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THE EAST AFRICAN UNIVERSITY (TEAU)

SCHOOL OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND IT/SCHOOL OF EDUCATION


JANUARY – APRIL 2023, MAIN EXAMINATION
DEGREE IN COMPUTER SCIENCE AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY,
BACHELOR OF EDUCATION
COURSE: PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS 1/BUSINESS STATISTICS 1
CODE: MAT1101
TIME 2 HOURS

INSTRUCTIONS
1. The Paper is made up of FIVE (5) question ONE is compulsory plus any other TWO
questions
2. Credit is given for legibility, clarity of expressions and use of relevant illustrations.
3. Clearly write your registration number on each answer sheet used.
4. DO NOT WRITE ANY WHERE ON THIS UESTION PAPER

QUESTION ONE (30 Marks)

(a) By use of suitable examples, distinguish the following terms as used in statistics

(i) Qualitative and Quantitative measurements (3marks)


(ii) Descriptive and Inferential Statistics (3marks)
(iii) Normal and Skewed distributions (3marks)
(iv) Correlation and Regression (3marks)
i. v) Dependent Events and Independent Events (3marks)
b) Explain any 3 types of mathematical averages used in statistics (3marks)
c) The following are heights of 15 athletes in an institution: 131, 129, 130, 126, 131, 128, 129,
130, 128, 127, 130, 129, 127, 129 and 128. Calculate the standard deviation of these heights
(4marks)

d) If A and B are two independent events, show that A1 and B1 are also independent events
(4marks)

e) The following are marks for subjects A and B in a certain examination. Mean marks in
A= 39.5, mean marks in B = 47.5 standard deviation of marks in A = 10.8 and standard
deviation of marks in B = 16.8. Coefficient of correlation between marks in A and
marks in B is 0.42. Estimate the marks in B for the candidate who secured 52 marks in
A (4marks)

QUESTION TWO

(a) Given the data below:

45 65 66 67 72 74 79 69 57 58 65 58 65 67 66 70 69 49 50 52
51 70 79 80 84 49 52 55 63 64 85 90 87 69 81 82 68 69 58 60

i) Generate a frequency distribution table using classes of 45-54, 55-64….


(3marks)

ii) Calculate the mean, the median and state the mode
(7marks)

(b) The marks in examination of final year students in an institution were recorded as shown
in the table below:

Scores 54-57 58-61 62-65 66-69 70-73 74-77 78-81 82-85

No.of 5 7 10 12 6 5 4 1
students

(i) Draw a histogram (2marks)


(ii) Determine the Semi –interquartile range (4marks)
(iii) Standard deviation (4marks)
QUESTION THREE
a) Explain the term venn diagram as used in probability
(2marks)
b) In a sample of 100 students enrolling in a university, a questionnaire indicated that 45 of
them studied English, 40 studied French, 35 studied German, 20 studied both English and
French, 23 studied both English and German, 19 studied both French and German and 12
studied all the three languages.
Use a venn diagram to find the probability of the number of students:
i) who studied all three languages (2marks)
ii) who studied English and French and not German (2marks)
iii) who studied English and German and not French (2marks)
iv) who studied French and German and not English (2marks)
v) a randomly chosen student studied only one of the three languages (2marks)
c) Three light bulbs are chosen at random from fifteen bulbs of which five are defective.
Find the probability that

i) none is defective (2marks)


ii) exactly one is defective (3marks)
iii) at least one is defective (3marks)
QUESTION FOUR

(a) Calculate the Spearman’s Rank correlation coefficient of the data in the table below
(4marks)

X 10 8 12 15 8 10

Y 7 4 6 7 9 8

Find:
i) the means of X and Y variables in the table above (3marks)
ii) the coefficient of correlation between X and Y (4marks)
(b) Use the table below to calculate:
X 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Y 9 8 10 12 11 13 14

i. (i) the Karl Pearson Correlation coefficient (4marks)


ii. (ii) the lines of regression (5marks)

QUESTION FIVE

a) Citing an example in each case, explain the two sources of data in statistics (4marks)

b) Explain the stages in any statistical inquiry (8marks)

c) Discuss the importance of statistics to trade, commerce and business (8 marks)

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