XTA1610/101/0/2018

Tutorial letter 101/0/2018

Introduction to Statistics
XTA 1610

Year Module

Department of Statistics

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
This tutorial letter contains important information
about your module.
 CONTENTS

Page

1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................ 3
2 PURPOSE OF AND OUTCOMES FOR THE MODULE ............................................................... 4
2.1 Purpose .......................................................................................................................................... 4
2.2 Outcomes ....................................................................................................................................... 4
3 LECTURER(S) AND CONTACT DETAILS .................................................................................... 4
3.1 Lecturer(s) ...................................................................................................................................... 4
3.2 Department ..................................................................................................................................... 5
3.3 University ........................................................................................................................................ 5
4 MODULE-RELATED RESOURCES .............................................................................................. 5
4.1 Prescribed books ............................................................................................................................ 5
4.2 Recommended books ..................................................................................................................... 5
4.3 Electronic Reserves (e-Reserves) .................................................................................................. 5
4.4 Library services and resources information .................................................................................... 5
5 STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES FOR THE MODULE ................................................................ 6
6 MODULE-SPECIFIC STUDY PLAN............................................................................................... 7
7 MODULE PRACTICAL WORK AND WORK-INTEGRATED LEARNING ..................................... 8
8 ASSESSMENT ............................................................................................................................... 8
8.1 Assessment criteria ........................................................................................................................ 8
8.2 Assessment plan ............................................................................................................................ 9
8.3 General assignment numbers ....................................................................................................... 10
8.3.1 Unique assignment numbers ........................................................................................................ 10
8.3.2 Due dates for assignments ........................................................................................................... 11
8.4 Submission of assignments .......................................................................................................... 11
8.5 Assignments ............................................................................................................................... . 12
9 OTHER ASSESSMENT METHODS............................................................................................. 47
10 EXAMINATION ............................................................................................................................. 47
11 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS .......................................................................................... 47
12 SOURCES CONSULTED ............................................................................................................. 47
13 ADDENDUM ................................................................................................................................. 47
14 CONCLUSION .............................................................................................................................. 48

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1 INTRODUCTION
Dear Student
I am pleased to welcome you to the module XTA1610. Please read this tutorial letter in detail as
it contains vital information.
This tutorial letter contains important information about the assignments, the assessment criteria
as well as instructions on the preparation and submission of the assignments. I urge you to read
it carefully and to keep it at hand when working through the study material, preparing the
assignments, preparing for the examination and addressing questions to your lecturer or tutors.
More general and detailed information and an orientation to your studies at Unisa is contained
in the study@myUnisa brochure which is included in your study package.
Please note that this is a special module in that it is supported through EXTENDED SCIENCE
PATHWAY (ESP). The programme provides additional learning support in different forms, which
is designed to make your studies easier and to help you succeed. Detailed information on the
ESP support is contained in the ESPALLR Tutorial Letter 301. The additional support is largely
in the form of tutorials, and is offered to you free of charge. It is very important that you take
advantage of the support to ensure your own success. The main course material for this module
is presented in the form of a study guide and a workbook, which are supported by a prescribed
book, and some recommended books. Other study materials include Tutorial Letter 102, which
contains the Tutorial Resource for the module. Tutorial Letter 201 contains feedback to
assignments 1 to 4, while Tutorial Letter 202 contains feedback to assignments 5-8. Tutorial
letter 203 contains the examination guidelines to help you to prepare for the examination.
Lastly, Tutorial Letter 301 contains general but important information on foundation support
interventions in modules. Some of this study material may not have been available to you when
you registered. Study material that was not available when you registered will be posted to you
as soon as possible, and will also be available on myUnisa.
Both the study guide and the tutorial resource are divided into study or tutorial units in which
there are different learning or self-assessment activities, which you should complete at specific
periods during the year. Please take time to complete the activities in these study materials. The
activities have been designed to help you to understand the difficult concepts, and to
supplement the theoretical knowledge with practical experience. Remember that I and your tutor
are always available to assist you with your studies, but the responsibility to contact us if you
experience any difficulties lies with you. Please feel free to contact me during office hours. You
will find my contact details in Section 3 of this Tutorial letter. During the year, I will be
communicating with you by means of sms and through myUnisa.
You are strongly advised to spend as much time as you can on learning sites on the internet to
which you may refereed to, and to myUnisa. On myUnisa, besides the mentoring by a tutor, you
have a variety of opportunities to interact with other students to enrich your learning experience.
To register on myUnisa, log onto the Unisa website [Link] and follow the relevant
links.
On myUnisa, you will see two sites, my main teaching site with the code XTA1610-18-Y1, and
the tutoring site with the code XTA1610-18-Y1-[Group number]S. The site XTA1610-18-Y1 is
hosted by your e-tutor and contains the tutorials and online assignments. The site XTA1610-18-
Y1 contains the main study materials for the module. It is also the site from which I will
communicate to you about various learning activities during the year, and from which I control
the learning activities, including your tutorials.
I hope that you will enjoy this module and wish you all the best!

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2 PURPOSE OF AND OUTCOMES FOR THE MODULE
2.1 Purpose
Students credited with this unit standard will be familiar with the most important basic statistical
concepts. After completion, students should have an informed understanding of different visual
descriptions of data, including graphical and tabular techniques; and measures of central
location, dispersion and association. They should be able to use probability as a tool to create
discrete and continuous probability distributions, used extensively in statistical inference;
determine confidence intervals and perform hypothesis testing involving a sample mean and
proportion; apply different forms of Chi-square testing; understand simple linear regression and
correlation.
2.2 Outcomes
Qualifying students will be able to:

 Analyse data considering different types of data and how they relate to relevant graphical
and tabular presentations e.g. pie charts, bar charts, histograms, stem-and-leaf displays,
line charts and scatter diagrams.

 Analyse data by calculating accurate numerical measures of central location, variability,

relative standing.

 Describe the different concepts and laws of probability and apply definitions of joint,
marginal and conditional probability.

 Apply the compliment, multiplication and addition rules.

 Understand the role of probability in decision-making and the application in basic
statistical inference.

 Describe random variables and the probabilities associated with them in the form of a
table, formula or graph and also in terms of their parameters, usually the expected value
and the variance.

 Describe different probability distributions as either discrete or continuous and know the
parameters of expected value and variance.

3 LECTURER(S) AND CONTACT DETAILS

3.1 Lecturer(s)
Mr. Jean–Claude MALELA MAJIKA
GJ Gerwel (C-Block), Room 6-30
UNISA (Florida Campus)
[Link] De Wet & Pioneer Avenue
E–mail: malelm@[Link]
Tel: 011 670 9243

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3.2 Department
If you have any problem in contacting your lecturer you may contact the secretary on (011) 670-
9255 and leave a message for the relevant lecturer.
Should you prefer to write to me, the letter should be sent to:
The XTA1610 Lecturer
Department of Statistics
UNISA (Florida Campus)
Private Bag X6
Florida
1710
Alternatively, you can e-mail the Extended Science Pathway on espall@[Link].

3.3 University
You will find general Unisa contact details in the study@myUnisa brochure. Please always
provide your student number when contacting the University.

4 MODULE-RELATED RESOURCES
4.1 Prescribed books
The prescribed book for this module is

ANDERSON, SWEENEY, WILLIAMS, FREEMAN, SHOEMITH (2017, 4TH edition)

STATISTICS FOR BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS, CENGAGE Learning 9781473726567

You have to buy this book. Prescribed books can be obtained from the University’s official
booksellers. If you have difficulty locating your book(s) at these booksellers, please contact the
Prescribed Books Section at 012 429 4152 or e-mail vospresc@[Link]
For shorter reference, we use Anderson in the rest of this tutorial letter when we need to refer
the prescribed book.

4.2 Recommended books

There are no recommended books for this module.

4.3 Electronic Reserves (e-Reserves)

There are no e-Reserves for this module.

4.4 Library services and resources information

For brief information go to: [Link]
[Link]
For more detailed information, go to the Unisa website: [Link] click on Library
For research support and services of Personal Librarians, go to:
[Link]

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The Library has compiled numerous library guides:

 find recommended reading in the print collection and e-reserves -

[Link]
 request material - [Link]
 postgraduate information services - [Link]
 finding , obtaining and using library resources and tools to assist in doing research
[Link]
 how to contact the Library/find us on social media/frequently asked questions -
[Link]

5 STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES FOR THE MODULE

Extended Science Pathway

Extended Science provides additional learning support so that you have a better chance of
passing the module. Your learning is supported through special tutorials, which are designed to
ensure that you master the basic concepts in the module first, and to help you through the
concepts that are known to be typically difficult for students. The tutorials are also designed to
help you to develop your reading, writing and study skills, and to understand your curriculum in
relation to your career choices. To achieve these goals, the tutorials provide ample time for you
to constantly interact with a tutor and with your fellow students to clarify difficult questions and
concepts.

The tutorials are important because your formative assessment is in built in the tutoring,
whereby tutors mark your assignments, give you self-assessment tasks to do, and provide you
with feedback on the learning activities. Tutors are also tasked to prepare you for the final
examination. You have the choice of attending face-face tutorials at a learning centre, and or
online on myUnisa. Upon registration, an E-tutor is automatically allocated to you. For face-face
tutorials, you have to register at the learning center nearest to you. The tutorials are contained
in Tutorial Letter 102, the Tutorial Resource for the Module XTA1610. You will receive the
printed version of the tutorial resource before the tutorials start. By that time, you will also be
able to access the electronic tutorial resource among the official study materials on the module
site, and the online version on the tutorial site, on myUnisa.

You are strongly advised to prepare for the tutorials by reading through the tutorial resource
before you start your tutorials. It is important to understand the rules and your responsibilities
with regard to the tutorials and to your assessment. Remember, the tutorial resource does not
replace your study guide, but complements it with more basic content and interactive learning
activities that target the difficult concepts. The tutorial resource must be used with reference to
the study guide and prescribed book, which are your main learning resources.

As a word of caution, please note that in distance learning, the fact that students are enrolled in
self-study is frequently the reason for failure. This is because in the distance education
environment, minimal yet vital interaction takes place among students, and between students
and mentors such as tutors and lecturers. It is therefore your responsibility to take full
advantage of the tutorials by sparing as much time as you can for tutorials, and by aggressively
engaging with the tutor and with other students, to deepen your own understanding, which will
enrich your learning experience.

Details on other student support are contained in Tutorial Letter 301 and in the study@myUnisa
brochure.
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5.1 Free computer and internet access

Unisa has entered into partnerships with establishments (referred to as Telecentres) in various
locations across South Africa to enable you (as a Unisa student) free access to computers and
the Internet. This access enables you to conduct the following academic related activities:
registration; online submission of assignments; engaging in e-tutoring activities and signature
courses; etc. Please note that any other activity outside of these are for your own costing e.g.
printing, photocopying, etc. For more information on the Telecentre nearest to you, please visit
[Link]/telecentres.

6 MODULE-SPECIFIC STUDY PLAN

Your study plan for the module is outlined below. Please refer to the general time management
and planning skills guidelines in the study@myUnisa brochure.

The study plan below shows the content to be covered during specific periods of the year in
terms of the broad concepts or topics, the study guide units and the prescribed book chapters.
Your studies will be largely guided by the tutorial discussions and learning activities, and the
assignments, which are all based on the same study plan. You should therefore participate as
much as possible in the tutorial discussions and complete assignments and the learning or self-
assessment activities linked to each topic in order to do well in the assignments, and for you to
be well prepared for the final examination.

Topic Study Guide Prescribed Book Supporting Resources Dates during which the
Unit Chapter, Section and activities topic/content is
[e.g. CD/CD-ROM, covered
discussion classes,
practicals]
Measures, Data and Study Unit 1 Chapter 1: Discussion classes 26 February 2018
Variables 1.1-1.3
Presenting Data in Study Unit 2 Chapter 2: Discussion classes 18 March 2018
Tables and Charts 2.1-2.5
Numerical Study Unit 3 Chapter 3: Discussion classes 31 March 2018
descriptive 3.1-3.3
measures
Basic probability Study Unit 4 Chapter 4: Discussion classes 20 April 2018
4.1-4.4
Discrete probability Study Unit 5 Chapter 5: Discussion classes 27 April 2018
distribution 5.1-5.4
Continuous Study Unit 6 Chapter 6: Discussion classes 23 May 2018
probability 6.1-6.3
distribution
Sampling and Study Unit 7 Chapter 7: Discussion classes 13 June 2018
sampling distribution 7.1; 7.2; 7.4; 7.5
Confidence interval Study Unit 8 Chapter 8: Discussion classes 4 July 2018
estimation 8.1-8.3
Hypothesis Testing: Study Unit 9 Chapter 9: Discussion classes 20 July 2018
One-sample tests 9.1-9.4
Chi-square tests Study Unit 10 Chapter 11: Discussion classes 27 July 2018
11.1-11.3
Simple linear Study Unit 11 Chapter 12: Discussion classes 22 August 2018
regression 12.1-12.3

Please note that the module XTA1610 shares the same study guide and the final examination
with the module STA1610.
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7 MODULE PRACTICAL WORK AND WORK-INTEGRATED LEARNING
There are no practicals for this module.

8 ASSESSMENT
8.1 Assessment criteria

The outcomes of this module are given in Section 2.2 of this tutorial letter. These outcomes
describe what you should be able to do in order to successfully pass this module. Assignments,
examinations, and in some modules projects and portfolios are the ways we use to assess
whether you have reached the outcomes.

The criteria we use to assess your work can be summarised as follows:

 You must apply the correct and appropriate formulas, presentations, methods, rules,
laws, values from tables, and so on, as required in the question.

 Applying of formulas, methods etc. must be done correctly.

 Results, tests, computer printouts etc. should be interpreted correctly, when you are
asked to do so.

 Calculations must be correct and accurate.

The following general comments are valid to all our modules. In some cases the lecturers will
give further instructions to keep in mind when completing your work; these will be given in the
tutorial letters for that particular module.

8.1.1 Written assignment and examination questions

Please keep the following in mind when answering questions.

 Read the question carefully – you will get zero marks if you end up answering what was
not asked for!

 Give full calculations, marks will usually not be given for the end results only.

 Present your solutions clearly. A collection of disjointed formulas and numbers is not the
right way to answer questions, please use words to explain what you are doing and why.
Use correct mathematical notation and remember that lines of mathematical equations
must always be linked to each other – for example with the = sign if they are a series of
continuing calculations, or otherwise maybe by the signs for “equals” or “therefore”. See
your textbooks and/or study guides for examples.

We strongly recommend that you submit your written assignments through myUnisa, since then
the turnaround time for your assignment to get back to you will be shorter, and your assignment
can never get lost. For most of the statistics modules we only accept file submissions in the
PDF format. You can scan your hand-written assignment into a PDF file; or alternatively you can
use a word processing program with an equation editor (e.g. MSWord) or you can use special
mathematical typesetting programs such as LaTeX, and at the end convert your assignment to
PDF. Please note that for typed assignments, you must still use all the correct mathematical
notations, and include all necessary graphs, diagrams, and so on, just as if you were submitting
a hand-written assignment!

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8.1.2 Multiple choice questions

 Only one of the given answers is correct. If you believe several to be correct, check your
work again!

 We suggest you keep copies of your calculations, so that when you get the results, you
can check where you went wrong.

8.2 Assessment plan

Please note that this module has a total of NINE compulsory assignments which contribute
49% to the final mark.

Eight of the compulsory assignments are relatively short assessments. The ninth assignment
which is submitted at the end of September is a journal in which you will describe your tutorial
experiences according to the template in addendum. Assignments can be submitted by post or
electronically by mobile (multiple choice questions) or via myUnisa.

The compulsory assignments are in different formats and contribute to the year mark as follows:
Assignment Number Type of assignment (multiple choice, True or Contribution to the final mark (%)
false, short written questions, written essay,
template)
01 Multiple choice 5

02 Multiple choice 5

03 Multiple choice 5

04 Multiple choice 5

05 Multiple choice 5

06 Multiple choice 5

07 Multiple choice 5

08 Multiple choice 5

09 Written question 9

Total 9 49

The year mark and the examination mark will be divided as follows:
Type of assessment Contribution to the final mark
Formative 49

Summative 51

Final 100

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Please note that the 49% contribution by the assignments makes it extremely important that you
do all the assignments and score high marks, otherwise it is impossible for you to pass the
module. However, this also means that if you do all the assignments well, there is less risk of
you failing the module.

The final examination is written in 2-hours at a venue of your choice, according to the
examination calendar, which you can access on the Unisa website. Please note the following
important details about the final examination;

 You will not be admitted to the examination without submitting an assignment 1 by 29

March 2018, I therefore strongly advise you to ensure that the first assignment is in on
time for you to immediately gain exam admission.

 If you score less than 40% in the final examination, the year mark will not be used to give
you a pass.

 The minimum examination score which is required to qualify for a supplementary

examination will be 40%. The supplementary examination will be written early in 2019,
we will confirm the date and venues on the Unisa website.

 There is no other exam opportunity other than the supplementary examination but a new
enrolment for repeat learning in the module.

8.3 General assignment numbers

Each of your assignments has a general identification number which is assigned consecutively
starting from 01 to 09.

8.3.1 Unique assignment numbers

Please note that each assignment has its unique six-digit assignment number which has to be
written on the cover of your assignment upon submission.

Assignment number Chapter in Levine Unique Number

01 Chapters 1 and 2 692813

02 Chapter 3 845830

03 Chapters 4 and 5 785259

04 Chapter 6 841818

05 Chapters 7 and 8 766352

06 Chapter 9 752252

07 Chapter 11 870661

08 Chapter 12 787178

09 Journal 772002

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8.3.2 Due dates for assignments

The assignments are spaced evenly over the year, approximately three weeks apart during the
period between March and September as follows:

Assignment number Chapter in Levine

01 29 March 2018

02 20 April 2018

03 04 May 2018

04 01 June 2018

05 22 June 2018

06 13 July 2018

07 03 August 2018

08 31 August 2018

09 28 September 2018

8.4 Submission of assignments

For detailed information on assignments, please refer to the study@myUnisa brochure, which
you received with your study package.
To submit an assignment via myUnisa:

 Go to myUnisa.

 Log in with your student number and password.

 Select the module.

 Click on assignments in the menu on the left-hand side of the screen.

 Click on the assignment number you wish to submit.

 Follow the instructions.

For general information and requirements as far as assignments are concerned, see the
study@myUnisa brochure which you received with your study material.

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8.5 Assignments
8.5.1 Assignment 01

ASSIGNMENT 01
Chapters 1, 2 and 3
Unique Nr.: 692813
Fixed closing date: 29 MARCH 2018

QUESTION 1
Which one of the following statements is correct?
1. Gender, marital status and religion are examples of qualitative ordinal variables
2. The amount of money a person spends in a shopping mall is a discrete variable
3. The number of girls with blue eyes is a discrete variable
4. The position one finishes in a race is a discrete variable.
5. The number of times a mouse makes a wrong turn in a laboratory represents a
continuous variable

QUESTION 2
Which one of the following statements is incorrect?
1. A variable is a characteristic of an item or individual being measured
2. A sample is a portion of a population selected for analysis
3. In a pie chart, the size of segments varies according to the percentage in each
category
4. An histogram describes better qualitative data than a bar chart
5. The mode is the most frequent observation in a data set

QUESTION 3

Consider the following variables:

A. Your height as either a tall or short person

B. Your status as either a full time or a part time student

C. A condition, either poor, fair, good or excellent

D. A size of a ring as small, medium or big

E. A size of a TV screen in inches

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Which one of the above variables is/are quantitative variable(s)?

1. Only D

2. D and E

3. Only E

4. A, B and C

5. None of the above

QUESTION 4

In the following stem-and-leaf display for a set of two-digit integers,

1 1 3 7
2 2 4 8 8
3 2 3
4 8

the mode(s) is/are:

1. 8
2. 2
3. 48
4. 28
5. 22 and 28

QUESTION 5
Referring to the data in question 4, the median(s) is/are:
1. 24 and 28
2. 5.5
3. 25.6
4. 28
5. 26

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QUESTION 6
Consider the following statistical measures
A. The mode
B. The range
C. The mean
D. The median
E. The variance
Which of the above statistical measures is/are measure(s) of spread or variation?
1. Only E
2. B and E
3. Only A
4. A, C and D
5. None of the above

QUESTION 7
Consider the stem-and-leaf display given in question 4 above, the sample mean and variance of
the data set are respectively:
1. 25.6 and 107.04
2. 25.6 and 10.906
3. 25.6 and 10.346
4. 25.6 and 118.933
5. 10.906 and 118.933

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QUESTION 8
The box-and-whisker plot (or Box-plot) of the sample of ages of 23 dinosaurs is given below:

Boxplot

Variable

30 50 70 90 110 130 150

Which one of the following statements is incorrect?

1. The interquartile range (IQR) is 70
2. The upper quartile is 130
3. The median is 120
4. The distribution of ages is skewed to the right
5. The distribution of ages is skewed to the left

QUESTION 9
Consider the following scores:
15 5 3 2 13 2 0 17 -17 9 -8 11
Which one of the following statements is correct?
1. The interquartile range (IQR) is 13
2. The range is 0
3. The sample mean is 8.5
4. The standard deviation is 95.879
5. The median is 5

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QUESTION 10
The following table gives the frequency distribution of the salaries (in thousands of rands) in a
sample selected from a small company.
Class (in R1000) Frequency (f) % Frequency (%f) Cumulative Frequency (F)

5<10
4
10<15 7

15<20 24

20<25 10

25<30 25

Total 100

After completing the above table, which one of the following statements is incorrect?
1. Eight percent of the staff members earn between 25 and 30 thousand rands
2. Seven staff members earn more than R15000
3. The sample has twenty-five staff members
4. Twenty four percent of the staff members earn at least R15000
5. The modal class is given by 20<25

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8.5.2 Assignment 02

ASSIGNMENT 02
Chapter 4
Unique Nr.: 845830
Fixed closing date: 20 APRIL 2018

QUESTION 1
Students were surveyed on a question regarding the means of transport used to get to school.
The following table gives the summary of the survey results:

BUS (B) TRAIN (T) OWN CAR (O) TOTAL

MALE (M) 30 24 41

FEMALE (F) 20 26 59

TOTAL

Which one of the following statements is incorrect?

1. and 0.1

2. Twenty-five percent of students use buses to get to school

3. Events M and F are mutually exclusive

4. F or O 0.73

5. If a student is randomly selected, the probability that the student is a male given that
he uses a train is equal to 0.1

QUESTION 2
If A 0.4, B′ 0.3 and A and B 0.2.
Which one of the following statements is incorrect?

1. A′ and B′ 0.2

2. B and A′ 0.5

3. B 0.7

4. A|B 0.2857

5. A or B′ 0.5

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QUESTION 3
Assume that event A and B are mutually exclusive with A 0.3 and B′ 0.5.
Which one of the following statements is incorrect?
1. A′ and B′ 0
2. A and B 0

3. A or B 0.8

4. B|A 0

5. A and B′ 0.3

QUESTION 4
Assume that events A and B are independent with A 0.3 and B′ 0.5.

Which one of the following statements is incorrect?

1. A′ and B′ 0.35
2. A and B 0.15

3. A′ or B 0.8

4. A or B′ 0.65

5. A|B 0.3

QUESTION 5
If A 0.4, B 0.3, C 0.5, A and B 0.12 and B and C 0. Then,
A. B and C are independent
B. A and B are mutually exclusive
C. A and c are impossible events
D. A and B are dependent
E. A and B are independent
Which one of the above statements is/are correct?
1. Only C
2. A and C
3. A and B
4. A, C and E
5. Only E

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QUESTION 6
The editor of a textbook publishing company is trying to decide whether to publish a proposed
business Statistics textbook. Information on previous textbooks published indicates that 10%
are huge successes, 20% are moderate successes, 40% break-even, and 30% are losers.
However, before a publishing decision is made, the book will be reviewed. In the past, 99% of
the huge successes received favourable reviews, 70% of the moderate successes received
favourable reviews, 40% of the break-even books received favourable reviews, and 20% of the
losers received favourable reviews. The proportion of textbooks that received favourable
reviews is
1. 50%
2. 46%
3. 54%
4. 0.099
5. 0.14

QUESTION 7
Which one of the following statements is incorrect?
1. If A is an impossible event, P(A) = 0
2. If A and B are independent P(A or B) = P(A) + P(B)
3. If A and B dependent, P(A or B) = P(A) + P(B) – P(A and B)
4. If A and B are mutually exclusive, P(A | B) = 0 when P(B) ≠ 0
5. If A ∪ B = S, where S is the sample space, P(B) = 1 – P(A) when A and B are
mutually exclusive

QUESTION 8

At a large bank, 6% of the employees are computer programmers, 40% of the employees are
women and 2% of the employees are female computer programmers. An employee is selected
at random, what is the probability that the employee will be a man and not a computer
programmer?

1. 0.44

2. 0.04

3. 0.56

4. 0.6

5. 0.94

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QUESTION 9
If A 0.3, B 0.5 and A and B 0.2.

Calculate the probability of the complement of A and B, i.e. A and B .

1. 0.2

2. 0.4

3. 0.9

4. 0.5

5. 0.8

QUESTION 10

According to a survey of South African households, the probability that the residents own two
cars if annual household income is over R50000 is 80%. Of the households surveyed, 60% had
incomes over R50000 and 70% had two cars. The probability that the residents of a household
own two cars and does not have an income over R50000 is

1. 0.12

2. 0.18

3. 0.48

4. 0.22

5. 0.30

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8.5.3 Assignment 03

ASSIGNMENT 03
Chapter 5
Unique Nr.: 785259
Fixed closing date: 04 MAY 2018

QUESTION 1
The following table contains the probability distribution for the number of traffic accidents per
day in a small town:
Number of Accidents per day (X) 0 1 2 3 4 5

P(X=x) 0.1 0.2 0.45 0.15 0.05 0.05

The mean number of accident per day is

1. 1
2. 5
3. 0.2
4. 2
5. 3

QUESTION 2
In question 1, the standard deviation of the number of accident per day is
1. 1.4
2. 2.324
3. 1.183
4. 5.4
5. 2

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QUESTION 3
Based on past experience, a researcher knows that the probability distribution for X = the
number of students who miss class on Fridays is given as follows:
x 0 1 2 3 4 5

P(X=x) 0.3 0.1 0.24 0.1 0.12

Which one of the following statements is incorrect?

1. = 0.14
2. 0 X 3 = 0.34
3. The probability that at least four students will miss class on Friday is 0.88
4. The probability that at most two students will miss class on Friday is 0.64
5. The probability that all students will attend class on Friday is 0.3

QUESTION 4
Which one of the following statements is correct?
1. In a binomial experiment the n trials are not always independent
2. In a binomial experiment the random variable take on values from 1 up to n (i.e. x = 1,
2, …, n)
3. In a Poisson experiment the random variable will always take on values from 0 up to n
(i.e. x = 0, 1, 2, …, n)
4. The mean and variance of a random variable that follows a Poisson distribution are
always equal.

5. If X follows a binomial distribution with probability of success = 0.4 and 5 trials, the
probability of failure is given by 0.08

QUESTION 5
Suppose that 10% of butterflies have damaged wings. If a random sample of 5 butterflies is
selected, what is the probability that none of the butterflies have damaged wings?
1. 0.59049
2. 0.00001
3. 0
4. 0.40951
5. 0.9999

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QUESTION 6
Using the binomial distribution, if n = 5 and P (X = 3) = 0.1323. The probability of success is
1. 0.1
2. 0.2
3. 0.3
4. 0.4
5. 0.5

QUESTION 7

If X follows a binomial distribution with n = 6 and = 0.2, P (X < 3) is

1. 0.0989

2. 0.9011

3. 0.0819

4. 0.2458

5. 0.6390

QUESTION 8

The number of power outages at a nuclear power plan has a Poisson distribution with a mean of
6 outages per year.

Which one of the following statements is incorrect?

1. The probability that there will be no outage in a given year is 0.00248

2. The probability that there will be at least one outage in a given year is 0.99752

3. The probability that there will be more than one outage in a given year is 0.01735

4. The standard deviation of the number of power outages is 2.45

5. The number of power outages has a mean of 3 outages per semester

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QUESTION 9

Let X be a random variable representing the number of mistakes in a textbook. Suppose the
mistakes occur at an average of 2 per page. The probability that at most three mistakes are
found on a given page is

1. 0.85712

2. 0.18045

3. 0.14288

4. 0.81955

5. 0.67667

QUESTION 10

In question 9, the probability that exactly five mistakes are found on two pages is

1. 0.96391

2. 0.84371

3. 1

4. 0.03609

5. 0.15629

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8.5.4 Assignment 04

ASSIGNMENT 04
Chapter 6
Unique Nr.: 841818
Fixed closing date: 01 JUNE 2018

QUESTION 1

A symmetrical distribution that has a mean of zero and a variance of one is called the

1. Unimodal skewed distribution

2. Binomial distribution

3. Binomial distribution

4. Standard normal distribution

5. Uniform distribution

QUESTION 2

Which one of the following statements is incorrect?

1. A distribution is skewed to the right if: Mode < Median < Mean

2. A normal distribution is an unimodal distribution

3. For a standard normal distribution, the area under the normal curve is equal to one

4. For a symmetrical distribution, the variance equal to the standard deviation

5. A sample with a very large variance (or standard deviation) and a very small mean is
not a good sample

QUESTION 3

For a particular group of scores, the population mean and standard deviation are 25 and 5,
respectively. The Z-score for a raw score of 19 is
1. -1.0
2. 1.2
3. -1.2
4. 1.05
5. 0.95

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UESTION 4
Standard
d normal diistribution

Th
he above sshaded are
ea is equal to
1. 0.9
9332
2. 0.4
4332
3. 0.5
5000
4. 1.5
5000
5. 0.0
0668

QU
UESTION 5

If the Z-score is givenn as Z = -2.12 and d the distriibution of X is norm

mally distributed with
h a
poopulation m
mean of 500 and a pop
pulation sta
andard devviation of 3,
3 then the
e x-value coorrespondiing
to the given Z-score is

1. 52
2.12

2. 47
7.88

3. 56
6.36

4. 0..0170

5. 43
3.64

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QUESTION 6

A random variable X is normally distributed with a population mean of 60 and a population

standard deviation of 10. If a = 52 and b = 66, which one of the following statement is incorrect?

1. = 0.7881

2. = 0.7257

3. 60 = 0.5000

4. = 0.7257

5. = 0.5138

QUESTION 7
If = 0.1515 is the area under a normal curve of random variable X with a mean
μ of 30 and variance of 16. The value taken by a is equal to
1. 25.88
2. -1.03
3. 1.03
4. 34.12
5. 0.8485

QUESTION 8
For a random variable that is normally distributed with a population mean of 80 and a population
standard deviation of 16, the probability that a sample of 49 observations will have a mean
below 85 is
1. 0.0143
2. 0.9857
3. 8.7500
4. 1.0000
5. 0.0000

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QUESTION 9
A random sample of size n = 400 was selected from a binomial population with the population
proportion = 0.2. The number of observed successes in the sample is 96.
Which one of the following statements is incorrect?

1. The standard error is 0.02

2. The sample proportion is 6 25

3. 0.24 = 0.0228

4. 0.2 = 0.0000

5. This is an example an binomial random variable that converges towards a normal

distribution

QUESTION 10

If a sample of 300 items is draw from a binomial process with = 0.4, the Z-score of 0.36 is
equal to:
1. 0.390
2. 0.310
3. 1.414
4. 1.960
5. -1.414

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8.5.5 Assignment 05

ASSIGNMENT 05
Chapter 7
Unique Nr.: 766352
Fixed closing date: 22 JUNE 2018

QUESTION 1
The standard deviation of the sample distribution of the mean is also called
1. Sampling mean
2. Residual
3. Standard error
4. Standard normal
5. Sum of deviations

QUESTION 2
Which one of the following statements is incorrect?
1. The mean of the sampling distribution of the mean equal to the population mean
2. The Z-score of the sampling distribution of the mean is equal to the difference
between the sample mean and the population mean divided by the standard error
divided by square root of the sample size (n)
3. The standard deviation of the sampling distribution of the mean is equal to the
standard deviation of the population divided by the square root of the sample size (n)
4. A sampling error is the error resulting from using a sample characteristic to estimate a
population characteristic
5. Regardless of the shape of the distribution, as the sample size gets large enough, the
sampling distribution of the mean is approximately normally distributed

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QUESTION 3
The diameter of a brand of ping-pong balls is approximately normally distributed, with a mean of
1.31 inches and a standard deviation of 0.08 inch. If a random sample of four ping-pong balls is
selected, the mean and standard deviation of the sampling distribution of the mean are
respectively:
1. 0.3275 and 0.04
2. 0.655 and 0.04
3. 1.31 and 0.08
4. 1.31 and 0.04
5. 1.31 and 0.02

QUESTION 4
In question 3, the probability that the sample mean is less than 1.28 is
1. 0.2266
2. 0.7734
3. 0.3520
4. 0.6480
5. 0.0668

QUESTION 5
Given a normal distribution with = 102 and = 25, if n = 25, which one of the following
statements is incorrect?
1. The standard error is equal to 5

2. If = 110, the Z-score is equal to 1.6

3. The probability that is between 90 and 110 is 0.9370

4. The probability that is above 104.5 is 0.3085

5. The probability that is more than 132 does not exist

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QUESTION 6
A random selection of 64 households was selected for a telephone survey. The key question
asked was, “Do you or any member of your household own a cellular telephone that you can
use to access the internet?” Of the 64 respondents, 32 said yes and 32 said no. the population
sample proportion is 0.75.
Which one of the following statements is incorrect?
1. The sample proportion is 0.5
2. The standard error of the proportion is 0.0625
3. The standard error of the proportion is 0.0541

4. The sample proportion is 1 2

5. The probability that the proportion is less than 0.65 is 0.0322

QUESTION 7
A simple random sample of size n = 400 is draw from a binomial process in which = 0.4. The
Z-score for the proportion of success = 0.36 is
1. 1.633
2. -1.667
3. 1.667
4. -1.633
5. 2.138

QUESTION 8

A simple random sample of size n is drawn from a binomial process in which = 0.4. When
0.38, the Z-score = -2.5. The size of the sample is
1. 150
2. 1600
3. 900
4. 2000
5. 3750

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QUESTION 9
In question 8, the probability that the sample proportion is greater than 0.38 is
1. 0.0062
2. 0.2148
3. 0.7852
4. 0.9938
5. 0.2500

QUESTION 10
A statistician predicts temperatures of the next five days as follows:
Day 1 2 3 4 5

Temperature (in ) 23 18 17 13 15

The standard error of the mean is

1. 3.768
2. 1.685
3. 2.84
4. 14.2
5. 0.219

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8.5.6 Assignment 06

ASSIGNMENT 06
Chapter 8
Unique Nr.: 752252
Fixed closing date: 13 JULY 2018

QUESTION 1

Determine 158 163 if X follows a normal distribution with a population mean of 153
and a population variance of 625 and n = 64.
1. 0.0007
2. 0.9993
3. 0.9452
4. 0.0548
5. 0.0541

QUESTION 2
Which one of the following statements is incorrect?
1. For large sample, the sapling distribution for the sample proportion follows a binomial
distribution
2. For large samples, when the parameter are known, the normal distribution is used to
construct the confidence interval for the population mean
3. When the variance of the population from which a sample was selected is known, the
normal distribution is used to construct a confidence interval for the population mean
4. The probability that a confidence interval will not contain the parameter is known as
level of significance
5. A sample is considered to be large if n ≥ 30

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QUESTION 3
If a sample is of size 65 and we are required to construct a 90% confidence interval for the
population mean, the critical value that will be used in constructing the confidence interval is
1. 1.96
2. 2.575
3. 1.645
4. 0.05
5. 0.95

QUESTION 4
If a sample is of size 600 and we are required to construct a 99% confidence interval for the
population proportion, the critical value that will be used in constructing the confidence interval
is
1. 1.96
2. 2.575
3. 1.645
4. 0.005
5. 0.995

QUESTION 5
If a sample of size 20 is obtained from a normal population with an unknown variance and we
are required to construct a 90% confidence interval for the population mean, the critical value
that will be used in constructing the confidence interval is
1. 1.645
2. 1.725
3. 1.729
4. 2.575
5. 0.95

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QUESTION 6
A statistics practitioner took a random sample of 50 observations from a population with a
standard deviation of 25 and a sample mean of 100. The 95% confidence interval of the
population mean is
1. (93.07, 106.93)
2. (100, 6.9296)
3. (9.31, 10.693)
4. (94.18, 105.82)
5. (39.07, 106.29)

QUESTION 7
The human resources director of a large corporation wishes to study absenteeism among
clerical workers at the corporation’s central office during the previous year. A random sample of
25 clerical workers reveals a mean absenteeism of 9.7 days, with a variance of 16 days.
Assuming that the population of absences is normally distributed, the 95% confidence interval
for the average number of days of absence for clerical workers last year is
1. (8.13, 11.27)
2. (8.05, 11.35)
3. (3.095, 16.305)
4. (3.428, 15.972)
5. (8.0524, 11.3475)

QUESTION 8
From the information given below, determine the 90% confidence interval of the population
mean:

= 200, n = 100 and S = 5.

1. (199.1775, 200.8225)
2. (199.1698, 200.8302)
3. (199.525, 200.475)
4. (199.975, 200.025)
5. (100, 200)

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QUESTION 9
According to a recent report by the census bureau, 26% of the single male households own
stocks, bonds and mutual funds. Although census bureau estimates are based on very large
samples, for convenience, assume that this result is based on a random sample of 1000 single
male households.
The 99% confidence interval for the proportion of all single male households that own stocks,
bonds and mutual funds is
1. (0.2408, 0.2792)
2. (0.250, 0.305)
3. (0.2243, 0.2957)
4. (0.2277, 0.2923)
5. (0.2314, 0.2886)

QUESTION 10
A manufacturer of dog food is concerned about the low levels of sales recorded of one of its
tinned products and wants to consider removing this product from its line. Before doing so, a
limited scale market surveyed of 1000 customers that buy this particular brand of dog food is
conducted. Of the people surveyed, 230 said that they would like the manufacturer to keep the
product under investigation as one of the products in the manufacturer’s line. Use this
information to construct the 95% confidence interval for the percentage of all customers of this
manufacturing brand that would like the manufacturer to keep the product under investigation as
one of the products in the manufacturer’s line.
1. (0.25, 0.415)
2. (0.214, 0.264)
3. (0.204, 0.256)
4. (0.224, 0.296)
5. (0.208, 0.252)

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8.5.7 Assignment 07

ASSIGNMENT 07
Chapters 9 and 11
Unique Nr.: 870661
Fixed closing date: 03 AUGUST 2018

QUESTION 1
Which one of the following statements is incorrect?

1. If the statement of the alternative hypothesis ( ) involves the “unequal” sign ( ), the
test is called two-tailed or non-directional test.

2. If the statement of the alternative hypothesis ( ) involves the sign “less than” (i.e.
<), the test is called lower tailed or left tailed test.

3. If the statement of the alternative hypothesis ( ) involves the sign “less than” (i.e.
>), the test is called upper tailed or right tailed test.

4. If the statement of the alternative hypothesis ( ) involves the sign “fewer or equal
to”, a lower tailed test must be used.

5. If the statement of the alternative hypothesis ( ) involves the sign “more or equal
to”, a left tailed test must be used.

QUESTION 2
State the null and alternative hypothesis that would be used to test the following statements:
The average time for the delivery of shipments of computers is no more than 40 days.

1. : μ = 40 vs : μ > 40

2. : = 40 vs : 40

3. : = 0.40 vs : < 0.40

4. : = 0.40 vs : > 0.40

5. : μ = 40 vs : μ < 40

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QUESTION 3
Given the following information
The mean starting salary of 144 university graduates is R9980. The population standard
deviation of the starting salary is 156. If we want to check whether the mean salary of university
graduates is R10000 at 5% level of significance, which one of the following statements is
incorrect?
1. A two-tailed test must be used
2. A directional test must be used
3. The standard error is 13
4. The test statistic is – 1.54
5. The critical value is 1.96

QUESTION 4
Calculate the p-value of the test of the following hypothesis given that the sample proportion p =
0.63, n = 100 and the calculated test statistic z = 0.05.
The null hypothesis and alternative hypothesis are: : = 0.60 vs : > 0.60
1. 0.4801
2. 0.5000
3. 0.5199
4. 0.6915
5. 0.7088

QUESTION 5
Suppose we want to test the hypothesis, at a 1% level of significance, that the climate has
changed since industrialization. The mean temperature throughout history is 25 , but during
the last 36 years, the mean temperature has been 26 with a standard deviation of 3 . The p-
value is equal to
1. 2
2. 0.9772
3. 0.0228
4. 0.0456
5. 0.9544

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QUESTION 6

For testing : = 1 4 against : < 1 4, it is given that p = 3 11 and n = 400, calculate the
test statistic.
1. 1.17
2. 1.05
3. 1.96
4. 1.24
5. -1.17

QUESTION 7
A manufacturer claims that at least 95% of the equipment that he supplied to a factory
conformed to specifications. An examination of 700 pieces of equipment reveals that 53 are
faulty. Do these results provide sufficient evidence to reject the manufacturer’s claim? If we use
= 0.01 to perform the test, which one of the following statements is correct?
1. The sample proportion is 0.0757
2. Z = -103.016

3. = 5%
4. Z = 3.11
5. There is sufficient evidence to reject the manufacturer’s claim, because less than 95%
of the equipment he supplied conformed to specifications

QUESTION 8
A manufacturer uses a machine that needs a particular replacement that has an average life
span of 100 h (hours). A designer has developed a new machine part that is said to have a
longer average life span than the present one. The manufacturer tests nine of these parts in his
machines and notes the time to replacement of each part. The times (in hours) are given as:
100.6; 101.3; 98.1; 102.4; 101.7; 106.1; 97.5; 103.3 and 99.9
Assume that the life span of the population of new parts has a normal distribution. In order to
check the designer’s claim, we use = 0.01 to perform the test.
Which one of the following statements is incorrect?

1. : μ = 100 vs : μ > 100

2. The test statistic is 1.38
3. The critical value is 2.33
4. The critical value is 2.896

5. will not be rejected

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QUESTION 9
You want to test the null hypothesis : μ = 75 against the alternative hypothesis μ < 75 at a
1% level of significance for a sample of size n = 56.
1. -2.33
2. 1.96
3. 2.396
4. -2.396
5. 2.33

QUESTION 10
If a contingency table has 4 rows and 5 columns, how many degree of freedom are there for the
chi-square ( ) test for independence?
1. 20
2. 12
3. 15
4. 9
5. 10

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8.5.8 Assignment 08

ASSIGNMENT 08
Chapters 11 and 12
Unique Nr.: 787178
Fixed closing date: 31 AUGUST 2018

QUESTION 1
Use the following contingency table to test the independence for the two variables given in
columns and in rows at 5% level of significance.

A B Total

YES 40 25 65

NO 35 45 80

Total 75 70 145

Which one of the following statements is incorrect?

1. The null hypothesis is: the variables are independent
2. The alternative hypothesis is: the two variables are dependent
3. The critical value is 3.841
4. The expected frequency for YES and B is 25

5. Suppose that the calculated test statistic = 4.5455, the null hypothesis is
rejected at 5% level of significance

QUESTION 2
Four separate machines mould the same plastic parts that are used in cell phones. A random
sample of 400 such parts is obtained and each part is identified according to its machine and
whether it is acceptable or defective. The results are given below:

Machine

A B C D

Defective 9 7 10 16

Acceptable 111 103 105 39

Testing at 5% level of significance the claim that whether a part is acceptable or defective is
independent of the machine, the test statistics is:

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 1. 19.778
2. 23.78
3. 28.78
4. 400
5. 7.82

QUESTION 3
In question 2, the critical value is
1. 9.49
2. 5.99
3. 9.35
4. 11.14
5. 7.82

QUESTION 4
The table below gives data on the number of ear piercings and tattoos for a sample of 678
female students. Test at a 5% level of significance that whether a female student has a tattoo or
not is independent of the number of ear piercings.

Piercings No tattoo Have tattoo

Two or less 245 19

Three or four 210 26

Five or six 91 32

Seven or more 25 30

The test statistic is

1. 90.5
2. 678
3. 15.51
4. 7.82
5. None of the above

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QUESTION 5
In question 4, which one of the following statements is correct?
1. The test statistic is 15.51
2. The expected frequency for “six or more” and “No tattoo” is 25
3. The observed frequency for “five or six” and “Have tattoo” is 19.41
4. The critical value is 7.82
5. The two variables are independent

QUESTION 6
Which one of the following statements is incorrect?
1. The correlation analysis determines the strength and direction of the relationship
between variables
2. The independent variable always influences the dependent variable
3. A negative slope in a simple linear regression shows that there is a negative
relationship between the independent and dependent variables
4. If the slope is equal to zero, there is no relationship between the two variables
5. When the coefficient of correlation (r) is negative, there is a weak relationship
between the two variables regardless of the magnitude of r.

QUESTION 7
A random sample of eight car drivers insured with a business and having similar car insurance
policies was selected. The following table lists their driving experience (in years) and the
monthly car insurance premium (in R) paid by them:
Driving experience (X) 5 2 12 9 15 6 25 16

Monthly car insurance (Y) 640 870 500 710 440 560 420 600

Which one of the following statements is incorrect?

1. The insurance premium depends on the driving experience
2. The Y intercept is 766.6
3. The slope is -15.48
4. There is a negative relationship between Y and X
5. 76.77% of the total variation in the dependent variable is explained by the variation in
the independent variable
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QUESTION 8
In question 7, the monthly car insurance premium for a driver with ten years of driving
experience is
1. R766.60
2. R767.70
3. R611.84
4. R100
5. R154.76

QUESTION 9
If the coefficient of correlation is equal to 098. Which of the following statement is incorrect?

1. There is a strong positive relationship between the dependent and independent variables

2. When the independent variable decreases, the dependent variable decreases as well

3. The slope b1is positive

4. SSXY is positive

5. There is an decreasing pattern in the data

QUESTION 10
A research on the relationship between the Y and X reveals the following information:

n = 14, ∑ 52.9, ∑ 92.8, ∑ 382.85, ∑ 215.41 and ∑ 693.9

Which one of the following statements is incorrect?
1. = 32.19858 and = 15.52358

2. = 2.07417-1.20883
3. When X = 1.5, Y will be equal to 1.9
4. The coefficient of correlation is 92.08%
5. SST = 78.77

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8.5.9 Assignment 09

ASSIGNMENT 09
WRITTEN JOURNAL
Unique Nr.: 772002
Fixed closing date: 28 SEPTEMBER 2018

Please take note of the following before commencing this assignment.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION
1. Use the template below to complete your journal of tutorial experiences.
2. In the journal, you will reflect on your tutorial experiences during the year.
3. There are three focus areas on which you will be assessed;
(a) Reflections on group discussions in which you take part during tutorials
(b) Reflections on learning or self-assessment activities that you participate in or that you
complete during tutorials
(c) Reflections on additional learning resources that you are referred to for further reading
during the tutorials
4. It is strongly recommended that you complete your reflections on the tutorials
continuously (tutorial by tutorial) as you go through the sessions and not wait to do a
final refection at the end of the year. It may not be possible for you to remember in detail
the events of the tutorials if you complete the journal once-off at the end of the year.
5. You can complete your journal from discussions and other interactive learning activities with
fellow students in either face-face or in e-tutorials on myUnisa, and not from both
platforms. On myUnisa, you can create your own blog, which you can extract into a word
document when completed, summarise and restructure it to comply with the template below,
and submit it like any other written assignment.
6. All written activities other than those completed online on myUnisa should be attached to,
and submitted along with the journal as evidence of completion of the activities.
7. Please note that you will not be awarded marks for group discussion and learning
activity related reflections without evidence of participation in an approved tutorial
discussion group, or evidence of your completion of the learning activities,
respectively.
8. For both face-face and online discussions, you are recorded as active only if you
posted at least one question, or replied to at least 3 questions from the tutor or from
other students.
9. You can share information with others in your tutorial group (i.e. in blogs on myUnisa, in face-
face group or one-one discussions, which you can include in your reflections, as long as you
do not plagiarise each other’s reflections, for which you will be penalised.
10. Each tutorial session will be assessed out of 100 marks, using the rubric in the
addendum to this Tutorial Letter.

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Your journal should be a reflection on tutorial sessions in the Tutorial Resource for XTA1610,
which are listed below. The mark allocation per tutorial session will be weighted as follows:
Tutorial Session Number Tutorial Session Title Contribution to Journal
Mark (%)
1 Chapters 1 and 2 10
2 Chapter 3 15
3 Chapters 4 and 5 15
4 Chapter 6 10
5 Chapters 7 and 8 10
6 Chapter 9 10
7 Chapter 11 15
8 Chapter 12 15
Total Marks 100

Complete the template below for each of the tutorial sessions. Do not exceed the number of
words indicated for each section. Remember, according to the marking rubric, your feedback
must show clear evidence of your ability to identify the key or important concepts or skills
covered during the tutorials, with clear evidence that you understood the concepts and also
acquired the critical skills.

Tutorial Session Number

Tutorial Topic
Platform [Face-face/myUnisa]
Dates of the tutorial mm/dd - mm/dd
Learning Centre [if face-face]
Tutorial Group number

1. What was tutorial this tutorial about [Summarise in less than 200 words].

2. Indicate with clear explanations, the specific contributions (e.g. questions, comments,
examples, etc.) by the tutor or by others during the discussions which you considered
particularly useful or important (maximum 200 words)

3. Which concepts, knowledge or skills were tested in the learning or self-assessment

activities of the tutorial? [maximum 150 words]

4. of the additional study materials provided to you or to which you were referred to during
the tutorial did you find most useful or relevant to the outcomes of the tutorial lor to the
module in general? In your reflection, explain in what way the materials were most useful
or relevant? [maximum 200 words]

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9 OTHER ASSESSMENT METHODS

There are no other assessment methods for this module.

10 EXAMINATION
There is a venue based final examination which is scheduled for the end of year (normally in
Oct/Nov) examination period. Please confirm the venues and exact date on the Unisa website.
The format of the paper will be as follows:
Your examination will be a 2 hour examination consisting of multiple choice questions only. You
need to have a final mark of 50% to pass this module and 75% to obtain a distinction.
The final mark consists of your year mark (50%) and your examination mark (50%).
Should you have a final mark of less than 50%, it implies that you failed XTA1610.
If you fail the examination with less than 40%, the year mark will not count to help you pass.

11 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

The study@myUnisa brochure contains an A-Z guide of the most relevant study information.
Please refer to this brochure for any other questions.

12 SOURCES CONSULTED
No books other than the prescribed book was consulted in preparing this tutorial letter.

13 ADDENDUM
This addendum contains the assessment criteria and the rubric which will be used to mark
assignment 09, your journal of tutorial reflections.
Tutorial Session Number
Tutorial Topic
Platform [Face-face/myUnisa]
Dates of the tutorial mm/dd - mm/dd
Learning Centre [if face-face]
Tutorial Group number

CRITERIA Excellent Good Average Poor

8.0-10.0 5.0-7.9 3.1-4.9 0-3.0
[Q1 & Q2 for each Accurate and Above average Fair but Poor or no
tutorial session] comprehensive ability to substandard ability meaningful
Ability to present summary of the summarise the to summarise the summary of the
an accurate, proceedings of the proceedings of proceedings of the proceedings of the
comprehensive tutorial. the tutorial. tutorial. tutorial.
summary of the
proceedings of the The student correctly The student The student The student
tutorial. identified 80-100% correctly correctly identified correctly identified
[25 marks] of the key issues identified 50- 31-49% of the key 30% or less of the
addressed in the 79% of the key issues addressed key issues
Ability to identify conversations. issues in the addressed in the
the key issues addressed in the conversations. conversations.
addressed in the The summary and conversations.
conversions. the key questions The summary and
[15 marks] identified suggest The summary The summary and the key questions
deep understanding and the key the key questions identified suggest
Evidence of of concepts. questions identified suggest poor or lack of
understanding of identified fair, but understanding of
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concepts. suggest above substandard concepts
[10 marks] average understanding of
understanding of concepts.
concepts.
[Q3 for each Excellent ability to Above average Fair, but Poor or unable to
tutorial session] identify the key ability to identify substandard ability identify the key
Ability to identify concepts or skills the key concepts to identify the key concepts or skills
the key concepts embedded in the or skills concepts or skills embedded in the
or skills embedded tutorial activities. embedded in the embedded in the tutorial activities.
in the tutorial tutorial activities. tutorial activities.
activities. The reflection
[20 marks] suggests deep The reflection The reflection The reflection
understanding of suggests above suggests fair but suggests poor or
Level of concepts. average substandard lack of
understanding of understanding of understanding of understanding of
concepts Excellent ability to concepts. concepts. concepts.
[10 marks] identify and to
unpack or Above average Satisfactory ability
[Q4 for each summarise the ability to identify to identify and Or no ability to
tutorial session] critical content, with and unpack or unpack or identify and
Evidence of suggesting deep summarise the summarise the unpack or
accessing and comprehension of critical content, critical content, summarise the
reading the the content in the suggesting suggesting fair but critical content,
learning recommended above average substandard suggesting poor or
resources. learning resources. comprehension comprehensive of no comprehension
[20% marks] of the content in the recommended of the
the learning recommended
recommended resources. learning
learning resources.
resources.

14 CONCLUSION
Remember that there are no "short cuts" to studying and understanding Statistics. You need to
be dedicated, work consistently and practise, practise and practise some more! If you are an
athlete or a footballer or a swimmer or ....or play the piano you will know exactly what is meant
with this comment! We hope that you will enjoy studying this module and we wish you success
in your studies.

Your lecturer

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