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UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA

ASSESSMENT 1 (QUIZ)

COURSE : SAMPLING TECHNIQUES

COURSE CODE : STA552
EXAMINATION : MAY 2022
TIME : 1 HOUR

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES

1. This question paper consists of THREE (3) questions.

2. Answer ALL parts of questions in the A4. Start each answer on a new page.

3. Candidates are given 1 hour to accomplish this assessment.

4. Candidates are given 15 minutes to submit this assessment via email to their respective
lecturer in the form of PDF file.

5. Please make sure to write at the cover page:

i) Full name
ii) Student number
iii) Group
iv) Lecturer name

6. Please check to make sure that this assessment pack consists of:
i) the Question Paper
ii) a one–page Appendix

7. Answer ALL questions in English.

PLEASE SUBMIT THIS ASSESSMENT ON THE REQUIRED DATE AND TIME

This assessment paper consists of 5 printed pages
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SELF DECLARATION

1. I know that plagiarism is wrong. Plagiarism is to use another’s work and

pretend that it is one’s own.

2. This Assessment 1 is my own work.

3. I have not involved, and will not allow, anyone to copy my work with the
intention of passing it off as their own work.

4. I acknowledge that copying someone else’s work (or part of it) is wrong and
declare that my Assessment 1 is my own work.

___________________

Name:___________________________________________________________

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QUESTION 1

a) Briefly explain 2 (TWO) reasons why testing of the hypothesis is invalid for a non-
probability sampling.
(2 marks)

b) A study was conducted in a city to estimate the proportion of households that contain at
least one member over 65 years of age. The city has 621 households according to the
most recent city directory. A simple random sample of 60 households was selected
from the directory.

i) State the target population and sampling frame for the study.
(2 marks)

ii) State the sampling unit and variable of interest.

(2 marks)

iii) Explain the procedure that can be applied to select the samples.
(4 marks)

QUESTION 2

A simple random sample of 104 students was chosen from a population of 2500 students.
The selected students were asked whether they had consulted a doctor in the last 12
months.

Doctor consulted last 12 months Yes No

No. of students 20 84

a) Suggest other sampling technique that are suitable to be used. Justify your answer.
(2 marks)

b) Estimate the percentage of students who had consulted a doctor last 12 months.
Hence, explain the value obtained
(2 marks)

c) Construct a 90% confidence interval for the total number of students who had
consulted a doctor last 12 months.
(8 marks)

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QUESTION 3

A certain state in Peninsular Malaysia has 25 hospitals. The list of hospitals and the number
of patients hospitalized for depression during a specified year at these hospitals are listed
below.

Hospital No. of patients Hospital No. of patients

1 5 14 4
2 0 15 8
3 1 16 11
4 4 17 7
5 7 18 18
6 0 19 37
7 12 20 10
8 10 21 8
9 14 22 0
10 22 23 9
11 0 24 1
12 5 25 0
13 8

a) Suppose a 1 in 5 systematic sample of hospitals is selected from the above table.

The initial random number chosen is 3. Identify the sample of hospitals selected.
(2 marks)

b) Based on the sample in a), estimate the average number of patients who received
treatment for depression in the population.
(2 marks)

c) Determine the sample size required to estimate the average number of patients who
received treatment for depression with a 1 bound on the error.
(4 marks)

END OF QUESTIONS PAPER

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APPENDIX
A. Simple Random Sampling

Mean,  Total,  Proportion, p

1. ̂ = y =
y i
1. ˆ = Ny =
N yi
1. pˆ = y =
y i

n n n
 n  s2  n  s2  n  pˆ qˆ
2. Vˆ (y ) = 1 −  2. Vˆ (ˆ ) = N 2 1 −  2. Vˆ (pˆ ) = 1 − 
 N n  N n  N  n −1

N 2 N 2 Npq
n = n = 3. n =
3.
(N − 1)D +  2
3.
(N − 1)D +  2 (N − 1)D + pq
B2 B2 B2
D= D= D=
4 4N 2 4

B. Systematic Sampling

Mean,  Total,  Proportion, p

∑y N yi ∑y
1. μˆ = y sy =
i
1. ˆsy = Ny sy = 1. pˆ sy = y =
i

n n sy
n
Vˆ (ˆsy ) = N 2 1 − 
 n  s2 n  pˆ sy qˆ sy
Vˆ (y sy ) = 1 − 
 n  s2
Vˆ (pˆ sy ) = 1 − 
2. 2. 
2.
 N n  N n  N  n −1
N 2 N 2
Npq
n = 3. n = n =
3.
(N − 1)D +  2 (N − 1)D +  2 3.
(N − 1)D + pq
B2 B2 B2
D= D= D=
4 4N 2 4

where: y i : ith observation

y : sample mean
y sy : sample mean
n : sample size
N : population size
s2 : sample variance
 2 : population variance
B : bound on the error of estimation

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