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State and explain four funetions of social statistics.
The quality controller in XY Limited had an accurate record of the lengths of brooms
produced in January 2016, ‘The following dara shows these records.
(8 marks)
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(12 marks)
‘Calculate the standard deviation of the lengths of the brooms.
‘Highlight four advantages of tabulation of data. (8 marks)
4n.a football compotition, two referecs were asked to rank the (en participating teams
using the professional assessment skills. The resuljs obtained were given as shown in
the table below
x
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Co-efficietitand comment briefly on the value
Calculate the Rank Cos
i (12 marks)
Explain the following terms as used in the clements of probability?
(2) Events 2 marks}
Gi Conditional probability marks)
(iil) Mutually exclusive events (2 marks)
(iy) Independent events. (2 marks)
‘The following are the monthly sales made by Kwega Limited for the year 2004. Month Sales
January 450,
February 440.
Mareh 460
April 410
May. 380
June 400
July 370
August 360
‘September 410
‘October 450
November 470
December A490
January 460
From the above information, determine the following:
@) Three monthly moving averages; (2 marks)
(if) Six monthly moving averages: s (3 marks)
(i) Twelve monthly moving “—e (3 maricsy
(6) Highlight two limitations of ron vers marks)
4. (a) Sa 2 eae
@ Network; (marks)
Gi) Event, mans)
Mii) Activity @ marks)
(b) The following are marks scored by $0 students in-an examination
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TEAS, FF, G3, OF, FOS 64, 737 8B
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Oct iNav. 2021 (i) Prepare a frequency distribution table, using the exclusive method, with a class
interval of 10, starting with 20-30.
(ii) Caleulate the mean mark.
(14 marks)
5. (a) Highlight four economic advantages of taking a sample rather than a census in a
survey. (8 marks)
(b) The following contingency table presents data collected by a researcher,
Men Women : Girls
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[isa] ios) 5] 8a sn
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If one person is selected at random, find the probability that the person selected:
(i) iseithera man or woman, (3 marks)
(ii) is either a Kenyan ora Ugandan. (G marks)
(ai) seer Ee eal ea 3 marks)
(c) The probability thata customer visi aioe caller dectecegavandicai «earn
be Ot, If ES customers visit the ‘one day, calculate the probability that 10 of them
ea crcentoe tee ae G marks)
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Baa 12) Bakery Limited made am ivestment of Ksh, 200,000 which is expected to generate the
following cash inflows in six years.
age Sees Seat Se aE eS se alee |e see a
[aah immo ash} [70.000 | 60.000" | 55,60 | 4060 | 30.060 | 35,000 |
@ Compute the payback period of the investment. (10 marks)
Gi) The management wants to recover the initial inyestmentin 3-years or less. State
‘whether the investment should be accepted or not. (2 imarks)
(b) Highlight four characteristics of a good estimatar, (8 marks)
OeriNen 2027 7. (a) ‘1 1985, five firms registered the following economic growth rates: 28%, 32%, 41%,
18% and 36%
Calculate the geometric mean growth rate. (G marks)
Ser Highlightsix steps followed in conducting ABC analysis. (12 marks),
(c) Explain the concept of ‘carrying costs". (2 marks)
8 (a) Explain the following measures of dispersion:
(i) Quartile deviation; (2 marks)
Gi) Range, (2 marks}
(1M) Average deviation; (2 marks)
iv) Variance: (2 marks)
(b) A leaming institution is considering building a storey classes, The Following activities
and time estimates relate to the project.
(i) Draw a network diagram for the project. (12 marks)
(ii)—-Determine the:
(1) eritical path;
(II) expected project duration,
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