428/204 STATISTICS June/July 2019 Time: 3 hours THE KENYA NATIONAL EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL DIPLOMA IN SOCIAL WORK AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT MODULE I STATISTICS INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES This paper consists of EIGHT questions, Answer FIVE questions in the answer hooklet provided, All questions carry equal marks, Maximum marks for each part of tt question are as indicated Candidates shoul answer the questions in English. This paper consists of 7 printed pages. Candidates should check the question paper to ascertain that all the ages are printed as indicated and that no questions are missing, © 2018 The Kenya Nasional Examinations Counctt Turn overea (a) i) 2 @ (b) 2428/204 Suinetfaly 20 Explain four reasons for studying Social Statisties (8 marks) ‘The following are marks scored by 50 students in an examination: 44°80 75 00 18 45 14 04 64 5169 34 23 83 70 20 57 28 56 50 47 10 34 61 66 30 46 10 84 50 47 73 42 33 48 65 3466 53 75 90 58 46 39 69 SREY Prepare a frequency distribution table using the exclusive method. starting with 0 - 10, 10-20, ... (12 marks) ‘The following are the scores awarded by two Judges: Judge | and Jude IY, ina beauty contest, involving cight contestants: Contestant : A B oC D E F G H Judge 1 O13 315 i665 14 6 Judge I 36°46 35 24 12 18 27 22 (Determine the Spearman's ees Coefficient: Gi) Interpret the results in “on (12 marks) The following are the sendin 120 interviewees for a vacant post in a community organization: oO @ Score (x) > 10 20 25 40 50 Numiber of interviewees (J: 20 30 $0 15 5 ‘Using the data above, calculate the Hariionic Mean. (8 marks) 2 qs(2) Explain fear charaéteristics of a good measure af dispersion. (8 marks) () The following information ‘lates to monthly income of G households in a eommenity aind their respective number of ebildren apg eee a grtl4 et Household Monthly Number of Children Income (Ksh *000') | an at (x) i} | me 10 6 12 6 x 16 5 as = “ 2 3< : 30 2 ot at + 0) Using the data sboye, determine the repression equation of y:on x Gi} Based on the equation in Gi) above, estimate the number of chiluren ina household with & monthly income of Ksh 25,000. (12 marks) (@) In language college, there are 60 students. Of these students, 30 siudy Frunch,25 study German and 20 study both Fre German. o (i) Draw @ Venn diagram Lopresee the information above. x (i) Calculate the numb students who study: Sw 1 French only: German only; IL. neither French nor German. Gli) Calculate the probability that a student chosen at random Studies either French b or German, (12 marks) o Highlight four factors to be considered when choosing the size of a saniple. (8 marks) 3. (@) The manager of a beverage company claims that the average content af theit botes of a ‘ soft drink is 0.5 litres. A random sample of 100 bottles is selected and the mean content of the bottles is found to be 0.45 litres, with a standard deviation of 0.10 litres. Test the manager's claim at 5% level of Significanec, (8 marks} = ee nad ber = 44 hen 7 Ger £4 2428/204 4a 3 ‘Turn over Sucre Huby 2049(b) The annual demand formuaterial, Mx, used in a production process of a company is 50,000 units. The ordering cost is Ksh 500 per order. The purchase price of the material is Ksh 400 per umit. The holding cost is Ksh 200 per unit per annum. Determine the: (@) Economic Order Quantity (E0Q); (i) numberof orders per year; (ii) total relevant costs associated with inventory, (iv) total costs of the inventory. (12 marks) 6 (a) Explain four rules to be followed when drawing a network diagram (8 marks) (b) A community intends to invest m either project A or project B. The initial investment outlay for cither project is Ksh 1,000,000. The following are the expected cash inflows of each project: Cash Inflows (Ksh) Year Project A Project B (po . 1 200,000 300,000 pel 2 450,000 600,000 3 350,000 200,000 < 4 200.000 200,000 & The cost of capital is 12%, Determine the Ne sa Value (NPV) of each project, Gi) Based on the results in (i) above, advise the management on the project to invest in. (12 marks) @ = Slot bee 4-1] me be oO een Actiley 214 =t 2428/204 4 Sianeifuly 20197. (a)__The following are the monthly wages paid ina community project for the year 2017. Month Wages (Ksh *000°) January 20 February 2 March 20 April mW May 30 June 32 July 20 August 18 Sepiember 22 October 24 Noveriber 30 December 32 G) Determine the three month moving averages from the information above, ii) Based on the results in (@) above, “etermine the three months with the lowest seainetc nies e (02 marks) xX (b) Differentiate between the follosemg.pairs of terms as applied in estimation and test of hypothesis: ee (i) Point estimate and interval estimate; (ii) Z-testand Hest (8 marks) 8 (a) Distinguish between cach of the following pairs of terms as applied in project appraisal: (Annuity and perpemity: (ii) Compounding and discounting (8 marks) p (6) The following information relates to production of three commodities in a community ( over a period of 4 years: Production (Tonnes) Year Beans Maize Groundnuts 2410 15 5 m5 OS 10, 5 216 15 20 10 201715 1s 19, Present the infermation above in a component bar chart (12 marks) PAB I204 5 Tarn over usceiTuiy 2019