TUTORIAL CHAPTER 1 APR

2021

TUTORIAL 1

QUESTION 1
State the type of measurements (nominal, ordinal, interval, and ratio) for each of the
following
a) Test grades
b) Size of shoe
c) Type of blood
d) Weight of chicken in kg

QUESTION 2
Define each of the following term
a) Pilot study
b) Discrete quantitative data
c) Descriptive statistics.
d) Census
e) Primary data
f) Inferential statistics
g) Probability sampling technique.

QUESTION 3
State TRUE or FALSE each of the following statements
a) The characteristics of individuals about which we collect information are called
population
b) A table that consists data values and their counts is called a frequency
distribution table
c) Discrete variable can take any value in an interval
d) The numerical descriptive measures of samples are called parameters
e) The process in which the sample includes elements from each of the
homogenous segment is called cluster sampling
QUESTION 4
Answer each question with “T” for True and “F” for False.
i. A data set is a set of decisions made about the population.
ii. A variable is a characteristic under study that assumes different values for
different elements.
iii. An observation is the sample observed from the population.
iv. A discrete variable is a variable that can assume categorical values only.
v. The cheapest method of gathering information is by using personal interview.
vi. The weight of watermelons is considered to be a continuous variable.

QUESTION 5
Fill in the blank.
i. The process of using sample statistics to draw conclusion about the population
parameters of the true population called _.
ii. can meet our specific needs in a survey.
iii. provides the opportunity to polish the questionnaire.
iv. The variable of age is an example of a variable.
v. Four basic random sampling methods are , _,
, and .

QUESTION 6
Determine whether the following variable is qualitative, quantitative discrete or
quantitative continuous:
i. Income of workers in an accounting firm.
ii. Time taken to serve a customer at a bank counter.
iii. Computer brands exhibited at the PC Fair.
iv. The number of skilled workers in a firm.
v. Number of blood donors during blood donation campaign.
vi. Volume of water lost each day from a leaking tap.
vii. Favorites vacation spots.
QUESTION 7
A finance executive from FDR company is interested in conducting a study to estimate
the monthly expenditure on transportation spent by employees at FDR company. This
company has approximately 2400 employees. Some of them work in the manufacturing
department, some in the sales department and others in management and admin
department. Each employee in the company was given a number and a sample of 400
employees is selected as respondents.
a) State the population and sample of the study.
b) Identify the variable of interest for this study and state its type.
c) What is the sampling method used? Describe how to carry out this sampling
method
d) Name the most appropriate data collection method for the above study and give
one advantage of this method

QUESTION 8
A marketing analyst is conducting a satisfaction survey on car purchase in town A. The
population list includes 3000 Proton buyers, 2500 Honda buyers, 2500 Toyota buyers
and 2000 Mazda buyers. The analyst selects a sample of 400 car buyers.
a) State the population and the sampling frame for the study
b) Identify the variable of interest
c) State the appropriate sampling technique and give one reason for using this
technique
d) Calculate the number of selected samples for each car manufacturer
e) Determine a suitable method for data collection and give one advantage of this
method

QUESTION 9
A sample of 200 students is to be selected at random from the Faculty of Economy in a
private higher learning institution located in Kuala Lumpur and their Cumulative Grade
Point Average (CGPA) score will be recorded. A researcher is interested to study the
relationship between students’ current academic performance based on their CGPA and
their past education achievements. Based on the available information, students’ past
education achievements had been classified into three groups; namely, Excellent, Moderate,
and Low. There are a total of 800 students in this faculty and the number of students in each
of the three groups is 350, 200, and 250 respectively. The information needed for the above
study is readily available from the Faculty’s Academic Affairs Department.
 i. State the population and the sampling frame for the above study.
ii. Identify one of variables of interest for the above study. State its type and its level
of measurement.
iii. What is the most appropriate sampling technique to be used in this study?
iv. Briefly explain how the sample will be selected using the technique suggested in
(iii).
v. For the above study, state what type of data was gathered and give ONE
advantage of using this data.

QUESTION 10
A manager of a private college in Shah Alam, Selangor wishes to estimate the average
number of days of medical leave taken by the students in his college during the final
examination 2007. The college has 6 programmes offered for that year. The following table
shows the number of students in each programme.

Programme Number of students

A 120
B 140
C 130
D 200
E 150
F 110
The manager randomly selects a number of students from each programme. He decides to
select a sample of 400 from 850 students.
i. State the appropriate sampling frame for the above study.
ii. State the variable of interest. It is a discrete or a continuous variable?
iii. What is the sampling technique used? Give two advantages of using this
technique.
iv. Suggest the best data collection method for this study. Give one reason
for choosing this method.
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