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NMIMS SEMESTER 2 SOLVED ASSIGNMENTS SEPTEMBER 2019
Course: Business Statistics
1. What is sampling distribution? An automobile manufacturer
claims that a particular model gets 28 KM per liter of petrol, but
the Environmental Protection Agency, using a sample of 50
automobiles of this model, finds the sample mean to be 26.8
km/ltr. From previous studies, the population standard deviation
is known to be 5 km/ltr. Could we reasonably expect (within 2
standard errors) that we could select such a sample if indeed the
population mean is 28 km/ltr? Justify. (10 Marks)
2. Raj studios a Tollywood casting company, is selecting a group of
extras for a movie. The ages of the first 30 men to be interviewed
are. 50 56 55 54 55 61 49 52 57 60 51 59 56 57 56 62 52 54 55 49 52
61 60 51 57 56 59 52 54 49 The director of the movie wants men
whose ages are grouped around 50 years. The director suggests
that a standard deviation of 3 years would be acceptable. Does this
group of extras qualify to the director’s requirement? (10 Marks)
3. Historically, diesel has mostly been cheaper than petrol in South
Africa, though this has not always been the case, and not a trend
seen around the world. One of the key differences in the pricing of
diesel versus petrol, is that diesel prices reflect wholesale prices,
not the price you would pay at the pumps. For example, the
wholesale inland diesel price for August was at R10.96 at the
beginning of the month, while Caltex’s retail version – Caltex 50
diesel with Techron – sells at R11.33 per litre. Over the past
decade, both the petrol and diesel prices have seen some
significant fluctuations, but petrol (95 grade) has seen the biggest
overall increase, having jumped 75.4% since 2006.
The graph and table below show how the prices have changed
year-on-year, between August 2006 and August 2016. Year
PetrolUnleaded 93 PetrolUnleaded 95 Diesel 0.05% 2006 R6.92
R7.04 R6.54 2007 R6.88 R7.01 R6.51 2008 R10.20 R10.40 R11.27
2009 R7.52 R7.69 R6.65 2010 R8.02 R8.17 R7.38 2011 R9.91
R10.09 R9.30 2012 R10.83 R11.04 R10.25 2013 R13.32 R13.55
R12.48
The fuel price is affected by two major components: the global
oil price, and the currency exchange rate between the rand and
the dollar. Between 2014 and 2016, fuel prices (both diesel and
petrol) have shown a year-on-year decline, boosted by a much
lower global oil price, which has dropped below $50 a barrel,
with little hope that it will balloon past that level in the near
future. However, much of the benefit delivered by lower oil prices
has been undone by weakness in the rand – brought about by a
struggling economy, poor growth policies and a number of
political scandals involving president Jacob Zuma. (Source:
https://businesstech.co.za/news/energy/134400/petrol-vs-dieselprices-in-southafrica-2006-2016/)
a. Explore the trend in the petrol price (for both unleaded 93 and
unleaded 95) using regression trend analysis. Using the data,
forecast the petrol price for 2017, 2018 and 2019. (5 Marks)
b. Explore the trend in the diesel price using regression trend
analysis. Using the data, forecast the diesel price for 2017, 2018
and 2019. Out of the three regression models, which model is the
strongest in predicting the fuel price? (5 Marks)