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Practice Sheet (Chapter 1 & 2) STT 100 (General Statistics) - (Mark)

The document is a practice sheet for STT 100 (General Statistics) covering various statistical concepts such as data classification, variable types, data types, and frequency distribution. It includes questions on identifying data as population or sample, qualitative or quantitative variables, and classifying data as cross-sectional or time series. Additionally, it involves calculations for percentages, frequency distribution, and constructing charts based on provided data.

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Practice Sheet (Chapter 1 & 2) STT 100 (General Statistics) - (Mark)

The document is a practice sheet for STT 100 (General Statistics) covering various statistical concepts such as data classification, variable types, data types, and frequency distribution. It includes questions on identifying data as population or sample, qualitative or quantitative variables, and classifying data as cross-sectional or time series. Additionally, it involves calculations for percentages, frequency distribution, and constructing charts based on provided data.

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Practice Sheet (Chapter 1 & 2)

STT 100 (General Statistics)


Question 1 ____ [ Mark]
Write whether each of the following constituted data collected from a population or a sample.
a) Opinion on nuclear energy use collected from all ministers of a country-------------------
b) The electricity cost for 35 randomly selected families of a city------------------------------
Question 2 ____ [
Marks]
Indicate whether the following variables are qualitative or quantitative
a) Number of sick babies in a hospital ------------------------------------.
b) The rainfall in a city in the year 2012 ----------------------------------
c) Attendance status of students(Present/excused/absent) -----------------------
d) The distance from the university to the nearest police station ------------------
Question 3 ____ [ Mark]
The number of accidents in a city was recorded. Is this data discrete or continuous? Justify.
Answer:----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Question 4 ____ [ Mark]


Classify the following as cross-sectional or time series data.
a) The number of crimes in a city from the year 2000-2013 -------------------------------
b) The food bill for 30 families for the month of February 2015 --------------------------
c) Average prices of cars in in 100 cities in the year 2010 ---------------------------------
d) Number of gyms in Abu Dhabi as on December 31,2014 --------------------------------

Question 5 ____ [ Mark]


In a study of 500 randomly selected persons in the UAE suffering from heart diseases, the
subjects were asked about their lifestyle. It was concluded that 23% of the heart patients in the
country exercised rarely.
a) Is this study inferential or descriptive? ----------------------------------
b) Mention the sample size: ---------------------------------

Question 6 ____ [ Mark]


The following table gives the frequency distribution of test scores for a math class of 30 students.
Score f
61 - 70 1
71 - 80 7
81 - 90 13
91 - 100 9

a) The number of classes in this frequency table is: ---------------------------------


b) The width of each class in this frequency table is: ----------------------------------
c) The midpoint of the fourth class is: ----------------------------------------------------
d) The percentage of students who scored 80 or less on the test, rounded to two decimal
places, is: --------------------------------------------------
e) Draw the Histogram of the above frequency distribution.
Question 7 ____ [
Marks]

The data below represents the %ages sales of cars in a city. Calculate the angles and construct the
pie chart.

Class Percentage sales


White 24
Silver 18
Black 16
Others 42
Question 8 ____ [ Marks]

The following data gives the results of a sample survey. The letters P, Q and R represents the
three categories:
R Q Q P P P Q P R P P P P P Q P P Q Q P Q P P Q R Q P P
P P P P Q Q P P Q Q R P
a) Prepare a Frequency Distribution Table
b) Calculate the relative Frequencies and Percentages for all categories.
c) What Percentages of the elements in this sample belongs to Category P?
d) What Percentages of the elements in this samples belongs to category Q or R?
e) Draw a Pareto Chart.

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