MTES 3123 STATISTIC

MATEMATIK 4
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1. (i) Briefly describe the difference between
the population and sample.
POPULATION SAMPLE

The collection of all A portion or subset of the

responses, measurements, population.
or counts that are of interest.
1. (ii) Briefly describe the difference between
the statistic and parameter.
STATISTIC PARAMETER

A number that describes a sample A number that describes a population characteristic.

characteristic.
1. (iii) Explain the difference between probability
sampling and non-probability sampling.
PROBALITY SAMPLING NON – PROBALITY SAMPLING

The sampling method in which all the When all the individuals of the population are
members of the population has a pre-specified not given an equal opportunity of becoming a
and an equal chance to be a part of the part of the sample
sample
Answer for question 2
TYPE DEFINITION
Simple Random Sampling Each member of the
population has an equal
chance of being selected
Stratification Divide a population into
groups (strata) and select a
random sample from each
group
Cluster Sampling Divide the population into
individual units or groups and
randomly select one or more
units.
Systematic Sampling Choose a starting value at
random. Then choose every
kth member of the population.
EXAMPLE
names of 25 employees being
chosen out of a hat from a
company of 250 employees
Different departments in the
company.
a researcher wants to survey
academic performance of high
school students in Malaysia.
The 5th person in each row.
Answer for question 3
• The company survey will report to Ramla Burger that more than half
population will buy their burger based on the sampling.
• Inferential statistics because the acceptance of chicken burger by
“Ramla burger” can be concluded using 1176 of 1960 sample
Answer for question 4
• Population: Petrol expenses in Kuala Lumpur
Sample: 3000 households.
 Cluster sampling because it involves household survey on petrol
expenses in Kuala Lumpur only.
• Stratified because the sample can be selected from the different
districts