GROUP ASSIGNMENT

AAMS 1773 QUANTITATIVE STUDIES

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At least 5, but not more than 6 students in one group.

Write down the answer in A4 size writing paper. (Clear hand writing)
Begin each new question on a new page.
All relevant workings must be shown.
The due date: 22 JULY 2014, TUESDAY, BEFORE 3.00pm. A Zero will be awarded to the
group which hand up after the due date!
Pass your assignment to your own tutor.

** Marks will be deducted for those groups that are not following the given instructions.**
Question 1
ABC company recently surveyed a random sample of 80 employees to determine the distance between
the employees home and the company. The distance is corrected to the nearest km and the minimum
distance is 1km. The results are as follows:
Distance (km)
1<6
6 < 11
11 < 16
16 < 21
21 < 26
26 < 31

Number of employees
8
15
20
15
14
8

(a)

Construct a less than cumulative frequency distribution for the data and draw a less than
cumulative frequency polygon.
(5 marks)

(b)

Using the result obtained in part (a), estimate

(i)
the quartile deviation.
(3 marks)
(ii)
the number of employees who lives more than 18 km away from the company.
(1 mark)

(c)

Calculate the mean and the standard deviation.

(6 marks)

Question 2
The monthly salary (in RM000) of 8 employees who work for a small company are listed below.
4

2.5

2.9

3.5

3.3

(a)

Calculate the mean, median and mode. Interpret each value.

(8 marks)

(b)

Calculate the standard deviation.

(3 marks)

(c)

Calculate the coefficient of variation.

(2 marks)

Question 3
The table below shows the numbers of males and females in each of three employment categories at a
university on 31 July 2012.
Gender
Male, M
Female, F
(a)

(b)

Managerial, G
40
24

Employment category
Academic, A
367
273

Support, S
300
646

An employee is selected at random. Determine the probability that the employee is

(i)

a female;

(1 mark)

(ii)

a female academic;

(2 marks)

(iii)

female given that the employee is academic;

(2 marks)

(iv)

a male or managerial.

(3 marks)

Two employees are selected at random, without replacement. Find the probability that both
employees are male.
(2 marks)

Question 4
The result of a study shows that 35% of the students in a school speak English at home. If 7 students from
the school are chosen at random
(a)
calculate the probability that

(b)

(i)

exactly 2 of them speak English at home.

(3 marks)

(ii)

less than 3 of them speak English at home.

(3 marks)

(iii)

at least one of them speak English at home.

(3 marks)

Find the mean and the standard deviation of the number of students who speak English at home.
(4 marks)

Question 5
The monthly earnings of operator in a particular factory are normally distributed with mean RM900 and
standard deviation RM20.
(a)

(b)

What is the probability that a randomly selected operator from the factory will earn
(i)

more than RM930?

(3 marks)

(ii)

between RM860 and RM905

(3 marks)

If 25% of the operators earn more than RMk monthly, find the value of k?

(3 marks)

Question 6
Annie is a self-employed decorator who wishes to estimate the time that it will take her to decorate
bedrooms based upon their floor areas. She records the floor area, X m2, and the decorating time, Y hours,
for each of 9 bedrooms she has recently decorated.
X
Y

11.0
15.0

22.0
35.0

7.5
16.0

21.0
23.5

13.0
24.0

16.5
17.5

14.0
14.5

16.0
27.5

18.5
22.5

(a)

Calculate the product moment correlation coefficient and interpret the result.

(9 marks)

(b)

Calculate the coefficient of determination and interpret the result.

(3 marks)

Question 7
At a certain small restaurant, the waiting time is defined as the time between sitting down at the table and
a waiter first arriving at the table. This waiting time is dependent upon the number of other customers
already seated in the restaurant.
Alex is a customer who visited the restaurant on 7 separate days. The table shows for each of these days,
the number, X of customers already seated and his waiting time, Y minutes.
X
Y

9
11
X=53

3
6

4
5

Y=64

10
11

XY=538

8
9
X2=463

12
13

7
9

Y2=634

(a)

Calculate the equation of the least squares regression line of y on x in the form Y = a + bX.
Hence interpret the value of a and b.
(7 marks)

(b)

Use your regression equation to estimate Alexs waiting time when the number of customers
already seated in the restaurant is:
(i)
5
(ii)
25
Which estimate obtained in part (ii) is more reliable. Give reason for your answer.(5 marks)

Question 8
The following table shows the quarterly amounts of mileage claims (RM000) made by employees of a
company from the year 2010 to year 2012
Year
2010
2011
2012

Quarter 1
112
119
129

Mileage claims (RM000)

Quarter 2
Quarter 3
118
155
126
168
126
182

Quarter 4
95
110
135

(a)

Calculate a suitable moving average trend.

(4.5 marks)

(b)

Find the average seasonal variation for each quarter using the additive model.

(7.5 marks)

(c)

Forecast the amount of claims for the second quarter of year 2013.

(4 marks)