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The document outlines an assignment for an Introduction to Statistics course at Hawassa University, detailing various statistical calculations and analyses required on given data sets. It includes tasks such as calculating range, quartile deviation, variance, and correlation coefficients, as well as interpreting results from interviews and household income data. Additional questions involve probability calculations related to job applicants categorized by sex and color.

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Assignment Int. Stat

The document outlines an assignment for an Introduction to Statistics course at Hawassa University, detailing various statistical calculations and analyses required on given data sets. It includes tasks such as calculating range, quartile deviation, variance, and correlation coefficients, as well as interpreting results from interviews and household income data. Additional questions involve probability calculations related to job applicants categorized by sex and color.

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HAWASSA UNIVERSITY

COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS


DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS
Assignment for Introduction to Statistics (Econ 1041)=20%
1. Considering the following distribution, calculate Values Frequency
a) Range and relative range 140- 149 17
b) Quartile deviation and coefficient of Quartile 150- 159 29
deviation 160- 169 42
c) Mean deviation and coefficient of Mean 170- 179 72
deviation(from mean, median & Mode) 180- 189 84
d) Variance, Standard deviation and coefficient of
190- 199 107
variation. 200- 209 49
e) find the first three central moment of the distribution 210- 219 34
f) Determine the type of skewness of the distribution 220- 229 31
g) Determine the types of kurtosis? 230- 239 16
h) Compute the value of all Quartiles, D3, D7, P15 and 240- 250 12
P88 and interpret

2. A leading company engaged in the production of detergents has 10 vacancies of salesman for which 15
(n) persons were called for personal interviews. The interview board consisted of the sales manager and a
psychologist. The ranks given by the two to all 15 candidates who attend the interview is given below.

[Link]. in the interview list 1 2 4 5 8 9 10 11 13 14 15 17 18 19 20

Ranking by the sales manager (xi) 2 3 1 5 4 6 8 7 9 10 12 11 13 14 15

Ranking by the psychologist (Yi) 1 3 2 4 6 5 7 9 8 11 10 12 14 13 15


Compute the rank correlation coefficient and interpret.

3. The following data were collected from a certain household on the monthly income (X) and
consumption (Y) for the past 10 months.
X: 650 654 720 456 536 853 735 650 536 666

Y: 450 523 235 398 500 632 500 635 450 360

a) Construct the scatter diagram


b) What is the linear regression of Y on X
c) What is the linear regression of X on Y
d) Predict the consumption (Y) if household on the monthly income (X) is 900
e) Compute the simple correlation coefficient and interpret.
4. A helicopter service connecting two airports has five Pilots and three helicopters. In how many
different ways can one pilot and one helicopter be assigned to a job?
5. A quiz consists of 3 true-false questions. An unprepared student must guess at each one. If the guesses
will be random, what are the different possible answers the student can give?
6. How many three-digit numerals can be written using the digits 3,4,5,6 if each is used at most once in
each numeral?
HAWASSA UNIVERSITY
COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS
DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS
Assignment for Introduction to Statistics (Econ 1041)=20%

7. Suppose there are 30 applicants for a job in a certain organization, which are cross- classified by their
sex and color.
Black White
Male 12 8
Female 4 6

Assume that each applicant is equally likely to be chosen for a job. What is the probability that the
applicant chosen is a) black b) white c)male d) female e) male and black
f) female and black g) male and white h) female and white
i) male given that black is chosen j) male given that white is chosen
k) female given that black is chosen l) female given that white is chosen

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