Assignment of Introduction To Statistics
Assignment of Introduction To Statistics
Department of Economics
Instructions
Attempt to answer all questions clearly!
You should submit your assignment on the deadline!
READ instructions carefully!
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Duplication of assignment will result zero grade.
Maximum number of group member is 4 students
Discuss briefly the following questions accordingly and show each steps for the workout
questions!
1. True or False (2 points)
a) The scale of measurement of a variable is a nominal scale when data are labels to identify
an attribute of the element.
b) The summary numbers for either a population or a sample are called descriptive statistics.
c) Learning statistics does not help to improve processes.
d) The statistical method used to summarize data depends upon whether the data are
qualitative or quantitative.
e) We cannot construct frequency distribution tables for nominally or ordinally scaled data.
f) The classes in any frequency distribution are all-inclusive and mutually exclusive.
g) Data from Central Statistical Agency, National Bank and Planning Commision are
classified as secondary type of data.
h) Inferential statistics help in generalizing the results of a sample to the entire population.
2. State whether each of the following variables is qualitative or quantitative and indicate the
measurement scale (nominal, ordinal, interval, and ratio) that is appropriate for each. (2 points)
a) Age
b) Gender
c) Class rank
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d) Annual sales
e) Marital status (Single, Married, Divorced, Separated, Widow/widower, Remarried)
f) Soft-drink size (small, medium, large)
g) Earnings per share
h) Method of payment (cash, check, credit card)
3. The following data represent the expenditure incurred on following heads by a company during
the year 2002
4. From the data set lists the prices (in dollars) of 30 portable global positioning system (GPS)
navigators, construct a frequency distribution that has seven classes. (1 point )
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7. In a factory employing 3000 persons, 5 percent earn less than Br. 150 per day, 580 earn from Br.
151 to Br. 200 per day, 30 percent earn from Br. 201 to Br. 250 per day, 500 earn from br. 251 to
br. 300 per day, 20 percent earn from Br. 301 to Br. 350 per day, and the rest earn Br. 351 or more
per day. What is the median wage? (3 points)
8. The wholesale prices of a commodity for seven consecutive days in a month is as follows:
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