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Assignment For Statistics

The document contains a statistics assignment with 21 questions for civil engineering students. The questions cover topics such as standard deviation, probability, measures of central tendency, grouping data, and presenting data through tables, graphs and diagrams.

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HAWASSA UNIVERSITY

DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS
STATISTICS ASSIGNMENT FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING STUDENTS

1. The annual salaries (in thousands) of 20 employees at a company are as


follows: 45, 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75, 80, 85, 90, 95, 100, 105, 110, 115, 120,
125, 130, 135, 140. Calculate the sample standard deviation and interpret its
meaning in the context of the data.
2. In a game, a player rolls two fair six-sided dice. If the sum of the numbers
rolled is 9 or 10, the player wins. What is the probability of winning on a
single roll?
3. A standard deck of 52 playing cards is shuffled and one card is drawn at
random. What is the probability of drawing a face card (jack, queen, or king)?
4. A committee of 5 people is to be formed from a group of 8 men and 6
women. What is the probability that the committee consists of 3 men and 2
women, if members are chosen randomly?
5. A researcher wants to compare the effectiveness of two teaching methods on
student performance. They collect test scores from two groups of students.
Group A has a mean score of 85 with a standard deviation of 10, and Group B
has a mean score of 90 with a standard deviation of 15. Which group shows
higher consistency in test scores?
6. A dataset has a mean of 50 and a median of 55. If a new observation of 100
is added to the dataset, how will this affect the mean and median?
7. A dataset has a variance of 25. If the standard deviation of the dataset is 5,
how many observations are there in the dataset?
8. The weights (in pounds) of a group of individuals are normally distributed
with a mean of 150 pounds and a standard deviation of 10 pounds. What
percentage of individuals have weights within one standard deviation of the
mean?
9. Explain why measures of variation for grouped data, such as range and MAD,
may be less precise than those for ungrouped data, and discuss strategies for
addressing this limitation.

TO BE SUBMITTED ON FEBRUARY 16/2024


HAWASSA UNIVERSITY
DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS
STATISTICS ASSIGNMENT FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING STUDENTS

10. The following table represents the number of hours spent by 60 students
studying for an exam:

Study Hours (Hours) Frequency


0-5 10
6-10 20
11-15 15
16-20 10
21-25 5

Calculate the range, mean, median, mean absolute deviation (MAD), variance
and coefficient of variation for the study hours

11. A dataset with 50 observations has a mean of 75 and a standard deviation of


10. If the dataset were grouped into intervals and summarized in a frequency
distribution, how would the calculation of standard deviation for the grouped
data differ from the calculation for the raw data?
12. A researcher conducts a survey to estimate the proportion of students in a
university who own a smartphone. Is the proportion obtained from the survey
a parameter or a statistic? Explain your answer.
13. A study aims to investigate the average height of adult males in a country.
Would the height of each individual male in the country be considered a
parameter or a statistic? Explain your answer.
14. A researcher collects data on the number of hours spent studying and the
corresponding exam scores for a group of students. What type of variables
are "number of hours spent studying" and "exam scores"? Provide a
justification for your answer.

TO BE SUBMITTED ON FEBRUARY 16/2024


HAWASSA UNIVERSITY
DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS
STATISTICS ASSIGNMENT FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING STUDENTS
15. A survey asks respondents to rate their satisfaction with a product on a scale
of 1 to 5, where 1 represents "Very Dissatisfied" and 5 represents "Very
Satisfied." What type of variable is the satisfaction rating? Explain your
answer.
16. Discuss the importance of selecting appropriate class intervals when creating
grouped frequency distributions. What factors should be considered when
determining the width and number of intervals?
17. Compare and contrast the advantages and disadvantages of grouped and
ungrouped frequency distributions, providing examples for each.
18. A study collects data on the commute times (in minutes) of 100 employees in
a company. The ungrouped data are as follows: 12, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20,
22, 24, 25, 26, 28, 30, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 45, 47, 48, 50, 52,
54, 55, 56, 58, 60, 62, 63, 64, 66, 68, 70, 72, 74, 75, 77, 78, 80, 82, 84, 86,
88, 90, 92, 94, 96, 98, 100, 102, 104, 106, 108, 110, 112, 114, 116, 118,
120, 122, 124, 126, 128, 130, 132, 134, 136, 138, 140. Discuss how grouping
this data into intervals can provide more meaningful insights. Discuss the
potential drawbacks of presenting this data as an ungrouped frequency
distribution.
19. Compare and contrast the effectiveness of tabular, graphic, and diagrammatic
presentations for communicating different types of information, such as
numerical data, trends, and relationships between variables.
20. A survey asks respondents to rate their satisfaction with a product on a scale
of 1 to 5, where 1 represents "Very Dissatisfied" and 5 represents "Very
Satisfied." Discuss how graphic or diagrammatic presentation can be used to
visualize the distribution of satisfaction ratings.
21. Explain the concept of tabular presentation and discuss its advantages and
disadvantages compared to graphic or diagrammatic presentations. Provide
an example to illustrate your explanation.

TO BE SUBMITTED ON FEBRUARY 16/2024

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