CONFIDENTIAL JULY 2022/STA3073/STA2113

TEST

COURSE : STATISTICS FOR SOCIAL SCIENCES

COURSE CODE : STA3073/STA2113

DURATION : 1 HOUR AND 30 MINUTES

1. This test aims to fulfill :

CLO1: Explain principles of data collection, data analysis, and data visualization.

2. The marks allocated for this test are 25% of the total marks.

3. This test consists of THREE (3) questions.

4. Answer ALL questions, and they must be hand-written.

5. Please write your answers using permanent ink.

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QUESTION 1

a. Determine whether each of the following statements is True or False.

i. Descriptive statistics consists of methods dealing with the collection, tabulation,

summarization and presentation of data.
ii. The number of voting papers in a ballot box is considered a quantitative continuous
variable.
iii. Sampling involves obtaining a list of all members of a population and randomly
selecting members for inclusion in the sample.
iv. One of the advantages of a personal interview is that there is no interviewer
influence.
v. The method of dividing the population into several heterogeneous groups and a
few groups chosen randomly is called stratified sampling.
(5 marks)

b. Identify the variable as qualitative, quantitative continuous, or quantitative discrete.

i. The time taken to serve a customer at a bank counter.

ii. Computer brands exhibited at the IT Exhibition in Kuala Lumpur.
iii. The number of distinctions obtained by a particular student in a previous semester
examination.
iv. The daily temperature during the month of November in the United Kingdom.
v. Favorite locations favoured by tourists coming to Malaysia.
(5 marks)

c. Indicate whether each of the following statements refers to a nominal, ordinal, interval, or
ratio scale of measurement.

i. Movie ratings of ‘must see,’ ‘recommended,’ ‘not recommended,’ ‘don’t even think
about going’.
ii. The weight of people in a sample of elevator passengers.
iii. The temperature at noon recorded at five different countries in Asia.
iv. The final ranking of the top 50 universities in the world.
v. A classification of staff by department in a particular company.

(5 marks)

(Total: 15 marks)

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QUESTION 2

A group of researchers intends to determine the monthly expenditure of households in Taman

Seri Indah. The breakdown of the households according to ethnicity (Malay, Chinese, Indian
and others) is shown in Table 1 :

Table 1
Ethnic group Number of households
Malay 120
Chinese 100
Indian 60
Others 20

The researchers plan to randomly select 20% of the households from each ethnic group.

a. State the population and the sampling frame for the above study.
(2 marks)

b. Identify the variable of interest for the above study. State its type of variable and level of
measurement.
(4 marks)

c. What is the sampling technique used by the researchers? Give a reason for your answer.
(2 marks)

d. Obtain the number of households needed for each group in the above study.
(4 marks)

e. Suggest a suitable data collection method for the above study. Give one advantage and
one disadvantage of using this method.
(3 marks)

( Total: 15 marks )

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QUESTION 3

a. A random sample of 30 people was asked to record the number of miles they travelled
by car in a given week. The distances to the nearest mile are shown below.

76 67 85 42 93 48 93 46 52 72
70 70 80 56 78 86 48 41 53 77
58 74 44 52 74 52 82 78 47 66

Using the first digit as the stem and the second digit as the leaf, construct a stem-and-
leaf display for the above data.
(5 marks)

b. A survey was conducted to determine the number of hours secondary school students
spend on their smartphones in a week. A sample of 𝑛1 = 30 was taken from School A
and 𝑛2 = 30 from School B. The descriptive measures of the results are given below:

Table 2
Statistics
A B
N Valid 30 30
Missing 0 0
Mean 30.60 24.80
Median 29.50 28.00
Mode 28.00 30.00
Std. Deviation 7.25 12.91

i. Interpret the value of mean and mode number of hours spent on smartphones by
the students in School A.
(2 marks)

ii. Calculate the skewness of the distribution for each group. Then, state the type of
distribution and sketch the shape of the distribution.
(8 marks)

iii. Compare the relative dispersion for the distributions of the number of hours spent
on a smartphone between the two groups of students using the coefficient of
variation. Which group shows a more consistent hour spent on a smartphone?
(5 marks)

(Total: 20 marks)

(TOTAL: 50 MARKS)

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FORMULA LIST

Sample Measurements

i. Mean, x=
x or
 fx
n n

1  2 (x) 2  1  2 (fx ) 2 
ii. Standard Deviation, s = x −  OR s= fx − 
n −1  n  n −1  n 

s
iii. Coefficient of Variation, CV =  100
x

Mean − Mode 3( Mean − Median)

iv. Pearson’s Measure of Skewness = or
Standard deviation Standard deviation

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