Question: 2 . ( a ) State whether each of the following is a ) Qualitative - ordinal, b ) Qualitative - nominal, c ) Quantitative

2.(a) State whether each of the following is a) Qualitative - ordinal, b) Qualitative
- nominal, c) Quantitative - continuous or d) Quantitative - discrete:
(i) Wait time in the Accident and Emergency (A & E) department [1]
(ii) Marital status (single, married, divorced etc.)[1]
(iii) Star rankings (Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Platinum)[1]
(iv) Number of infrastructure projects (e.g., new roads, bridges)[1]
(b) State two approaches for deciding whether data is skewed. [4]
(c) Events A and B in a sample space satisfy P(A)=0.6, P(B)=0.2 and P(A\cap B)
=0.12. Are these two events mutually exclusive (disjoint)? Are these two
events independent? [6]
(d) According to the Sustainable Energy Authority Of Ireland, there were a total
of 105,253 new car registrations in 2022(assume no more than one car was
bought per household). This included 62,157 petrol/diesel cars, and 43,096
electric/hybrid cars. A recent survey has found that 78% of electric/hybrid
car owners have a home car-charger and 0.8% of petrol/diesel car owners have
a home car charger.
Based on the 2022 car registration information:
(i) Calculate the probability of having a home car charger. [6]
(ii) If a car owner has a home charger, what is the probability of them owning
an electric/hybrid car? [5]
(iii) If a car owner has a home charger, what is the probability of them owning
a petrol/diesel car?

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