DUE DATE :

PART A
SEMESTER I – 2018/2019 (22/10/2018)
(Monday, not late than
BUM 2413 APPLIED 5PM)
STATISTICS PART B
(07/12/2018) (Friday,
FACULTY OF INDUSTRIAL not late than 5PM)
ASSIGNMENT
SCIENCES & TECHNOLOGY
TOTAL MARK: 80

The objectives of this assignment are to help you to understand the statistical analysis process, to analyse
data using software and to develop your integrity in reporting your assignment. The best way to
understand statistics is by involving yourself in the whole statistical process and not just limited to
studying statistics from books, videos, or websites. This assignment requires you to follow the steps of
statistical problem-solving methodology by conducting your own study. Part A involves Step 1 to Step 4
of statistical problem-solving methodology, while Part B involves Step 5 to Step 6. You will experience
on how to collect, organise, summarise, analyse, present, interpret, and draw conclusion from data, as
well as preparing a report of your study.

INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Set up a group that consists of four (4) or five (5) members from your section only and name your
group using any statistical term.
2. Obtain an APPROVAL of your chosen topic from your lecturer BEFORE you start collecting data
and begin your statistical analysis.
3. Use the template on page 4 as the cover for your assignment booklet. Fill in all the required
particulars clearly.
4. Answer ALL questions in PART A and PART B, and use appropriate statistical notations.
5. Perform ALL analyses using Microsoft Excel.
6. Submit the following items for EACH group:
(i) A hardcopy report that includes all attachments of the relevant evidences (Microsoft
Excel outputs, handwritten data record, photos, Google Docs, and etc.) in the appendix
section.
(ii) A softcopy report uploaded via KALAM in one compressed file. Name your file as
‘Section_group’, for example, 01G_means.
7. LATE submission of assignment will not be entertained.

Answer ALL the following questions.

PART A
1. Identify a problem that you are interested to study. Provide a brief description of your
study.

(2 Marks)

2. Choose a single variable which is in the interval or ratio level of measurement that
describe your chosen problem. State a reason for choosing that level of measurement.

(2 Marks)
3. State your population.

(1 Mark)
4. Choose two (2) groups from the population. For each group, you should collect two (2)
sets of data of different sizes as follows. Therefore, you should have four (4) sets of data
(samples) in total.

Group 1 Group 2
n  30 n  30
Sample size n
n  30 n  30

(i) State the groups.

(2 Marks)
(ii) Identify the method of data collection being used.

(1 Mark)
(iii) Identify which sampling method you used to collect the data. Explain the
sampling method process.

(2 Marks)
(iv) Collect all data for the samples. Provide all evidences.

(5 Marks)
5. For each set of data, find the measures of central tendency and measures of variation.

(4 Marks)
6. Do different groups provide different conclusions to this study by comparing its
measures of central tendency and measures of variation? Give your reason.

(4 Marks)
7. Do different sample sizes affect the conclusion of the study by comparing its measures of
central tendency and measures of variation? Give your reason.

(4 Marks)
8. Construct histograms for all data sets (be sure to label it properly!). Identify the shape of
each histogram and give your comments based on data distribution.

(12 Marks)
9. Construct boxplots for all data sets on the same x-axis. Identify the shape of the
distributions. Compare and comment on the average and variability of the boxplots.

(12 Marks)
10. What is the best measure of central tendency to describe your data? Give a reason.

(2 Marks)
11. What is the best variability measure to describe your data? Give a reason.

(2 Marks)
12. Based on your problem stated in (1), give any relevant conclusion for the study.

(1 Mark)
13. Construct a normal probability plot for each data set. Do the data appear to come from an
approximately normal distribution?

(6 Marks)

PART B
In Chapter 3, you have learned statistical hypothesis concerning a parameter(s) of one and two
populations. The parameters are the population mean, proportion, variance and standard
deviation. Hypothesis testing is one of the inferential statistics in statistical analysis. Assuming
that the data obtained in PART A is normally distributed population, answer the following
questions. (NOTE: Create your own hypothesised mean with justification.)

1. Conduct a hypothesis testing for one population mean from one of your data set.

(7 Marks)

2. Conduct a hypothesis testing to compare two population means between the two groups.

(11 Marks)
 ASSIGNMENT
BUM2413 APPLIED STATISTICS
SEMESTER I 2018/2019

GROUP NAME: ___________________

NAME STUDENT ID SECTION

LECTURER

FOR EXAMINER USE ONLY

PART A
Question Marks Your Marks Question Marks Your Marks
1 2 8 12
2 2 9 12
3 1 10 2
4 10 11 2
5 4 12 1
6 4 13 6
7 4
TOTAL 62
PART B
1 7 2 11
TOTAL 18
GRAND TOTAL 80