The Manitoba Government has hired the private consulting firm AZZOCA Consulting. The government wishes to study the flammability of 4 new fabrics that are on the market today. As
a top consultant at the firm, you are responsible for this project and conducting the research.
Part A - Produce a 3-page report (max.) that highlights the sampling method you would select
to conduct this study. You should discuss the sampling frame, sampling method, the reason for
the selection of that method, and the sample size including the reason for selecting that sample
size. This should be theoretical and not based on the data provided for the other two parts of
this exam (the data presented below can be used as a pre-test). Your response should be
written as if you would submit it to the government and not as part of a course/assignment 20
marks). An additional 5 marks will be given based on the presentation of your response (i. e.
spelling, grammatical errors, etc.).
You conduct a random sample and the data on the burn times in seconds) recorded after a
paper tab is ignited on the hem of a shirt made of each of the four fabrics is shown below. The
government minister would like to present the data to a group of industry executives on April
30th. They would like to show the officials both graphic displays and summary statistics of the
data presented in Table 1.
Part B - Produce a 3-page report (max.) that describes the data that was collected and listed in
Table 1. This section must contain at least one graph and the appropriate summary statistics
for the data. cause you are providing the results to a variety of people, you must indicate in
your report to the minister what the graph(s) and summary statistics tell you about the data.
Again, your response should be written as if you would submit it to the government