Statistics Assignment 2015 (40%)

Module Title:

Statistics

Assignment Type:

Individual Assignment

Assignment Title:

Continuous Assessment Assignment

Assignment Date:

March 2014.

Assignment Compiler:

Mr. Mervyn McCracken ( mervyn@cct.ie )

Weighting:

40%

Due Date:

April 27th 2015.

Assignment Introduction
Your student number will comprise the input (frequency) to this Assignment.
Therefore, no two submissions will have the same answer. If the wrong student
number is used, it will be assumed that another students work was copied.
Specific Requirements:
You must show all your work.
You must pass the assignment. Score 16/40 or more to pass.
See following pages for specific instructions and tasks.
Upload your work in the following formats:

PDF
Word Doc
Excel file ( Optional for Standard Deviation)

Photographs ARE NOT acceptable (enlarging for printing cause issues)

Upload your to the link on Moodle.

Part A (10%)
Insert your student number below.

Task A.1: Your student number is comprised of 7 digits. Find the Mode, Mean &
Median of the 7 digits. Which of the 3 Ms best represents your 7 digits? Qualify
your answer with a sentence or two.
Task A.2: You are manager of a store that sells items in the range 1 105 euro.
Calculate the Standard Deviation of todays sales from the table above where the
frequency is your student, using the formula:

Standard Deviation =

Present your work using a Frequency Table.

See next page for Task A.3

Task A.3: You are quality control manager at a factory that makes machine parts.
Parts that are acceptable for shipping have a Mean length of A with a Variance
of B. You inspect a part of length (A + C). C is the last digit of your student
number. Is this particular part shippable? (Parts that are above or below average
length are not shippable). Use your knowledge of Standard Deviation to
demonstrate & support your answer. Split your student number below to find A,B
& C:

Marking Scheme Summary

Description

Weighting

Task A.1

2%

Task A.2

5%

Task A.3

3%

TOTAL

10%

Part B (10%)

Part B comprises Charts & Quartiles

Task B.1
Insert your student number twice (once in reverse) in the tables below:

The above tables are the results of two surveys to discover the favourite
colour of the rainbow of two groups of corporate employees. Use a bar chart
to compare the results.

Task B.2
Using the data from the frequency table from Part A Task 2, create a
Histogram. There are gaps in that frequency table; make sure to remove the
gaps (for example, an item costing 15.50 would not be captured)
Insert your student number twice in the table below:

Task B.3
Create a box-plot for the data set above (14 values).
Comment on either its symmetry or skewness. Support your answer.
Comment on whether there are outliers or not. Use the IQR to support your
answer.

Description

Weighting

Task B.1

2%

Task B.2

4%

Task B.3

4%

TOTAL

10%

Part C (20%)
i)

Insert your student number in the usual way for the

in reverse for the

y co-ordinates below:

Task C.1
Calculate the regression equation:

y = bx + a
Using the following formulae:

Task C.2
When x = 4.5, what is the value of y?
When x = 11, what is the value of y?

ii)

x co-ordinates and

Insert your student number in the usual way for the

in reverse for the

x co-ordinates and

y co-ordinates below:

Task C.3
Calculate Pearsons Correlation Coefficient (r) using the formula:

Task C.4
Comment whether it is a strong correlation or not. Support your answer.

Description

Weighting

Task C.1

8%

Task C.2

2%

Task C.3

8%

Task C.4

2%

TOTAL

20%