SQQS2013 Applied Statistics QUIZ 2 Group: ___ Matric: ______________

Instructions: Answer all questions in the SPACE provided and state FOUR (4) decimal places
for each step of calculation.

QUESTION 1 (10 MARKS)

a) The following table shows the weekly total sales (in dollars) at a small roadside vegetable
stand for the months June through September.

TABLE 1.1
Month Weekly sales
June 973 1062 942 988
July 1009 1060 1002 885
August 1209 1279 1154 1132
September 985 1094 969 1086

Replace the following formula with the suitable number to complete the following sentences.
  xi 2   xij 2
i. SSA =  
 ni  n

= _______________________________________________________
= 112095.6875
(1 mark)

ii. SST =  x 
 x 
2 ij
2

ij
n

= _______________________________________________________
= 162118.4375
(1 mark)

iii. How many degrees of freedom are there for SSA and SSE?
SSA = ____ , SSE = ____
(2 marks)

b) By referring to the following ANOVA table, can you conclude that the weekly sales are
varies with the month? Use the   0.05 level of significance.

OUTPUT 1.1
Source DF SS MS F P-value
Month 3 112095.6875 37365.229167 8.963577 0.00217
Error 12 50022.75 4168.5625
Total 15 162118.4375
(4 marks)

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i. State the purpose of Bonferroni test.

(1 mark)

ii. Based on your result in part (b), is it suitable to perform the Bonferroni test?
(1 mark)

QUESTION 2 (10 MARKS)

a) A statistics professor posted the following grade distribution guidelines for his elementary
statistics class: 8% A, 35% B, 40% C, 12% D, and 5% F. A sample of 100 elementary
statistics grades at the end of last semester showed 12 As, 30 Bs, 35 Cs, 15 Ds, and 8 Fs.
Test at the 5% significance level to determine whether the actual grades deviate significantly
from the posted grade distribution guidelines. (Given: critical value = 9.4877)
(5 marks)

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b) The dean of a school claims that the grade distribution was independent of races. A sample
of 299 students from different races has been chosen at random. Data obtained has been
analyzed and the result is given in OUTPUT 2.1.

OUTPUT 2.1
races * grade Crosstabulation
grade Total
A B C D E
races 1 Count 5 27 7 11
Expected
Count
2 Count 14 18 32 5 7 76
Expected
Count
3 Count 18 Y 68 23
Expected
20.0 68.8
Count
Total Count 37 64 127 30 41 299

Chi-Square Tests
Asymp.
Value df Sig.
Pearson Chi-
8 .528
Square
Likelihood Ratio .525
a 0 cells (.0%) have expected count less than 5. The minimum expected count is 6.12.

i. Find the values of Y.

Y = ______________ .
(1 mark)

ii. Test the claim at 5% significance level.

(4 marks)

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QUESTION 3 (10 MARKS)

a) The Kelley Blue Book provides information on the wholesale and retail prices of cars. The
age and retail price (in hundreds of dollars) for 10 randomly selected Corvettes between the
ages of one and six years old was recorded.

OUTPUT 3.1: Coefficients

Unstandardized Standardized
Model Coefficients Coefficients t Sig.
Std.
B Error Beta
(Constant) 371.60 11.43 32.50 0.000
age -27.903 2.563 -.020 0.000

Note: All of the following questions should be answered based on the Corvette data described
above; assume all of the regression assumptions have been met.

i. What is the equation of the estimated regression line?

(1 mark)

ii. Conduct the test to determine if there is a linear relationship between the age of a
Corvette and the average price (in hundreds of dollars) at 1% significant level.
(4 marks)

iii. Using the least squares regression line equation from above, find the predicted value ŷ
for age=4.
(2 marks)

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b) The branch manager of direct selling company wants to estimate the total annual sales (y) of
his company. Several factors appear to be related to sales, including the number of meetings
(x1), advertising cost (x2), incentives (x3), number of products (x4) and number of registered
members (x5). OUTPUT 3.2 is the results of the analysis obtained. Based on the output,
answer the following questions.

OUTPUT 3.2: Correlations

y x1 x2 x3 x4 x5
y Pearson Correlation 1 .899(**) .604 .962(**) -.369 .243
Sig. (2-tailed) .000 .064 .000 .294 .500
x1 Pearson Correlation .899(**) 1 .775(**) .820(**) -.504 .144
Sig. (2-tailed) .000 .008 .004 .137 .691
x2 Pearson Correlation .604 .775(**) 1 .400 -.314 .364
Sig. (2-tailed) .064 .008 .252 .377 .301
x3 Pearson Correlation .962(**) .820(**) .400 1 -.439 .115
Sig. (2-tailed) .000 .004 .252 .204 .751
x4 Pearson Correlation -.369 -.504 -.439 -.439 1 .471
Sig. (2-tailed) .294 .137 .377 .204 .169
x5 Pearson Correlation .243 .144 .364 .115 .471 1
Sig. (2-tailed) .500 .691 .301 .751 .169
** Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed).

i. Which independent variable has the most significant effect on y variable? State the
value.
(2 marks)

ii. Give the direction of relationship between x1 and x4.

(1 mark)

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