Exercise 1

Unit 1 Introduction and Data Collection

Question 1

A company has two set of invoices from salesperson A and B. From Salesperson A, the invoices
are numbered from 72184 to 72644 inclusive. From Salesperson B, the invoices are numbered
from 72645 to 72995 inclusive.

Using the extract of a random table provided and using the Stratified sampling method,
demonstrate how you would select 10 samples.

44782 56971 62418 94873 23275 82850 29683 37110 04321 64065

54246 57723 59856 90042 50121 95142 49054 18462 51067 50458

Answers
Salesperson A : Invoice selected are : 72631, 72348 , 72602, 72511, 72480, 72188
Salesperson B : Invoice selected are : 72881, 72916, 72766, 72895

Question 2
An extract of a random table is given below.

45692 82390 65555 95594 35082 00124

46243 29764 44779 00199 28401 97123

Explain, how you would use the random table above to select 6 random samples from a set of
invoices numbering 1240 to 1980 using Systematic Sampling method.

Answers : 1696, 1820, 1944, 1572, 1448, 1324

Question 3
A company has a set of invoice numbering 2500 to 3300.

An extract of the random table is given below:

45671 35701 07816 32841 25402 54012

54012 30187 10842 27460 10549 20155

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80172 35710 51832 25418 02151 61701

Using the extract of the random table above and the simple random sampling method,
demonstrate how you would select 6 samples of purchase orders.
Answers : 2956, 3213, 3070, 2607, 2828, 2912

Question 4
A company has a set of invoices which are numbered from 1230 to 7420.
An extract of a random table is given below.

30831 97612 10725 42116 72510 69140

75201 84032 54261 00125 84312 20514

85421 60162 95213 75602 02514 10236

Using the extract of the random table above and systematic sampling method, demonstrate how
you would selected a random of 5 samples of invoices.
Answers: 4,313, 5551, 6,789, 3,075, 1,837

Question 5
A company has a stack of invoices numbering 12890 to 13500. Demonstrate how you would
select 5 samples from this stack of invoices using the Systematic Sampling method and using an
extract of the random table provided below:

45609 23071 23486 876201

Solution:

13346, 13468, 13224, 13102, 12980

Question 6
A company has a set of invoices numbering 6982 to 8888.
An extract of a random table is given below.

35091 07824 34210 54091 23154 90271

58241 52104 21571 32475

Demonstrate how you would use the extract of the random above and the systematic sampling
method to pick 4 samples for inspection.

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Answers: 8060, 8537, 7583, 7106