individual assignment trimester 1, 2021 sta1100 business ✓ Solved

Students are required to respond to the following questions:

Answer all Questions

QUESTION 1 (Show all your workings) (4 Marks)

i) What is random variables? (2 Marks)

ii) The total number of Customers visited in a small Restaurant last week in Melbourne is described by the following probability distribution. Find the expected value of the number customer visited. (2 Marks) x p(x) 0.35 0.20 0.25 0.15 0.05 Required formulae: E(x) =

QUESTION 2 (Show all your workings) (11 Marks)

i) Define Population, Parameter, Sample, Statistic. (4 Marks)

ii) A Prawn firm in regional Victoria was trying to adopt a cost saving feeding for the Prawns in their firm ponds. They were feeding a popular brand of fish food to a bunch of 2 million Prawns with an average initial weight of 4 gram each in last three months. At the end of three months feeding they wanted to see the progress of the Prawns. They collected 500 Prawns randomly and found the average weight to be 16 Grams. From this survey result they make a prediction that the average weight of those 2 million Prawns to be 16 Grams. Find the value of followings in the above experiment: a) Population. (1 marks) b) Parameter. (1 marks) c) Sample. (1 marks) d) Statistic (1 marks) e) Is this an example of Descriptive Statistics or Inferential Statistics?(1 marks)

iii) Define Central Limit Theorem with brief explanation (2 Marks)

QUESTION 3 (Show all your workings) (6 Marks)

i) Define two types of estimator. (2 Marks)

ii) What are the desirable characteristics of an estimator? (4 Marks)

QUESTION 4 (Show all your workings) (9 Marks)

Regression analysis has been conducted between the sales figure and number of staffs for 9 small grocery shops in Melbourne city, which produces the following Excel output. i) Define Regression and correlation. Write the differences between these two. Also develop a regression model for the two variables describe in the above result. (2 +4 +2 = 8 Marks) ii) Interpret the value of Coefficient of Determination. (1 Mark)

Structure of assignment: The following provides a guide to how you might structure your assignment: Title page Question 1- Respond all the Question Question 2 - show all your workings Question 3 -show all your workings Question 4- Respond all the Question References Appendices (if applicable)

Paper For Above Instructions

In the field of statistics, a thorough understanding of core concepts is paramount. This paper addresses each question posed in the Assignment for STA1100 Business Statistics, elucidating the key principles along with worked examples and appropriate statistical analyses.

Question 1

i) A random variable is defined as a variable whose values are determined by the outcomes of a random phenomenon. It can take on numerical values that are dictated by chance, thereby enabling the application of probability and statistical models. Random variables can be classified into two categories: discrete and continuous. A discrete random variable has a countable number of possible values, which can often be listed or enumerated, while a continuous random variable can take on an infinite number of values within a specified range.

ii) To find the expected value E(x) of the number of customers who visited the restaurant last week, we multiply each value by its corresponding probability and then sum these products. The probability distribution given is:

  • x: 0, p(x): 0.35

  • x: 1, p(x): 0.20

  • x: 2, p(x): 0.25

  • x: 3, p(x): 0.15

  • x: 4, p(x): 0.05

The expected value can be calculated as:

E(x) = (0 0.35) + (1 0.20) + (2 0.25) + (3 0.15) + (4 * 0.05)

E(x) = 0 + 0.20 + 0.50 + 0.45 + 0.20 = 1.35

Thus, the expected value of the number of customers who visited the restaurant is 1.35.

Question 2

i) Definitions:

  • Population: The entire group that we want to draw conclusions about. In this scenario, it is the 2 million prawns.

  • Parameter: A characteristic of the population, such as the average weight of all prawns.

  • Sample: A subset of the population, in this case, the 500 prawns collected for analysis.

  • Statistic: A characteristic of the sample, such as the average weight of the sampled 500 prawns which is 16 grams.

e) This study is an example of Inferential Statistics, as it uses a sample to make predictions about the larger population.

iii) The Central Limit Theorem (CLT) states that, regardless of the population distribution, the distribution of the sample means approaches a normal distribution as the sample size increases. This theorem allows for the use of normal probability techniques in estimating population parameters based on sample statistics.

Question 3

i) Two types of estimators are:

  • Unbiased Estimator: An estimator whose expected value equals the parameter it estimates.

  • Biased Estimator: An estimator whose expected value does not equal the parameter it estimates.

ii) Desirable characteristics of an estimator include:

  • Unbiasedness: An unbiased estimator means that on average, it hits the target parameter.

  • Consistency: Consistent estimators produce results that converge towards the true parameter as the sample size increases.

  • Efficiency: An efficient estimator is the one with the smallest variance among all unbiased estimators.

  • Sufficiency: A sufficient estimator captures all the information available in the sample relevant to the parameter.

Question 4

i) Regression analysis is a statistical technique that models the relationship between a dependent variable and one or more independent variables. Correlation, on the other hand, measures the strength and direction of a linear relationship between two variables. The primary difference is that regression can predict outcomes, while correlation simply establishes whether a relationship exists. The regression equation can be expressed as follows:

Y = a + bX

where Y is the dependent variable, a is the Y-intercept, b is the slope of the regression line, and X is the independent variable.

ii) The coefficient of determination, denoted as R², indicates the proportion of the variance in the dependent variable that is predictable from the independent variable. It ranges from 0 to 1, where 0 indicates that the independent variable does not explain any of the variability of the dependent variable, and 1 indicates total explanatory power.

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