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You are required to: Analyze the data sets provided using appropriate statistical method or methods. Each group is required to submit a typed report of

You are required to:

Analyze the data sets provided using appropriate statistical method or methods.

Each group is required to submit a typed report of the analysis.

a. Conduct an exploratory data analysis using SPSS, preferably Microsoft Excel or any other statistical software package (explaining and interpreting) using a combination of frequencies / descriptive, crosstabs and graphs where appropriate.

b. Carry out further statistical analysis of the data.

c. Discuss the reasons you selected those statistical methods and the assumptions about the statistical method used.

At a minimum, your document should include or describe:

(1) the answer to the question(s) given with each data set,

(2) the method of analysis and why it is appropriate,

(3) the assumptions that underlie the method,

(4) a summary of the statistical results, and

(5) a discussion (interpretation) of the results.

QUESTION 1

The management team at Tyrich Industries is concerned about the overall costs of running its assembly shop. The team has cited six major sources of cost within the assembly shop and these have been recorded over a 32-week period along with overall cost in thousands for each week. These sources of cost are:

X1 = number of man hours worked (man)

X2 = number of machine hours (mach)

X3 = quantity of electricity used (kw) (elec)

X4 = number of items produced (prod)

X5 = quantity of gas used (therms) (gas)

X6 = number of different products being made (diff)

Y = Overall cost (thousands of dollars)

You are the Human Resources Manager on this team. Investigate which costs, if any, have a significant influence on overall costs and determine a suitable model for predicting overall costs.

Man Mach Elec Prod Gas Diff Cost
1 159 90 98 331 1594 1 17
2 112 122 181 554 2217 2 120
3 169 98 64 436 814 1 7
4 164 98 77 397 1105 2 14
5 173 92 44 400 691 1 4
6 156 106 202 409 2710 2 85
7 196 121 57 591 670 1 6
8 154 123 95 588 1104 2 32
9 160 121 70 530 805 1 17
10 177 121 80 510 742 1 13
11 145 108 422 404 7553 1 264
12 139 110 51 423 732 1 8
13 130 99 193 369 2950 1 86
14 121 97 800 420 12592 2 670
15 137 104 471 396 6547 2 301
16 178 113 57 376 1092 1 19
17 155 120 56 461 801 1 12
18 166 99 108 394 1883 1 20
19 148 108 63 397 809 1 8
20 158 109 101 423 1304 2 45
21 176 103 89 324 1697 1 22
22 125 109 126 416 1274 1 26
23 161 108 63 420 966 1 14
24 138 103 51 383 827 1 9
25 149 106 87 419 1135 1 19
26 140 109 78 408 1134 1 11
27 119 94 69 453 918 1 15
28 141 107 61 396 832 1 11
29 142 106 135 416 2115 2 29
30 108 99 78 395 846 1 21
31 179 121 507 477 6426 4 191
32 126 96 1278 329 22053 3 1339

[20 marks]

QUESTION 2

In the same investigation, the weekly costs to run 4 departments were recorded over 6 weeks. The results were:

Departments
Painting Carpentry Cleaning Marketing
5 3 14 12
7 2 8 6
7 2 16 10
4 1 15 8
9 3 4 9
6 5 7 9

Show whether there is asignificantdifference in costs in the 4 departments.

[10 marks]

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