Descriptive v Inferential

Identify whether the following situations make use of descriptive statistics or inferential statistics.

1. Annushka, an aspiring entrepreneur, wants to put up a coffee shop in San Isidro. She wants to
find out the best location to start her business.
2. A pet shop sells dogs, cats, birds, and fish. The owner wants to know the average sales of dogs
each day.
3. PSA surveyed 2 thousand Filipinos to find out what they think how the government could
improve on solid waste management.
4. A car dealership is struggling these past few months. The manager asked his assistant to check
each individual salesperson’s performance.
5. Students are trying to find out the amount of rain that fell this August

Population and Sample

Identify the population and the sample in each of the following situations.

1. The PSA surveyed 50 Filipinos from each of the 17 regions about how poor they are. The current
population of the Philippines stands at 106,775,291.
2. Acme Corp. wants to check the quality of its TNT production. The supervisor pulls out 5 crates
from the daily batch to check.
3. The SPS office of General de Jesus College wants to find the pulse of all college students to find if
they want to have an ultimate general assembly outside of the school. Out of a total 705 college
students, the office then interviewed 16 BSA and BSAT students, 14 BEEd and BSEd students, 9
BSBA students, 7 BSHM students, and 1 BSIT student.

Discrete v Continuous

Identify the following numbers if they are discrete or continuous variables.

1. The weights of watermelons harvested this season

2. We need to find how many motorized vehicles pass through this street every hour.
3. How long it takes for students to finish the recent Math exam
4. The distance covered by a bus

Dependent v Independent Variables

Identify the Dependent and Independent variables in the following.

1. The Impact on Test Scores by the Amount of Time Spent Sleeping the Night Before the Test
2. The Amount of Liquid that Different Tissue Products Can Hold
3. The Effects of Caffeine on Appetite
 Nominal v Ordinal v Interval v Ratio

Analyze the following items whether they nominal, ordinal, interval or ratio. Write N if nominal, O if
ordinal, I if interval, and R if rational.

1. Satisfaction rating
2. Exam scores
3. Gender
4. Hair color
5. Level of Spice
6. Years of Education

Stratified Random Sampling

A school needs to find a pulse from its junior high school department. The number of students per year
level is as follows.

Year Level 1st Year 2nd Year 3rd Year 4th Year
Number of Students 390 350 245 315

It is decided that they need around 100 students as the sample size. Determine the number of students
per year level needed to be surveyed.