Assignment 2
Due Date: 29 August, 2017 Weighting: 20% Full Marks: 100
STA2300 Data Analysis S2, 2017
• Answering the questions in this assignment should not be your first attempt at these types of questions. It is essential that you work through practice exercises from the tutorial sheets in the study book and text book first.
• This assignment is important in assessing your understanding of the materials and receiving feedback that should be helping you to establish competency in essential skills.
• Answer all the questions. The questions are not of equal weight; some questions are worth much more than others. • The questions relate to material in Modules 1 to 6. • Before starting this assignment read Notes Concerning Assignments under the Introductory Material link on the StudyDesk. • When you are asked to comment on a finding, usually a short paragraph is required.
• Do not copy/paste SPSS output into your assignment unless specifically asked to do so. In many cases the SPSS output contains much more information than is required for a correct and complete answer. In those cases just reproducing the output may not attract any marks. . You must write relevant information in the SPSS output within the text of your answer. Make sure you report only the information from the SPSS output relevant to your answer.
• In order to obtain full marks for any question you must show all working. It is recommended that you show your working, rather than writing the final answer.
• Convert your word document to pdf before online submission. See the Introductory Material (Section 5, Assignments) for information about how to do this properly.
• This assessment item consists of 7 questions.
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STA2300 Data Analysis S2, 2017 Assignment 2 Due Date: 29 August, 2017 Weighting: 20% Full Marks: 100 ? Answering the questions in this assignment should not be your first attempt at these types of questions. It is essential that you work through practice exercises from the tutorial sheets in the study book and text book first. ? This assignment is important in assessing your understanding of the materials and receiving feedback that should be helping you to establish competency in essential skills. ? Answer all the questions. The questions are not of equal weight; some questions are worth much more than others. ? The questions relate to material in Modules 1 to 6. ? Before starting this assignment read Notes Concerning Assignments under the Introductory Material link on the StudyDesk. ? When you are asked to comment on a finding, usually a short paragraph is required. ? Do not copy/paste SPSS output into your assignment unless specifically asked to do so. In many cases the SPSS output contains much more information than is required for a correct and complete answer. In those cases just reproducing the output may not attract any marks. . You must write relevant information in the SPSS output within the text of your answer. Make sure you report only the information from the SPSS output relevant to your answer. ? In order to obtain full marks for any question you must show all working. It is recommended that you show your working, rather than writing the final answer. ? Convert your word document to pdf before online submission. See the Introductory Material (Section 5, Assignments) for information about how to do this properly. ? This assessment item consists of 7 questions. 1STA2300 Data Analysis S2, 2017 Question 1 (8 marks) In order to qualify for a letter sorting job, applicants are given a speed-reading test. The scores are normally distributed with mean of 80 words per minute and standard...