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Unilak Compus
Department: CIS&[Link]
Module Title: Statistics and Probability
Model Questions
Question One:
1. Discuss the contribution of statistics to the career of information Technology
2. Differentiate
a. Statistics vrs statistic
b. Qualitative from quantitative variables
c. Discrete from continuous variables
d. Population from sample size
e. Random sampling ,systematic sampling and clustering sampling
Question two
Statistician recorded 30 car speed data, and arranged them into three blocks as follows.
Sno Data Sno Data Sno Data
1 82 11 69 21 104
2 148 12 78 22 100
3 79 13 98 23 36
4 46 14 75 24 78
5 82 15 78 25 69
6 100 16 98 26 78
7 36 17 123 27 98
8 78 18 125 28 75
9 65 19 125 29 78
10 69 20 124 30 98
a. Summarize the recorded data by using table and compute the :
mean , mode, median ,quartile1, quartile 3, variance , standard deviation and coefficient
of variation
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b. Group the given data into 6 classes , and then compute :
mean , mode, median ,quartile1, quartile 3, variance , standard deviation and coefficient
of variation
Question Three:
1. The following values are recorded for the variable 𝑋 such that:𝑥1 = 1.3, 𝑥2 = 2.5,
𝑥3 = 0.7, 𝑥4 = 3.5
a) Evaluate the following summations: i) ∑ 𝑋 ii) ∑ 𝑋 2 iii) ∑(𝑋 − 0.5) iv) (∑ 𝑋)2
b) 0.7Evaluate the following productions: i) ∏ 𝑋 ii) ∏ 𝑋 2 iii) ∏(𝑋 − 0.5) iv) (∏ 𝑋)2
2. The following values are recorded for the variable 𝑋 and 𝑌 such that:𝑥1 = 25.67, 𝑥2 =
10.95, 𝑥3 = 5.65, 𝑦1 = 3.45 , 𝑦2 = 1.55, 𝑦3 = 3.50
a) Evaluate the following summations: i) ∑ 𝑋𝑌 ii) ∑ 𝑋 2 𝑌 2 iii) ∑(𝑋 − 20.5)(𝑌 − 1.5)
iv) (∑ 𝑋𝑌)2
b) Evaluate the following productions: i) ∏ 𝑋𝑌 ii) ∏ 𝑋 2 𝑌 2 iii) ∏(𝑋 − 20.5)(𝑌 − 1.5)
iv) (∏ 𝑋𝑌)2
3. The following table gives a number of advertisement spots (xi) and the volume of sales in
hundreds of dollars,(yi), of a certain company during ten weeks.
xi yi xi yi
2 50 1 38
5 57 5 63
1 41 3 48
3 54 4 59
4 54 2 46
a) Evaluate the following summations: i) ∑ 𝑋𝑌 ii) ∑ 𝑋 2 𝑌 2 iii) ∑(𝑋 − 20.5)(𝑌 − 1.5)
iv) (∑ 𝑋𝑌)2
b) Evaluate the following productions: i) ∏ 𝑋𝑌 ii) ∏ 𝑋 2 𝑌 2 iii) ∏(𝑋 − 20.5)(𝑌 − 1.5)
iv) (∏ 𝑋𝑌)2
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Question 4: Given the information in table 1,
Table1
X Y
Income(in$) Expenditure(in$)
41 44
65 60
50 39
57 51
96 80
a) Evaluate the following summations in excel and then record the findings on your answer
sheet : i) ∑ 𝑋𝑌 ii) ∑ 𝑋 2 𝑌 2 iii) ∑(𝑋 − 7)(𝑌 − 1.5) iv) (∑ 𝑋𝑌)2
b) Find both Pearson and Spearman coefficient correlation
c) Find the equation of straight line of y on x.
d) Find the equation of straight line of x on y.
e) Do the prediction of expenditures when income comes $100
Question 5:
Given the following information:
Mean of 𝑥 = 39.5, Mean of 𝑦 = 47.5, Standard deviation of 𝑥 = 10.5, Standard deviation of
𝑦 = 17.5 and 𝑟 = 0.42
a) Find the equation of straight line of y on x.
b) Find the equation of straight line of x on y.
c) Do the prediction of Y when X=20
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Question 6:
Compute the contingency table resulted from
6.a) An IT lab manager purchased three categories of computer (HP, Dell and Lenovo) and distributed
them in computer Labs (LabA, LabB, LabC) as follows:
Computer Labname Sno Computer Labname
Sno
Version Version
HP LabA 11 HP LabB
1
HP LabA 12 Lenovo LabB
2
Dell LabA 13 Lenovo LabB
3
HP LabA 14 Lenovo LabC
4
HP LabB 15 Dell LabC
5
Dell LabB 16 Dell LabC
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Dell LabB 17 HP LabC
7
Dell LabB 18 HP LabC
8
HP LabB 19 Lenovo LabC
9
Lenovo LabB 20 HP LabC
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6.2) The students of level two in IT collected information and recorded them in the
following table
Sno Country Gender Age Sno Country Gender Age Under
Under 18 18
Rwanda Female Yes 17 Rwanda Female No
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Liberia Male Yes 18 Liberia Male Yes
2
DRC Female No 19 Liberia Male No
3
Soudan Male No 20 Rwanda Male No
4
Liberia Male Yes 21 Soudan Female No
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Liberia Female Yes 22 Soudan Male No
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Soudan Male No 23 Rwanda Male Yes
7
DRC Female No 24 Rwanda Male No
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Rwanda Male No 25 Liberia Female No
9
Liberia Male Yes 26 Liberia Male Yes
10
Soudan Female Yes 27 Soudan Male Yes
11
DRC Male No 28 DRC Male No
12
Rwanda Female No 29 Rwanda Female No
13
Liberia Male Yes 30 Soudan Male Yes
14
Liberia Male No 31 DRC Female Yes
15
Rwanda Female No 32 Rwanda Male Yes
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Draw a contingency table that shows the relationship between
a. County of origin and Gender
b. Country of origin and their age status (Age under 18 or above)
c. Gender and their age status (Age under 18 or above)