Chapter Test (Activity 1)

Name:__________________________Course:______________Date:_________Score:_____
Exercises 1: Answer the following activities.
1. Discuss possible applications of Statistics in your respective field of study.
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2. Give examples of applications of Statistics in your field.
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3. Mr. Alindog, a candidate for mayor in Dapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte, wants to find
out if there is a need to intensify his campaign efforts against his opponents. He requested
the services of a group of researchers to interview 1,500 of the 3,600 registered voters of
Dapitan City. The survey results showed that 85% of the 1,500 voters in the sample will
vote for him as mayor.
a. Identify the population and the sample.
Population ___________________________ Sample ______________________
b. Identify the variable of interest.
Variable ____________________________________
c. Identify the parameter and the statistic.
Parameter___________________________ Statistic _______________________
4. The average weekly allowance of students last year at a private high school was
Php500.00 per week, based on an enrollment of 1500 students. The second-year students
who did not have this information interviewed 100 students and found their average
weekly allowance last year to be Php480.00
a. Identify the population and the sample.
Population ___________________________ Sample ______________________
b. Identify the variable of interest.
Variable ____________________________________
c. Identify the parameter and the statistic.
Parameter___________________________ Statistic _______________________
5. For each situation below, identify the variable, its attribute of object they classify, its
level of measurement and indicate whether it is a discrete or continuous. Also, decide
whether the statement is an application of descriptive statistics or inferential statistics.
a. The administration of JRMSU University System is proposing a change in student
admission policy. A random sample of students was selected and each was asked
if he/she favors or against the change. The result was used as basis for the
administration’s admission policy decision.
Variable ____________________ attribute of object they classify
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Level of measurement____________ continuity of values__________________
b. The guidance counselor of the college of Criminology recorded the IQ scores of
entering freshmen of the college and reported an average IQ of 104.
Variable ____________________ attribute of object they classify
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Level of measurement____________ continuity of values__________________
c. A newspaper article reports the average salaries of appointed heads of national
government offices from data collected on all national government offices.
Variable ____________________ attribute of object they classify
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Level of measurement____________ continuity of values__________________
d. Sample data obtained from a nationwide poll was used to estimate the chance of
winning of a certain vice-presidential candidate in the May 2016 elections.
Variable ____________________ attribute of object they classify
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Level of measurement____________ continuity of values__________________
6. In each of the following situation, specify: the population, the sample, the variable, the
level of measurement of each variable.
a. Mrs. Raganas wants to determine the distribution of faculty members in the
university of Zamboanga del Norte as to age, gender, religious affiliation,
teaching experience, educational qualification, academic rank, and monthly
salary. To do this, she distributed questionnaires to 350 randomly selected faculty
members in all seven (7) universities of Zamboanga del Norte.
Population ____________________ Sample ____________________
Variable ______________ level of measurement ________________
7. Indicate which of the following statements refer to population or sample.
a. A group of 25 students selected to test a new teaching technique. ____________
b. The total number of machines produced by a factory in one week____________
c. The yearly expenditures on food for 10 families____________
d. The ages of employees of all companies in Dipolog City ____________
 e. The number of subscribers of telephone companies in Zamboanga del
Norte____________
8. Identify each of the following variables as qualitative or quantitative variable:
a. The most frequent use of your microwave oven. ____________
b. The number of consumers who refuse to answer a telephone survey.
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c. The door chosen by a mouse in a maze experiment. ____________
d. The winning time for a horse running in the Kentucky Derby. ____________
e. The number of children in fourth-grade class who are reading at or above grade
level. ____________
f. The height of giraffe living in India. ____________
g. The religious affiliation of the people in Polanco, Zamboanga del
Norte_________
h. Favorite movie in Cenima One____________
i. The daily intake of proteins____________
j. Nationality ____________
k. The days absent from school ____________
l. Marital status ____________
m. The number of houses owned ____________
n. The monthly water bills ____________
o. The number of students who fail in statistics ____________
9. Identify each of the following variables as (a) qualitative or quantitative and indicate
either it falls into (b) continuous or discrete variable.
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a. Time ____________ ____________
b. Salaries ____________ ____________
c. Sizes of high school classes ____________ ____________
d. Age ____________ ____________
e. Census data ____________ ____________
f. Distance traveled by car ____________ ____________
g. Football scores ____________ ____________
h. Weight ____________ ____________
i. Number of pages in 50 books ____________ ____________
j. Mental ages ____________ ____________
k. Vital statistics ____________ ____________
l. Weight in pounds ____________ ____________
m. Intelligent quotient ____________ ____________
n. Height of a child ____________ ____________
o. School grade ____________ ____________
p. Average grade in Statistics ____________ ____________
 q. Length of a ruler ____________ ____________
10. For each of the following statements below, decide whether it belongs to the field of
descriptive statistics or inferential statistics. State a reason for each of your answers.
a. A tennis player wants to know his average score for the past 8 games.
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b. Jenalyn wants to determine the variability of her five exam scores in Basic
Statistics. ___________
c. Based on last year’s water bills, Mr. Canturatoy would like to forecast the average
monthly water bill he pay for the next year based on his average monthly bill in
the past year. ___________
d. Francisco “Django” Bustamante wants to estimate his chance of winning in the
next World Championship game in Billiards based on his average scores last
championship and the averages of the competing team. ___________
e. Mr. Macalolooy wants to determine the proportion spent on transportation during
the past five months using the daily records of expenditures that he
keeps.___________
f. A car manufacturer wishes to estimate the average lifetime of batteries by testing
a sample of 50 batteries. ___________
g. Last semester, the ages of students at a certain university ranged from 17 to 25
years old. ____________
h. Based on the sur vey conducted by the National Statistics Office, it is
estimated that 24% of unemployed people are women.
i. A survey says that 1 out of 10 Filipinos is a member of a fitness center.
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11. Determine whether each statement is true or false. Write your answer on the blank.
a. The height of a person is an example of a variable. ____________
b. The highest level of measurement is the ordinal level. ____________
c. The variable age is an example of a qualitative variable. ____________
d. The weight of a person is an example of a continuous variable. ____________
e. Two major areas of statistics are descriptive and quantitative statistics.
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f. Last year’s total number of students in JRMSU System was 5,900. This is an
example of an inferential statistics. ____________
g. Data classified into color are measured using nominal scale. ____________
h. Variables are the values that the data can assume. ____________
i. The number of vacation leaves availed by an employee per year is an example of
ratio variable. ____________
j. The number of bread baked each day is an example of continuous variable.
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