MATHEMATICS 2

Tutorial and assignment 8 FIS 2017

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Part 1
1. What is the definition of significance level?

2. What are type I and type II error?

3. For each of the questions below, state the hypothesis then using suitable test to conclude
the result at α = 0.05.
a. A car manufacture factory manager stated that, the mean cost of a car is RM 45,100. A
survey done by a researcher based on 120 samples show that the mean cost for a car is RM
43,260 and population standard deviation is RM 5,230.

b. The average farm size in Malaysia is 445 acres. Below are the data for 26 farms.
443 567 345 410 440 378 510 480 490 500 512 467 367
345 571 456 412 400 433 546 590 290 310 340 379 467

c. Consumption of water by a person per day is 46.3 liter. A survey based on 23 people found
that they use mean is 41.5 liter per day and sample standard deviation 8.5 liter.

d. A teacher claims that biology is very hard due to a lot students get biology result less than
60% mark. Below are the data collected by school principal from 40 students.
30 46 67 78 69 70 23 56 67 47 76 45 44 65 46 56 57 68 45 57
50 67 58 47 56 76 56 45 67 91 65 76 57 43 54 34 34 35 30 45

4. For each of the questions below, state the hypothesis then using suitable test to conclude
the result at α = 0.01.
a. United Nation mentioned that mean accident number in the world is less than 25,000 case
per year. A researcher re-check back the data from 56 countries and the mean of accident is
23,132 with population standard deviation 3,215.

b. A researcher claims that the yearly consumption of soft drink per person is 52 gallons. In a

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sample of 300 randomly selected people, the mean of the yearly consumption is 56.7
gallons. The standard deviation of population is 29.1 gallons.

c. A property agent mentioned that the house mean price in Petaling Jaya is RM 800,000. A
customer check the price for the 50 houses at Petaling Jaya and get the result with mean
789,000 and population standard deviation 143,140.

d. According to MOH, mean of patient admitted to hospital within a week is 56.5 people.
Below are the number of patient admitted to hospital within a week based on 12 hospitals.
60 78 89 23 50 78 56 45 67 78 79 45

5. For each of the questions below, state the hypothesis then using suitable test to conclude
the result at α = 0.05.
a. An agent claims that mean salary of dentistry is higher than pharmacy. A survey of 22
dentistry found that mean salary is RM 11,500 and sample standard deviation RM 1,451,
and a survey of 26 pharmacy found that mean salary is RM 10,312 and sample standard
deviation RM 1,253.

b. Ali would like to confirm the mean life time for a two different brand batteries. Below are
the result obtained by Ali for brand X and brand Y batteries.
X Y
Sample size 56 60
Sample mean 32.13 hrs 34.78 hrs
Population standard deviation 6.36 hrs 5.154 hrs
Ali mention both batteries brand have same life hours.

c. Below are the data for 60 days result of maximum wind speed at KLIA and Kuching
Airport.
KLIA Kuching airport
Sample mean 12.85 km h–1 10.78 km h–1
Population standard deviation 2.53 km h–1 3.54 km h–1
Is that KLIA and Kuching Airport have same mean wind speed?

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d. Ali would like to confirm the mean life time for a two different brand batteries. Below are
the result obtained by Ali for brand X and brand Y batteries.
X Y
Sample size 26 20
Sample mean 32.13 hrs 34.78 hrs
Sample standard deviation 6.36 hrs 5.154 hrs
Ali mention both batteries brand have same life hours.

6. For each of the questions below, state the hypothesis then using suitable test to conclude
the result at α = 0.01.
a. Below are the data for EQ level according to gender.
Male Female
87 67 32 65 76 67 65 56 54 32
79 91 89 76 76 78 45 78 73 54
87 94 45 88 91 76 45 78 66 76
54 89 71 88 87 89 55 77 91 84
67 74 76 89 54 87 65 67 65 56
67 63 65 76 67 67 67 85 76 46
64 63 64 61 65 87 45 63 44 44
Is there any different EQ level according to gender?

b. A HR manager claims that mean of working hours for accountant is higher than marketing
agent. A survey of 17 accountants found that mean of working hours is 12.3 hours and
sample standard deviation 1.4 hours, and a survey of 26 marketing agents found that mean
of working hours is 10.6 hours and sample standard deviation 2.3 hours.

Part 2
1. A recent survey found that 68.6% of the population own their cars. In a random sample of
150 heads of people, 92 responded that they owned their cars. At α = 0.05 level of
significance, does that suggest a difference from the national proportion?

2. A journal mentioned that 40% of the adult population participate in computer online games

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during leisure time. A random sample of 180 adults found that 65 engaged in computer
online games. At α = 0.01 level of significance, is there sufficient evidence to conclude
that the proportion differs from 40%?

3. A report by the NCAA states that 57.6% of football injuries occur during practices. A head
trainer claims that this s too high for his conference, so he randomly selects 36 injuries and
find that 17 occurred during practices. Is his claims correct at α = 0.05?

4. Men’s health magazine stated that 17% of men said they used exercise to reduce stress. A
random sample of 100 men was selected and 10 said that they used exercise to relieve
stress. Conclude the statement by Men’s health magazine.

5. Malaysia police traffic department claims that 54% of fatal car accidents are caused by
driver error. A researcher studies 30 randomly selected accidents and finds that 14 were
caused by driver error. Using α = 0.05, is that Malaysia police traffic department’s
statement is true?

6. In a sample of 90 Malaysian, 60% wished that they are rich. In a sample of 100
Singaporean, 65% wished that they are rich. At α = 0.01, is there a difference in the
proportions?

7. In a sample of 200 students, 45% said that they missed class because of personal illness.
Based on 2 years ago result, a sample of 150 students, 36% said that they missed class
because of personal illness. At α = 0.05, is there a difference in the proportion?

8. A survey found that 83% of the men questioned preferred computer-assisted instruction to
lecture and 75% of the women preferred computer-assisted instruction to lecture. There
were 170 individuals in each sample. At α = 0.05, test the claim that there is no difference
in the proportion of men and the proportion of women who favor computer-assisted
instruction over lecture.

9. A researcher claims that the standard deviation of the number of case attacked by shark is
less than 35. If a sample of 11 randomly selected and show that sample standard deviation

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32. At α = 0.05, conclude the researcher’s claim.

10. A random sample of football player is recorded as data below.

87, 67, 76, 56, 67, 89, 93, 78, 76, 65, 77, 76, 87, 84, 67, 65, 64, 57, 54, 67.
At α = 0.01, is there sufficient evidence that the sample standard deviation of all football
player is less than 20 kg.

Part 3
1. A medical researcher wishes to determine if the way people pay for their medical
prescriptions is distributed as follows: 60% personal funds, 25% insurance, 15% Medicare.
A sample of 170 people found that 98 paid with their own money, 40 paid by insurance
and 32 by Medicare. At α = 0.01, state the hypothesis and conclude the result.

2. According to Malaysia blood bank, percentage of Malaysian blood type is follows: 43% O,
42% A, 12% B and AB 3%. If the blood donation campaign at a PJ town, people who
donated blood have 123 people O, 143 people A, 40 people B and 14 people AB, conclude
the percentage of blood type is same as Malaysia blood bank record or not at α = 0.01.

3. Below are the record for the fruit that Malaysia like to eat.
Fruit Frequency
Durian 326
Mango 123
Papaya 434
Banana 231
Pineapple 145
Cempedak 267
At α = 0.05, make a conclusion for Malaysian preference fruit.

4. A small kid would like to see is that all M&M chocolate have same amount of colors.
Below are the data based on 30 bags of M&M.
Color Red Green Purple Yellow Orange
Frequency 56 44 43 58 69

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At α = 0.05, help small kid to conclude the result.

5. Below are the data for people who come for badminton, basketball, volleyball and football
based on different weather.
Badminton basketball volleyball Football
Raining 45 47 35 56
No Raining 67 56 68 79
At α = 0.05, determine whether type of sport is dependent by weather of not?

6. A instructor would like to see if the way people obtain information is depend on their
educational background or not. Below are the data that collected by him.
TV Newspaper Radio
SPM 159 93 54
Degree 45 44 67
Master 35 56 69
At α = 0.10, conclude the result.

7. MOE would like to see students fail SPM Bahasa Melayu, Mathematics and English is
depend on type of school or not. Below is the data of student who fail SPM Bahasa
Melayu, Mathematics and English based on 4 type of school at KL.
BM Math Eng
SMK 45 78 82
SMJK 67 90 43
SMC 89 67 45
SMT 64 56 32
At α = 0.01, conclude the result.

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