Tutorial 1-STA108 Feb – Jul 2020

TUTORIAL 1

QUESTION 1 – JUN 2019

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QUESTION 2 – JUN 2018

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QUESTION 3 – JAN 2018

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QUESTION 4 – DEC 2018

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QUESTION 5 – MAR 2017

QUESTION 6 – OCT 2016

a) Define each of the following terms;

i) Random Sampling

ii) Pilot Study

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b) For each of the following variables, classify whether it is qualitative, quantitative discrete
or quantitative continuous variable.
i) The number of houses owned by individuals in Perak.
ii) The number of rooms available in a hotel.
iii) The height of students.
iv) The brand names of hand phones used by a group of lecturers.

c) An advertising firm is interested in determining how much television advertising to

emphasize in certain state. A sample survey is conducted to estimate the average number
of hours each week households watch television. The state has three major towns (Town
A, Town B and Town C). There are 300 households in Town A, 430 in Town B and 270 in
Town C. A random sample of 200 households will be selected for this study. All the houses
have telephone facilities.
i) State the population and sampling frame for the above study.
ii) Determine the variable of interest and the level of measurement for the above
study.
iii) The sample will be selected using stratified sampling technique. What is ONE
advantage of using this technique? How many households should be selected from
each town?
iv) Determine the most suitable method of data collection.

QUESTION 7 – MAR 2016

a) State the measurement scale used (nominal, ordinal, interval or ratio) for each of the
following variable.

i) Length of a frog’s jump.

ii) Number of typing errors in a report.

iii) Students’ grade in an examination.

iv) Marital status of employees in AA Enterprise.

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b) A researcher wishes to conduct a study on the type of daily newspaper readership based
on race in Bintang Town which consists of 20,000 people. The residents’ breakdown are
60% Malay, 20% Chinese, 15% Indian and 5% others. A random sample of 400 people
will be selected for this study.

i) State the population for this study.

ii) Determine the variable of interest in this study and state its type.

iii) Suggest the most suitable sampling technique that is appropriate for this study.

iv) If systematic sampling technique is used, describe the step on how to select the
sample for the Malay race.

QUESTION 8 – SEP 2015

a) A research was conducted to study the amount of money spent on textbooks by students
in UiTM Pahang. Five faculties were randomly selected from a total of eight faculties and
every student from the selected faculties was studied.

i) State the population and sampling frame for the above study.

ii) State the variable of interest and the type of variable for the above study.

iii) Nama the appropriate sampling method used in this study. Give ONE advantage
and ONE disadvantage of the method.

iv) Determine the most suitable method of data collection. State ONE advantage
the method.

b) Briefly define each of the following terms:

i) Pilot study

ii) Continuous variable

iii) Sampling frame

iv) Census
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QUESTION 9

a) Define the following terms.

i) Descriptive statistics.

ii) Population

b) State the scale of measurement of the following variable.

i) Models of computers.

ii) Monthly sales of a company.

iii) Daily temperature of a city.

c) A telecommunication company operator wishes to study the amount of money spent on

telecommunication expenses by users in five districts. To carry out the study, the company
will select a random sample of 500 users from the districts proportionately. The following
table shows the number of users in the five districts.

District A B C D E

Users 190 220 250 216 124

i) State the population and sampling frame for the above study.

ii) State the variable of interest and the type of variable for the above study.

iii) What is the appropriate sampling technique that should be used?

iv) Explain briefly how the sample will be selected using the technique suggested in
(iii).

v) Determine the most suitable method of data collection and state one of its
advantage.

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QUESTION 10

a) Define each of the following terms.

i) Census study

ii) Probability sampling technique

iii) Qualitative variable

b) Fill in the blanks with appropriate terms.

i) The numerical descriptive measures of samples are called __________________.

ii) _______________________ is a method of making generalization about a

population based on samples.

c) A manager of a firm wishes to estimate the average number of medical leave taken by the
employees. The firm has five branches with 1500 employees located throughout the
country. To carry out the study, the manager selects at random a total of 500 employees
representing all branches proportionately. The following table shows the number of
employees in each branch:

Branch A B C D E

No of employees 405 255 150 300 390

i) State the population and sampling frame for the above study.

ii) State the variable of interest and type of variable for the above study?

iii) What is the appropriate sampling technique that should be used? How many
employees should be selected from each branch?

iv) Give one advantage of your selected sampling technique.

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v) What is the source of data used in this study? State one advantage and one
disadvantage of using this source of data.

QUESTION 11

a) For each of the following variables, classify whether it is qualitative, quantitative discrete
or quantitative continuous variable.
i) Number of blood donors during blood donation campaign.
ii) Volume of water lost each day from a leaking tap.
iii) Favourite vacation spots.

b) An administrator from Academic Affairs Department of a private university wanted to

estimate how much the students spent on textbooks for a semester. A random sample of
120 students was selected to answer the survey.
i) State the population of interest and the sampling frame.
ii) State the variable of interest and identify its type.
iii) What is the best sampling method to be used if the administrator wanted to obtain
a representative sample of students for each faculty? State an advantage of using
this method.
iv) State the best approach to be used in obtaining the information regarding to
textbook expenditure. Give one advantage and one disadvantage for this method.

QUESTION 12

A researcher wishes to conduct a study of the New Straits Times readership based on race in
Exora Town which consists of 100,000 people. The resident’s breakdowns are as follows: 50%
Malay, 30% Chinese, 18% India and 2% others. A random sample of 500 people will be selected
for this study.

i) State the population for this study.

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ii) State the possible sampling frame for this study.

iii) What is the variable of interest?

iv) Suggest the best sampling technique that is appropriate for this study. Calculate the
number of people for each race.

v) State the best method of data collection for the above study. Give one reason why this
method is suitable in this situation.

vi) Suppose the researcher is unable to locate the sampling frame for this study, suggest an
appropriate sampling method for the researcher.

a) Describe the selection of a random sample of 500 students using stratified random
sampling method.

QUESTION 13

a) State the type of measurements (ordinal/nominal/interval/ratio) for the following data:

i) Test Score

ii) Blood Type

iii) Rating Given To The Classroom Condition

b) What is the different between primary and secondary data?

c) Moore Travel Agency, a nationwide travel agency, offers special rates on Carribbean
cruises to Malaysian citizens. A researcher of Moore Travel wants to do research on the
ages of those people taking the cruise. 100 customers taking a cruise last year was
selected as sample.

i) Describe the population

ii) Define the sampling frame

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iii) State the variable of interest and identify its type

iv) State the most appropriate sampling technique and explain how it can be done.

v) Name the best data collection method to be used and give one advantage and one
disadvantage.

QUESTION 14

a) State whether the following statements are TRUE or FALSE

i) If a researcher uses inferential statistics, the researcher will conclude information

about the population based on the sample.

ii) Students' grades (A to F) are an example of nominal scale measurement.

iii) Mail survey is the least expensive method of data collection.

iv) With nonprobabilistic sampling, some elements in the population have no chance
of being selected.

b) The sales manager of an electrical outlet wants to investigate the level of satisfaction
among customers who have purchased the television from the outlet for the past 12
months. Using 400 warranty cards submitted after each purchase, the manager selects
randomly a sample of 80 customers. The following table shows the number of customers
for each brand of television.

Brand of television Number of customers

Sony
50

Toshiba 90

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Sharp
130

JVC
30

Panasonic
100

i) State the population of interest

ii) State the variable of interest in the study

iii) What is the sampling method used by the manager?

iv) Calculate the number of customers selected as samples for each brand.

v) Describe how to select the customers for the Sony brand using systematic.

vi) Suggest the best method of data collection for this study. What is the advantage
of this method?

QUESTION 15

a) Advance Co. has established a new service to the customers called a "help-line".
Customers can call the help-line on any matter related to the company and the products.
Advance Co. wants to investigate the effectiveness of the help-line among the customers
who have purchased their products. The company intends to obtain a sample of 200
customers using the warranty cards. The warranty cards contain information about the
products purchased, the telephone numbers and the addresses of the customers. The
categories of products and percentage of the warranty cards in each category are as
follows:

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Categories of product % of Warranty Cards

Washing Machines 40%

Refrigerators 30%

Vacuum Cleaners 20%

Food Processors 10%

i) Describe the population in this study

ii) What is the sampling frame?

iii) What is the variable to be measured?

iv) What type of sampling method do you recommend? Describe how to carry out this
sampling.

v) What method of data collection is suitable in this case? Give one advantage and
one disadvantage of this method.

QUESTION 16

A manufacturing industry is considering implementing a new retirement policy and wants to

estimate the proportion of employees that in favour with the new policy. The industry has 12
separate factories located throughout Malaysia. A sample of 4 factories is selected and the
opinions of all employees from the factories are obtained.

i) State the population and the sample for the above study.

ii) What is the sampling frame for this survey?

iii) What type of statistics used in this study?

iv) State the type of variable and the scale of measurement used.

v) What sampling technique was used in this survey?

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vi) If systematic random sampling was employed to select four factories from twelve
factories, explain how this will be done.

vii) What is the most appropriate method of data collection to be used in the survey?
Give ONE (1) advantage and ONE (1) disadvantage of using this method.

viii) Give THREE (3) guidelines to be considered in designing questionnaires.

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