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QUESTION 1

a) Researchers wanted to investigate if carpeted rooms (1) contained more bacteria than
uncarpeted rooms (2). Colonies of bacteria per cubic foot formed in Petri dish from
eight carpeted rooms and eight uncarpeted has been recorded. Based on the results
from SPSS output in Table 2, answer the following questions.

i) State the hypotheses for the test.

(2 marks)

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ii) Based on the results, what is the assumption of the variances? Used = 0.05.
(2 marks)

iii) Using the p-value in the SPSS output, do the data provide sufficient evidence to
indicate that carpeted rooms contained more bacteria than uncarpeted rooms?
Use a = 0.05.
(3 marks)

iv) State the 95% confidence interval of the difference in mean colonies of bacteria
between carpeted and uncarpeted rooms. Interpret.
(3 marks)

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QUESTION 2
a) A statistician is interested to investigate whether the travel packages offered by
Leena's Travel Agency dependent on the types of family. The data had been
analysed by using SPSS:

i) Calculate A and B.
(3 marks)

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ii) State the appropriate hypotheses to test whether travel packages dependent
on the types of family.
(2 marks)

iii) Based on the p-value, what can you conclude about the claim? Use a = 0.05.
(3 marks)

b) Six different machines are being considered for use in manufacturing bottle caps.
The tensile strength of the bottle cap produced by each machine is of interest. A
random sample of 4 bottle caps produced by each machine was randomly selected
and their tensile strength recorded. The ANOVA table below summarizes the results
obtained.

Source of df SS Mean square Fcal

variation
Machine A F E 0.307
Error 18 D 3.48
Total 23 G

i) Find F (hint find A and E)

(3 marks)

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ii) Test if there is a difference in the mean tensile strength between the
bottle caps produced by the six machines. Use a = 0.025.
(5 marks)

c) Determine whether each statement is TRUE or FALSE.

i) A chi-square test of independence is always a two-tailed test.

ii) In a test of hypothesis, the Type I error occurs when a true null hypothesis is
rejected.
iii) The mean of the sampling distribution of the sample proportion is equal to the
population mean.
iv) The strength of the relationship between two variables is determined by the
value of r 2
(4 marks)

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QUESTION 3
A sales manager for an advertising agency believes there is a relationship between the
number of contacts and the amount of the sales (RM '000). To verify this belief, the
following data were collected. The SPSS output gives the following results:

Number of
Sales
contacts
14 24
12 14
30 50
16 30
46 80
40 60
48 90
50 85
55 120
50 110

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a) Based on the scatter diagram, comment the relationship between the two
variables.
(2 marks)

b) Identify the independent and the dependent variables.

(2 marks)

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c) Prove that the Pearson correlation coefficient is 0.964. Explain its meaning.
(4 marks)

d) Determine the coefficient of determination. Interpret its meaning.

(3 marks)

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e) Based on the SPSS output, write the complete regression equation. Interpret the
slope in the context of the problem.
(4 marks)

f) Estimate the sales in (RM '000) if the number of contacts is 39.

(3 marks)

g) Explain ONE example of the application of regression analysis in practice.

(2 marks)

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