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SET A

UNIVERSITI KUALA LUMPUR

Malaysia France Institute
FINAL EXAMINATION
JANUARY 2012 SESSION
SUBJECT CODE

FKB 20302

SUBJECT TITLE

LEVEL

STATISTICAL DATA ANALYSIS FOR ENGINEERING

TECHNOLOGY STUDENTS
BACHELOR

TIME / DURATION

( 2 HOURS )

DATE

:
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES

1.

Please read the instructions given in the question paper CAREFULLY.

2.

This question paper is printed on both sides of the paper.

3.

Please write your answers on the answer booklet provided.

4.

Answer should be written in blue or black ink except for sketching, graphic and
illustration.

5.

This question paper consists of FIVE ( 5 ) questions. You are required to answer FOUR
( 4 ) questions only. Answer all questions in English.

6.

Fomula is appended.

THERE ARE 6 PAGES OF QUESTIONS, EXCLUDING THIS PAGE.

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(Total : 60 marks)
INSTRUCTION : Answer FOUR ( 4 ) questions only.
Please use the answer booklet provided.

Question 1

CHART 1

Refer to CHART 1 above. The total number of students taking FKB 10103 is 233.

(a)

Calculate the number of students from each program taking FKB 10103, giving your
answer to the nearest integer.

(6 marks)

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(b)

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Construct a bar chart representing the frequency of students from each program
taking FKB 10103. Label your bar chart.

(c)

(6 marks)

If the total number of male students taking this subject is 204, calculate the
percentage of female students taking this subject, giving your answer to two decimal
places.

(3 marks)

Question 2

For each of the question below, give your answers to two decimal places.
People visiting video rental stores often rent more than one DVD at a time. The probability
distribution for DVD rentals per customer at Video To Go Sdn Bhd is given in TABLE 1
below :

P(X)

0.03

0.50

0.24

0.07

0.04

TABLE 1

There is a 5 video limit per customer, so nobody ever rents more than 5 DVDs.

(a)

Determine the value of p.

(1 mark)

(b)

Determine the probability that a customer rents at least 4 DVDs.

(2 marks)

(c)

Determine the probability that a customer rents at most 2 DVDs.

(2 marks)

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Another shop, Entertainment Headquarters Sdn Bhd, rents DVDs and videogames. The
probability distribution for DVD rentals per customer at this shop is given in TABLE 2 below.
They also have a 5 DVD limit per customer.

P(X)

0.35

0.25

0.20

0.10

0.05

0.05

TABLE 2

(d)

Calculate the expected values for both Video To Go Sdn Bhd and Entertainment
Headquarters Sdn Bhd. Which store has the higher expected number of DVDs rented
per customer ?

(e)

(5 marks)

Which of the two video stores experiences more variation in the number of DVD
rentals per customer? Explain.

(5 marks)

Question 3

Suppose we know that the length of time it takes a university student to find a parking spot in
the multi-storey car park follows a normal distribution with a mean of 2.5 minutes and a
standard deviation of 1.0 minute.

(a)

Write down the distribution representing the situation.

(1 mark)

(b)

Obtain the probability, to four decimal places, that a randomly selected student will
take between 1.0 and 3.5 minutes to find a parking spot in the multi-storey car park.
(5 marks)

(c)

What percentage of students will take more than 4.0 minutes to find a parking spot ?
(5 marks)

(d)

Determine the value of x such that P ( X > x ) = 0.80, where x represents the time
taken which exceed 80% of students successfully found a parking spot in the car
park.

(4 marks)

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Question 4

Descriptive Statistics
N
IART
MECHA
Valid N
(listwise)

Minimum
51
62

Maximu
m

.00
24.00

Mean

96.00 52.4510
98.00 58.0968

Std.
Deviation
25.32060
17.70312

51

TABLE 3
TABLE 3 shows a statistical output for the achievements of MECHA and IART students
taking FKB 10103.

(a)

Obtain a 95% confidence interval for the mean score of IART students.

(4 marks)

(b)

Obtain a 95% confidence interval for the mean score of MECHA students.
(4 marks)

(c)

On the bases of the results found in (a) and (b), is there any evidence to conclude
that the IART students score lower than MECHA students ? Justify.
(3 marks)

(d)

Do these data provide sufficient evidence that the IART students score lower
than MECHA students ? Use = 0.05 and justify your choice of hypotheses and test
procedure.

(4 marks)

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Question 5

The Leaning Tower of Pisa is not only a tourist attraction, but an architectural wonder.
Engineers concerned about the towers stability have done extensive studies of its
increasing tilt. TABLE 4 below shows the lean measurements from year 1975 to 1987.
NOTE : 642 means 2.9642 meters.

Year
(x)
Lean
(y)
Year
(x)
Lean
(y)

75

76

77

78

79

80

642

644

656

667

673

688

81

82

83

84

85

86

87

696

698

713

717

725

742

757

TABLE 4
A statistical output from a regression analysis of the data is as follows :

Coefficientsa
Model

Unstandardized Standardized
Coefficients
Coefficients
B

Std.
Error

9.319

.310

Sig.

Beta

95.0% Confidence Interval

for B
Lower
Bound

(Constant) -61.121 25.130

Year

Upper
Bound

-2.432 .033

-116.431

-5.811

.994 30.069 .000

8.637

10.001

a. Dependent Variable: Lean

(a)

Draw a scatterplot and discuss on the best fitting graph for the data set given above.
(3 marks)

(b)

Write down the regression equation for predicting lean based on year.
(2 marks)

(c)

Use the data and the regression equation to predict the lean for year 1988.
(2 marks)

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(d)

It is also given that

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xy 732154 , x

85475 ,

6271714 . Prove

that the correlation coefficient for the relationship between lean and year is 0.994.
(6 marks)
(e)

Calculate the coefficient of determination and discuss on the proportion of variation in

lean explained by year.

(2 marks)

END OF QUESTION

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ANSWERS :
1.

(a)
PROGRAM
ACIR
BAMT
IART
MECHA
MTM
WQI

%
7.30
12.02
21.89
26.61
15.45
16.74

COUNT
17
28
51
62
36
39

(b)
70
60
50
40
Series1

30
20
10
0
ACIR

(c)
2.

(a)
(c)
(d)

BAMT

IART

MECHA

MTM

(b)

0.11

WQI

12.45%

p 0.12
0.77

VideoToGo E X 1.82 ,

Entertainm entHQ E X 1.40

Video To Go Sdn Bhd has higher expected number of DVD rentals per
customer.
(e)

StdDevVideoToGo 1.16

StdDev Entertainm entHQ 1.43

,
Entertainment Headquarters Sdn Bhd experiences more variation because
the standard deviation is higher.

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3.

(a)
(c)

4.

(a)
(c)

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X ~ N 2.5 ,1 .0
6.68%

0.7745
1.65

(b)
(d)

53.6901 , 62.5035
(b)
The confidence intervals overlap, so there is a possibility that at one point
IART students score higher than MECHA students. Hence, there is not
enough evidence to conclude that the IART students score lower than
MECHA students.
45.5916

, 59.4901

(d)

Fail to reject H0 and conclude that there is not enough evidence

to claim that the IART students score low er than MECHA students.
5.

(a)

The "lean" of the Leaning Tower of Pisa

780
760
740
720
700

Lean (y)

680
660
640
620
74

76

78

80

82

84

86

88

Points seem to fall on a straight line.

(b)
(c)
(d)

y 9.319 x 61.121
2.976
r 2 0.988
98.8% of the proportion of variation in " lean" is
explained by year.

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