q1=17.95

Q3=35.45
Median=26.8

Distribution is a normal and symmetric pattern has highlighted the issues and problems in
relation to higher level of median and mode. Quartiles are clear evidence of programs.
3. An article reports the results of an analysis of salespersons performance level as a
function of two factors: task difficulty and effort. Included in the article is the following
ANOVA table.

Variable

df

F Value

Task difficulty

13.39

0.0032

Effort

0.27

0.1251

Interaction

17.95

0.0001

Required:
ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE
a)

Are there any significant task difficulty main effects?

H0= There is no significant task difficulty main effects.

H1= There is significant task difficulty main effects.
Significance Level is 95%
Results are calculated from the ANOVA table as the Value of F statistics must be More
than 16 and probability or P value must be within the 5% limits. All these factors are combined
or considered for this result. F value is more than 16 and the other one is also lying in the 1% or
5% p value. So it is statistically significant. H1 is accepted and H0 is rejected.
b)

Are there any significant effort main effects?

H0= There is no significant task difficulty main effects.

H1= There is significant task difficulty main effects.
Significance Level is 95%
Results are calculated from the ANOVA table as the Value of F statistics must be More
than 16 and probability or P value must be within the 5% limit. All these factors are combined or
considered for this result. F value is not more than 16 and the other one is also not lying in the
1% or 5% p value. So it is not statistically significant. H1 is rejected and H0 is accepted.
c)

Are there any significant interactions of the two factors? Explain.

H0= There is no significant interaction of the two factors.

H1= There is significant interaction of the two factors.
Significance Level is 95%
Results are calculated from the ANOVA table as the Value of F statistics must be More
than 16 and probability or P value must be within the 5% limits. All these factors are combined
or considered for this result. F value is more than 16 and the other one is also lying in the 1% or
5% p value. So it is statistically significant. H1 is accepted and H0 is rejected. It is the

relationship that independent variables can have in few cases. This is not present in this case.

4.
a. Company XYZ wants to test whether the average sale price of double-storey
houses in Johor is approximately equal to the average sale price of double-storey
houses in Selangor. The company gathers data on a random sample of 22

double-storey houses in Johor and find x =RM150,550 and s=RM4,500. A

random sample of 30 double-storey houses in Selangor gives x =RM145,440

and s=RM8,000.

Required:
Is the average sale price of all double-storey houses in both locations approximately
equal or not? Explain.
TWO-SAMPLE TESTS OF HYPOTHESIS

Write the null and alternative hypotheses to be tested.

Mentioned about the significant level used in the test.
Provide the critical value base on the significant level.
Calculating t-statistics.
Provide a graph.
Interpret the test results.
Provide a conclusion from the test.

b. Data from the Department of Statistics indicate that the 2010 unemployment rate
in Malaysia was 6.5% and the unemployment rate in the Philippines was 8.2%.
Suppose that both figures are based on random samples of 1,500 people in each
country.
Required:
Test the null hypothesis that the unemployment rates in both states are
equal versus the alternative hypothesis that they are not equal.
TWO-SAMPLE TESTS OF HYPOTHESIS

Write the null and alternative hypotheses to be tested.

Mentioned about the significant level used in the test.
Provide the critical value base on the significant level.
Calculating t-statistics.
Provide a graph.
Interpret the test results.
Provide a conclusion from the test.