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Data Analysis for Business I Mid Term I Exam
(MG2008) Total Time: 1 Hours
Date: 24th February 2025
Total Marks: 35
Course Instructor(s) Total Questions: 02
Dr. Muhammad Saad
Dr. Mushtaq Ahmed
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Attempt all the questions.
CLO# 1 To understand the basic ideas of data analysis and its application in the different fields of
business.
Q1: [2+3+3+4+3=15]
A) [2]
Classify the variable as qualitative or quantitative.
1) Grams of carbohydrates in a doughnut
2) Number on a football player’s jersey
B) [3]
Determine whether the quantitative variable is discrete or continuous.
1) Goals scored in a season by a soccer player
2) Volume of water lost each day through a leaky faucet
3) Length (in minutes) of a country song
C) [3]
Determine the level of measurement of each variable.
1) Movie ratings of one star through five stars
2) Eye Color
3) Assessed value of a house
D) [4]
A research objective is presented. For each, identify the population and sample in the study.
1) The Gallup Organization contacts 1028 teenagers who are 13 to 17 years of age and live in the
United States and asks whether or not they had been prescribed medications for any
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mental disorders, such as depression or anxiety.
2) A quality-control manager randomly selects 50 bottles of Coca-Cola that were filled on October 15
to assess the calibration of the filling machine.
E) [3]
The Gallup Organization conducted a survey of 1018 adults, aged 18 and older, living in the United
States and asked, “If you had a thousand dollars to spend, do you think investing it in the stock market
would be a good or bad idea?” Of the 1018 adults, 46% said it would be a bad idea. The Gallup
Organization reported that 46% of all adults, aged 18 and older, living in the United States thought it
was a bad idea to invest $1000 in the stock market with a 4% margin of error with 95% confidence.
1) What is the research objective?
2) What is the population?
3) What is the sample?
Q2: [4+3+3+10=20]
A) [4]
Is a television (TV) in the bedroom associated with obesity? Researchers questioned 379 twelve-year-
old adolescents and concluded that the body mass index (BMI) of the adolescents who had a TV in
their bedroom was significantly higher than the BMI of those who did not have a TV in their
bedroom.
1) What type of observational study is this?
2) What is the response variable in the study?
3) What is the explanatory variable?
4) Can you think of any lurking variables that may affect the results of the study?
B) [3]
Identify the type of sampling used.
1) A farmer divides his orchard into 50 subsections, randomly selects 4, and samples all the trees
within the 4 subsections to approximate the yield of his orchard.
2) A college official divides the student population into five classes: freshman, sophomore, junior,
senior, and graduate student. The official takes a simple random sample from each class and asks the
members’ opinions regarding student services.
3) A survey regarding download time on a certain website is administered on the Internet by a market
research firm to anyone who would like to take it.
C) [3]
The human resource department at a certain company wants to conduct a survey regarding worker
morale. The department has an alphabetical list of all 4502 employees at the company and wants to
conduct a systematic sample.
(a) Determine k if the sample size is 10.
(b) Determine the individuals who will be administered the survey.
D) [10]
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A random sample of 1005 adult Americans was asked, “How would you prefer to pay for new road
construction?” The results of the survey are below.
1) Construct a relative frequency distribution.
2) What percent of the respondents indicated they would like to see an increase in gas taxes?
3) Construct a frequency bar graph.
4) Construct a relative frequency bar graph.
5) Construct a pie chart.
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