STAT2102 – Homework 1 – Spring 2024 Submission in hard copy on Week 6

Department of Statistics
Sultan Qaboos University

Homework 1: Summary of a raw dataset into a two-way frequency table based on two events.

1. Seven groups of students are formed; each group will be formed with three or four, or five students
depending on the number of students in the class
2. Use the dataset provided
3. Answer the questions
4. To highlight that all the students of each group must contribute and work on the task

Objective:

Summarize a raw dataset into a two-way frequency table based on two events and use this to answer the
questions mentioned below. (For contingency tables examples, refer to exercises 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, and 3.4 of your
textbook).

Description:

A survey to collect information about households in the USA has been conducted and the results were
summarized in a dataset (provided).

The following variables are used:

1. Internet: yes, no
2. Age_husband: (21 – 25), (26 – 31), (32 – 37), (38 – 43), (44 – 49)
3. Age_wife: (19 – 23), (24 – 28), (29 – 33), (34 – 38), (39 – 43)
4. Owned: Rented, occupied without payment of rent, Owned with mortgage or loan, Owned free and clear
5. Language: English only, Spanish, Other
6. Number of children: the students will make five intervals
7. Income_wife: the students will make five intervals
8. Income_husband: the students will make five intervals
9. Household: the students will make five intervals
10. Electricity consumption: the students will make five intervals
11. Decade_built: the students will make five intervals

To accomplish the task:

1. Two variables are chosen among the variables listed above; and these two variables will be used to
represent two events A and B
2. Create the two-way frequency table to display numbers based on the events A and B (see example
provided below)
3. Based on the table you have created, the members of each group will have to accomplish the followings
tasks
3.1. Check if the two events are independent; and justify their answer
3.2. Make three different questions about the followings probabilities: P(A|B), P(B|A), and P(AB)
3.3. Answer the questions you made in part (3.2)

Hint: For instance, if a question is all about age of wife group and the number of children, the events A and
B could be

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Department of Statistics
Sultan Qaboos University

A = {wife age group}, and let A1 = age_wife group 1 (19 – 23), A2 = age_wife group 2 (24 – 28), A3 =
age_wife group 3 (29 – 33), A 4 = age_wife group 4 (34 – 38), A5 = age_wife group 5 (39 – 43)
B = {the number of children}, and let B1=( 0−2 ) , B2= (3−4 ) , B3 =( 5−6 ) , B4 =( 7−8 ) ,
B5=( 9−10 ) ,

A two-way table using the events A and B (above) would be as below:

A A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 Total
B

B1 xx xx xx xx xx xx
B2 xx xx xx xx xx xx
B3 xx xx xx xx xx xx
B4 xx xx xx xx xx xx
B5 xx xx xx xx xx xx
Total xx xx xx xx xx xx
xx are the numbers you have found

Use the table to check if the two events are independent; and justify your answer

Ask three different questions and answer them, write your answers in symbols and English words, for
example:

First question: What is the probability that a selected age_wife group (24 – 28) given the number of her
children falls within the group B3 (3 – 4):
Answers: in symbols P ( A 2|B3 )=xx ; and write the answer in English words. For example, assuming that the
probability you have found is equal to 0.8321, just say that 83.21% of the - - - - - - - - - -

Second question: ………

Third question: ………..

The couple of variables of interest assigned are as follows:

Age_wife and Internet use: I1

Age_husband and Internet use: I2
Age_husband and Own: O3
Number_children and Electricity consumption: E4
Own and Decade_built: DB5
Income_husband and Household: H6
Age_wife and Language: L7

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STAT2102 – Homework 1 – Spring 2024 Submission in hard copy on Week 6
Department of Statistics
Sultan Qaboos University

Group 1 Student Name Student ID Couple of

1) Leader: variables
2) assigned:
3)
4) I1
5)
Group 2 Student Name Student ID Couple of
1) Leader: variables
2) assigned:
3)
4) I2
5)
Group 3 Student Name Student ID Couple of
1) Leader: variables
2) assigned:
3)
4) O3
5)
Group 4 Student Name Student ID Couple of
1) Leader: variables
2) assigned:
3)
4) E4
5)
Group 5 Student Name Student ID Couple of
1) Leader: variables
2) assigned:
3)
4) DB5
5)
Group 6 Student Name Student ID Couple of
1) Leader: variables
2) assigned:
3)
4) H6
5)
Group 7 Student Name Student ID Couple of
1) Leader: variables
2) assigned:
3)
4) L7
5)

Note:
- Students must use the couple of variables assigned to their group according to the table above
- Discussion is allowed between members of different groups, but copying is not allowed
- The answers must be submitted in hard copy to the instructor, one hard copy per group will be submitted
- The homework will be marked out of 15, as follows:

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Department of Statistics
Sultan Qaboos University

 2 marks for the overall format of the homework

 4 marks for creating the table
 3 marks for Question (1)
 6 marks for Question (2)

Please write your answers below

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STAT2102 – Homework 1 – Spring 2024 Submission in hard copy on Week 6
Department of Statistics
Sultan Qaboos University

Submission Declaration:

1. Student Name, (ID) (Leader)

2. Student Name, (ID)

3. Student Name, (ID)

4. Student Name, (ID)

5. Student Name, (ID)

We hereby declare that the submitted homework is entirely our own, based on the course materials and that
we have acknowledged any ideas or extracts from other sources.

We are satisfied that this represents a fair contribution in effort on the part of each member of the group.