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Additional Exam Practice April 2024

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
1) Do not turn over the exam paper until you are told to do so.
2) You have 2 hours for this exam, which is worth 100% of your overall module grade.
3) This exam consists of 2 parts. Part 1 has 15 multiple choice questions, Part 2 an essay question.
4) In Part 1 every question has equal weighting and is worth 4 marks. No partial marks will be
awarded.
5) Part 2 is an essay writing question, with a total of 40 marks.
6) Use the first page of your answer booklet to list the question numbers and your final answer
selections. Please use the rest of your booklet for your workings if needed.
7) You are permitted to use a non-programmable calculator.
8) This is a closed-book examination.

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 PART 1 [60 marks]
All questions carry equal marks. Each correct answer is worth 4 marks and any incorrect answer is worth 0.
1. Which of the following statements are correct ? Choose only one answer
Non-probability -> biased
A. Quota sampling produces unbiased estimates of parameters. wrong

B. A census always gives more accurate results than a reasonable size random sample survey.
positive
C. A positive regression line can have an associated negative correlation coefficient..
D. We found a strong negative correlation of −0.03 between faculty teaching and research
evaluations.
2. Homework grades of `A', `B', `C' and `D' are examples of ?
A. Ordinal categorical variables.
B. Nominal categorical variables.
C. Measurable variables.
D. Inferential statistics.

3. From the boxplot below of the exam grade, where is 50% of the data lie ?

if have dot, the lowest dot is the minimum point.

A. (50,82) if no dot, the line is the lowest
B. (50,64)
C. (64,78)
D. (78,82)

4. Which of the following sampling methods is a non-probability sample?

A. Multi-stage sample.
B. Cluster sampling.
C. Simple random sample.

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 D. Quota sampling

5. You’re researching heroin usage in a particular location. On your own, it might be difficult to draw
out people who use this substance for several reasons. For example, they might believe you’re part
of law enforcement, and speaking with you would get them arrested. However, if you can contact a
small part of your target population, they could help you contact possible participants for your
study. This is an example of a?
A. Stratified sample.
B. Snowball sample.
C. Systematic sample.
D. Simple random sample.

6. Which measure of central tendency can be used for nominal categorical variables?
A. Standard deviation.
B. Arithmetic mean.
C. Mode.
D. Median.

QUESTIONS 7, 8, 9 and 10 ARE BASED ON THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:

Two surveys have collected information on adult and teenage cigarette use in a household. The results of
the first survey (i.e. survey1) are given with sample size 4,000 and the second survey (i.e. survey2), carried
out two years later on a new sample of 1,000 households.

Contingency Tables
teenage_use
survey adult_use No Yes Total
survey1 No 1468 170 1638
Yes 2164 198 2362
Total 3632 368 4000
survey2 No 363 45 408
Yes 544 48 592
Total 907 93 1000

7. What is the percentage changes in the proportion of households that have both adult and teenage
smoking from survey 1 to survey 2?
A. Increase 3%

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 B. Decrease 3%
C. Increase 0.15%
D. Decrease 0.15%
8. In the households that teenage smokes, what is the chance that the adult does not smoke in survey
1?
A. 4.25%
B. 10.4%
C. 46.2%
D. 53.8%
9. In the households that adult smokes, what is the chance that the teenage does not smoke in survey
2?
A. 91.9%
B. 60.0%
C. 54.4%
D. 53.8%
10. What is the proportion of teenage smoking in survey 1?
A. 10.4%
B. 60%
C. 4.25%
D. 9.2%

QUESTIONS 11, 12, 13, 14 AND 15 ARE BASED ON THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:
A company carry out a survey asking their employee about their salary, gender and job position (i.e.
jobcat). Given below is the Software output of the two-way ANOVA based on this dataset.

ANOVA
ANOVA - salary
Cases Sum of Squares df Mean Square F p
jobcat 6.726×10+10 2 3.363×10+10 369.352 < .001
gender 5.727×10+9 1 5.727×10+9 62.904 < .001
Residuals 4.270×10+10 469 9.105×10+7
Note. Type III Sum of Squares

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11. Referring to the above Software output, what are the hypothesis associated with the p-value
appeared in the row of “jobcat”:
A. Null hypothesis: the mean salaries are different among different job positions. Alternative
hypothesis: the mean salaries are equal among different job positions.
B. Null hypothesis: the mean salaries are equal among different job positions. Alternative
hypothesis: the mean salaries are different among different job positions.
C. Null hypothesis: the salaries are different among different job positions. Alternative
hypothesis: the salaries are equal among different job positions.
D. Null hypothesis: the salaries are equal among different job positions. Alternative hypothesis:
the salaries are different among different job positions. wrong
12. Referring to the above Software output, what are the hypothesis associated with the p-value
appeared in the row of “gender”:
A. Null hypothesis: the salaries are different among different genders. Alternative hypothesis:
the salaries are equal among different genders.
B. Null hypothesis: the salaries are equal among different genders. Alternative hypothesis: the
salaries are different among different genders.
C. Null hypothesis: the mean salaries are different among different genders. Alternative
hypothesis: the mean salaries are equal among different genders.
D. Null hypothesis: the mean salaries are equal among different genders. Alternative
hypothesis: the mean salaries are different among different genders.

13. Referring to the above Software output, what is the decision and conclusion on whether to support
the claim : “there is a biased in salary in terms of gender in this company” at 1% significant level?
A. Do not reject the null hypothesis; hence there is insufficient evidence to support the claim :
“there is a biased in salary in terms of gender in this company”.
B. Do not reject the null hypothesis; hence there is sufficient evidence to support the claim :
“there is a biased in salary in terms of gender in this company”.
C. Reject the null hypothesis; hence there is insufficient evidence to support the claim : “there
is a biased in salary in terms of gender in this company”.
D. Reject the null hypothesis; hence there is sufficient evidence to support the claim : “there is
a biased in salary in terms of gender in this company”.

14. Referring to the above Software output and the following boxplot, choose one correct statement?

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Boxplots
salary

A. Reject the null hypothesis; hence there is insufficient evidence to support the claim : “there
is a biased in salary in terms of job positions in this company”. Moreover, the senior
managers tend to earn the most, while the staffs tend to earn the least.
B. Reject the null hypothesis; hence there is sufficient evidence to support the claim : “there is
a biased in salary in terms of job positions in this company”. Moreover, the senior managers
tend to earn the most, while the staffs tend to earn the least.
C. Reject the null hypothesis; hence there is insufficient evidence to support the claim : “there
is a biased in salary in terms of job positions in this company”. Moreover, the senior
managers tend to earn the least, while the staffs tend to earn the most.
D. Reject the null hypothesis; hence there is sufficient evidence to support the claim : “there is
a biased in salary in terms of job positions in this company”. Moreover, the senior managers
tend to earn the least, while the staffs tend to earn the most.

15. Referring the below Software computer output, choose one correct statement ?

Descriptive Statistics
salary
Staff Mid manager Senior manager
Valid 362 27 84
Missing 0 0 0
Mean 27818.895 30938.889 63977.798
Std. Deviation 7569.196 2114.616 18244.776
Minimum 15750.000 24300.000 34410.000
Maximum 80000.000 35250.000 135000.000
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 A. Data of salary for senior manager have the highest variation among different job positions.
higher
B. The mean salary of the mid-manager is lower than the mean salary of the staff.
not every
C. Every staffs earn less than every mid-managers
D. Number of observations for each categories of job positions are equal.
valid

PART 2 [40 marks]

Outline a research proposal based on the topic,
“Production of sustainable fashion in Vietnam”

In your research proposal, detail the following items in terms of methodology:

• Research question and objectives

• Research philosophy

• Target population and sampling method

• Data collection, highlighting techniques, levels of measurement, dependent and independent

variables to use.

END OF EXAM