BFC 34303

Sem 1120172018
- Civil Engineering Statistics
Assignment {10%}
Our industrv is built on utmost respect for agreements. deadlines. deliverv on-time. and qualiW pf
oroduct, abiliw to lvork under pressure, and time manaqement. Time management is an essential
skillset. NO late assisnments or proiects will be accepted. Carrv marks will.NOT be eiven. with onlv
exceotion in the rare event of a verified emergencv. Please note that travel, conflicts with work-
schedules, familv events etc. are not considered in this course as emergencv for missing deadlines.
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lnstruction

Please read the instructians carefully and answer the questions correctly:
1-. This is an individual assignment
2. Submission is on week 10 {26April 2O18}
3. Submission must be in both soft & hardcopy, Submit the hardcopy to my room and email the
softcopy of yourworkt@ +O a\z.iJotn65 3f @6vnat\. a6"6
4. File submitted through email must be in word format (for similarity checking). Otherwise, will
be rejected. Name your fite with your matrix number.
5. Front page of your subrnission must have your passport size picture, full name, matrix number,
section and date of submission.

Question 1 (10 marks)

Please write an essay entitle 'l LOVE STATISTIC'.

Your essay must be:

l. Typewrltten in English
It. Not less than 50 words
lll. Relate your essay with civil engineering problem solving and job scope
lV. Font - Calibry (body), size 11

Question 2 (2 marks)

Founder of modern probability and statistics theory Cardano asserted that if one throws a die three
times the chance that a given number will show at least once is 50 percent. This is now recognized as
the wrong answer. What is a probability of at least one dice showing 6?
Question 3 (4 marks)

There are L5 numbers on a list, and the mean is 25. The smallest number on the list is changed from
12.9to 1.29.

a. ls it possible to determine by how much the mean changes? lf so, by how much does it change?
b. ls it possible to determine the value of the mean after the change? lf so, what is the value?
c. ls it possible to determine by how much the median changes? lf so, by how much does it
change?
d. ls it possible to determine by how much the standard deviation changes? lf so, by how much
does it change?

Question 4 (5 marks)

For each of the following say whether it can be the graph of a CDF. lf it ca n be, say whether the variable
is discrete or continuous.

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Question 5 (4 marks)

The job placement centre at UTHM wants to determine whether student grade point averages (GPAs)
can explain the number of job offers they receive upon graduation. The data seen here are for 10
recent graduates. Draw a scatter plot for the variables. Please use graph paper.

GPA, x 3.25 2.35 7.O2 0.35 3.69 2.65 2.15 1.25 3.88 3.37

Offers, y 3 3 1 n 5 4 2 2 6 2
Question 6 (5 marks)

lf X - Poisson (3), compute P(X = 2), P(X = 10), P(X = 0), P(X = -1)and P(X = 0.5).

Question 7 (10 marks)

The following are the scores that 12 students obtained on the mid-term and final examinations in a

course in statistics.

Mid-term examination, x Final examination, y

56 80
7C 77
87 87
67 84
87 86
76 79
85 69
74 73
77 85
81 76
79 84
53 76

a. Find the equation of the least squares line that will enable us to predict a student's final
examination score in this course on the basis of his or her score in the mid-term examination.
lnterpret the result.
b. Predict the final examination score of a student who score 83 in the mid-term examination.
c. Test the hypothesis concerning H3 : Bo = 5 against the Hr : fi: * 5 at the 0.05 level of
sign ifica n ce.

Question 8 (10 marks)

Volume of Concrete Used for Sub-structure Construction (m3/day)

67 73 43 53 76 83 76

87 84 78 88 69 72 43

54 39 46 84 58 69 32

63 46 80 83 35 98 86

63 24 33 61 36 83 43

From the data sets provided, use all the knowledge that you have learned in this course to analyse
using descriptive and inferential statistics. Prepare and submit your full report. Make sure you submit
the most comprehensive analysis.