Republic of the Philippines

SORSOGON STATE COLLEGE

Castilla Campus
Mayon, Castilla, Sorsogon

ISO 9001:2015 SEMESTRAL EXAMINATION

In
Statistics
1st Semester, AY 2020 – 2021

Name: _________________________ Date: ______________

Course/Yr. and Section: ___________ Score: _____________

Write your answers and solutions on the space provided below.

Note: Each question is worth 10 points.

1. Assuming the required sample of a population of 3000 is 260, find the number of elements to be
taken in each group using the proportional stratified sampling. Use the table below.

Year Population Sample

First Year 1400
Second Year 900
Third Year 400
Fourth Year 300
Total 3000

Write your solutions here.

2. The following data provide the monthly electricity bills of a sample of households in Barangay
Masipag:

P 1084 P 1452 764 P 1348 P 1180

1276 1000 1212 928 648
708 796 1064 1116 820
1116 768 724 1284 1236
984 1112 300 350 1340
1280 752 1188 1896 960
1716 1176 2280 1368 1116
1736 1300 2500 3000 2568
1234 890 1254 2459 2459

a. Construct a frequency distribution presentation. Also present your solutions on range, class size,
and class interval.
b. Construct a histogram presentation of your answer in (a).
c. Construct a frequency polygon of your answer in (a).
d. Find the mean, median, and mode. Use the formula for grouped data.
e. Find Q3, D2, and P45
3. The frequency distribution below shows the daily salaries and wages of 50 employees in XYZ factory.

Classes f
150 – 224 3
225 – 399 4
300 – 374 10
375 – 449 15
450 – 524 8
525 – 599 5
600 – 674 4

Calculate the following:

a. Mean absolute deviation

b. Variance
c. Standard Deviation
4. A manufacturer of fluorescent bulbs claims that mean life of fluorescent bulb is 400 hours. A sample
of 35 fluorescent bulbs was taken and it showed a mean of 399 hours with a standard deviation of
1.1. hours. Is the mean life different from 400 hours? Use the 0.05 significance level.

5. A medical research wishes to know whether there is difference in the mean length of time it takes
the four types of medicine to take effect and provide relief for a person suffering from fever.

Medicine A Medicine B Medicine C Medicine D

10 10 14 20
11 15 19 15
15 20 25 17
12 25 26 12
16 18 19
20
Is there difference in the mean length of time? Use the 0.05 significance level.
6. A gym instructor wants to determine whether age of a person has something to do with the number
of days that such person engages into exercise. A random sample of 264 persons is selected and the
results are classified and tabulated below.
At the 0.05 significance level, is there enough evidence to conclude that age is related to the
number of days spent in exercising per week?

Days per week spent exercising Total

Age
0–1 2–3 4–5 6–7
Below 18 7 8 10 11 36
19 – 30 6 25 35 20 86
31 – 42 8 9 20 30 67
43 – 54 18 12 13 7 50
55 and above 8 6 6 5 25
Total 47 60 84 73 264