MEMO FOR MAY/JUNE 2016 SECTION 1 (suggested solutions) 1 .True 2. Median =
π+1 8+1 2
=
2
Therefore median =
=4.5
9+11 2
=10
3.range of the distribution =highest score β lowest score=13-4 Therefore range = 9 4.N=8 5.True 20
6. prob friend winning first price =150 =0.13 35
7. prob self winning first price=150 =0.23 8.True 9.dependable variable 10.βxΒ² = 195 11. .βyΒ² =306 12.mode for X distribution = 7 13. False 14.False 15. Sample 16. Null hypothesis 17. critical value of t0.01 (39)=2.7079 18. Yes 19. Interval 20.negative
SECTION 2 (suggested solutions) QUESTION 1 (a) 0.62 moderate positive relationship (b) deduction : If students perform well in assignment 1 ,they can also perfom well in assignment 2. (c) common variance: / r = 0.62 rΒ²= 0.3844 x 100% rΒ²= 38.44%
38.44%
(d) intercept: a = ΕΈ -bX = 4.67-(0.53)(6.91) = 4.67-3.6623 = 1.0077 = 1.01 (e) regression : ΕΆ= bX + a = (0.53)(6) +1.01 =3.18+1.01 =3.21
(f)
Class interval
Frequency
Cum frequence
% frequence
90-99 80-89 70-79 60-69 50-59 40-49 30-39 20-29 0-19
6 14 35 44 65 45 25 12 9
255 249 235 200 156 91 46 21 9
2 5 14 17 25 18 10 5 4
g. Percentile Rank = 66 π ππππβπ
πΏπΏ
percentile rank = % below + πΆπππ π πππ‘.π€πππ‘β (πππ‘πππ£ππ%)
= 62 +
66β59.5 10
(17.3)
= 62 +11.25 =73.25 76.25% scores lie at or below a score of 68 h. 55th percentile score of p =
RLL +
= 49.5
+
ππ
β%πππππ€ πππ‘πππ£ππ % 55β37 25
(πππ‘πππ£ππ π€πππ‘β)
(10)
= 49.5 + 7.2 = 56.7 The score at the 55th percentile is 56.7
Cum % frequence 100 98 93 79 62 37 19 9 4
QUESTION 2 (a) Proportion of students with raw score greater than 20? z= =
πβΒ΅ πΏ 20β35 6
= -2.5 Proportion = 0.99379 (b) Proportion of students with raw score greater than 40? z= =
πβΒ΅
πΏ 40β35 6
= 0.833 Proportion = 0.20327 X=20:Mean to Z score = 0.49379 X=40;Mean to Z score = 0.29673 Total
= 0.79052
0.79052 x 600 = 474,31 =474 students
QUESTION 3 (a) H0:Β΅A = Β΅B (b) H1:Β΅A β Β΅B (c) t =
t=
π1βπ2 2 βπ1 +π2Β² π1 π2
9.27β8.2 β
8.64 6.64 + 15 15
1.07
t = 1.01 t =1.06
(d) df = N1 + N2 -2 = 15 + 15 -2 = 28 (e) t 0.05 (28) = 2.0484 (f) 1.06 < 2.0484 Do not reject H0
(g) It can be concluded with 95% certainty that there is no significant different in productivity level of current employees and that of new employees.
QUESTION 4 SStotal = β XΒ² -
(βπ)Β² π
= 1418- (182)Β²/24
df total = N -1 = 24-1 =23
= 1418-130.17 = 37.83 SSgroup = n β (Xj-Xβ¦)Β²
df group= k-1
= 8[(7.58-7.13)Β² + (7.58 -7.38)Β² + (7.58-8.25)Β²]
= 3-1
= 8 [ (0.45)Β² + ( 0.2)Β² + (-0.67)Β²]
=2
= 8 (0.6914) = 5.53 SSerror = SStotal β Ssgroup = 37.83-5.53 =32.3 MSgroup = SSgroup / df group = 5.53/ 2 = 2.77
df error = k (n-1) =3 (8-1) = 21
MSerror = SSerror / df error =32.3/21 = 1.54 F = MSgroup / MSerror = 2.77/ 1.54 = 1.798 = 1.8 SOURCE GROUPS ERROR TOTAL
Df 2 21 23
SS 5.5 32.3 37.8
MS 2.8 1.5 4.3
F 1.8
F0.01 (2,21) = 5.78
(c) 1.8 < 5.78 Do not reject H0 (d) There is no significance difference in the career maturity of first, second and third year students. This can be said with 99% certainty.
QUESTION 5 (a) df = (R-1)(C-1) = (2-1)(2-1) = 1
π₯ 2 0.01 (1) = 6.6349 (b) 45.72 > 6.6349 Reject H0 (c) There is significance difference between opinions of students and opinions of recruiters. This can be said with 99% certainty.