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This document provides instructions for homework 1 in the course GRMD2102 Fundamental Statistics for Geographers. It lists 6 questions to be answered for the homework. Students are instructed to show their work, round answers to 3 decimal places, and submit their responses as a single electronic file by the deadline of September 30, 2022. The questions cover topics such as identifying variable types, descriptive statistics, probability, and contingency tables.

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GRMD2102 Homework 1 - With - Answer

This document provides instructions for homework 1 in the course GRMD2102 Fundamental Statistics for Geographers. It lists 6 questions to be answered for the homework. Students are instructed to show their work, round answers to 3 decimal places, and submit their responses as a single electronic file by the deadline of September 30, 2022. The questions cover topics such as identifying variable types, descriptive statistics, probability, and contingency tables.

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GRMD2102 Fundamental Statistics for Geographers

Term 1, 2022-23
Homework 1: Descriptive Statistics and Probability

Notes for Submission Requirements:


1. Round all calculation results to 3 decimal places, i.e. 0.001
2. A student should finish all questions independently.
3. Please submit the homework as one single electric file in word or PDF file
• You can type your answer immediately after each question on the question paper file.
• If you will answer a question by handwriting, please take clear and readable photo of
individual answer and insert the photo immediately after the corresponding question.
• You can also answer the questions together by handwriting with the question numbers
indicated clearly and then take clear and readable photo of all answers and insert to the
answer file.
4. Save the single electric file with the file name as:
• HW1_<surname first full name>.docx/pdf.
• For example, HW1_KanZihan.pdf
5. Submit the single electric file to the course blackboard at the folder of Homework at the link
of “Submission of Homework One” using Attach Files for submission.
6. The submission deadline: 5:00 PM on 30 September 2022

*********************Questions for Homework One*********************


1. Identify the following variables as Categorical or Numeric. If the variable is quantitative, determine
whether the variable is discrete or continuous. Classify the level of measurement of all variables.

a. Gender - categorical, nominal


b. Your height - continuous, ratio
c. Number of homework in the first semester of 2022-23 -discrete, ratio
d. Satisfaction on the course learning indicated by students from a scale of 1 to 6 – categorical,
ordinal
e. Body temperature - continuous, interval
f. The annual salary of individuals - continuous, ratio

2. Give geographical examples to illustrate:

a. the difference between a population and a sample


b. the difference between an object and a variable

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3. You collected data of number of burglaries from 60 cities in a country in the last month as
follows:

300 251 182 219 195 224 171 204 205 186
221 193 171 206 225 170 242 200 231 196
188 219 180 224 208 205 184 236 182 207
209 193 225 209 194 219 176 236 234 160
186 203 201 190 201 173 213 258 200 221
180 209 279 172 161 211 241 211 181 180

a. Calculate the following descriptive statistics for these data: mean, variance, standard
deviation, mode, median, first and third quartiles, the interquartile range and range
Mean: 205.850
Variance: 756.299
Standard Deviation: 27.501
Mode: 180
Median: 204.5
First and third quartiles: 185 and 221 (may differ because of different algorithms)
Interquartile range: 36
Range: 140
b. Construct a frequency table of these data and draw a frequency histogram. Justify your
choice of categories.

c. Describe the distribution


Skewness=0.95 to the right
Kurtosis=1.59, more peaked distribution

4. A class is consisted by 50 female and 35 male students. One student is to be randomly selected
from the class.

a. What is the sample space? S={F, M}


b. Give examples of two different events. A={select a female}= {F}, B={select a
male}={M}
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c. What is the union of these two events? A∪B=S
d. What is the intersection of these two events? A∩B = ∅
e. What is the complement of male students? 𝐵̅={select a female}=A

5. Given the following table about 150 students on the registration of the courses A and B.

B ̅
𝑩
A 75 30
̅
𝑨 25 20

Describe the meaning and calculate the probability:


a. P(A) The probability of registering course A, P(A)= (75+30)/150= 0.7
b. P (B) The probability of registering course B. P (B)= (75+25)/150=0.667
c. P(Ā) The probability of not registering course A, P(Ā)= 1-P(A)= 0.3
d. P(A∩B) The probability of registering both course A and course B. P(A∩B)=75/150=0.5
e. P(A∪B) The probability of registering both course A or course B/at least registering one
course. P(A∪B)=P(A)+P(B)- P(A∩B)=0.7+0.667-0.5=0.867
f. P(A|B) The probability of registering course A given that B is registered. P(A|B)= P(A∩B)/
P(B)= 0.5/0.667=0.750

6. The frequency of the heart disease among the elderly population in a city is summarized in the
following contingency table.
Table: The frequency of the heart disease among the elderly population

Elderly population With heart disease No heart disease Total


Female elderly 0.15 0.45 0.60
Male elderly 0.10 0.30 0.40
Total 0.25 0.75 1.00

a. What is the probability that a male elderly person with no heart disease will be selected?
0.3
b. What is the probability that a female elderly person will be randomly selected? 0.6
c. What is the probability that, among the elderly with heart disease, a randomly selected
elderly person will be female? 0.15/0.25=0.6
d. What is the probability that a male elderly person has no heart disease?
A=male elderly, B=no heart disease. P(B|A)=P(B∩A)/P(A)=0.3/0.4=0.75
e. Is the heart disease independent with the gender of the elderly population in the city?
P(B|A)=0.75= P(B), they are independent

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