1.

For each of the following variables, determine whether it is quantitative or

qualitative. For quantitative variable identify it as either discrete or continuous. In
addition, determine whether it is nominal, ordinal, interval or ratio.

a. Time required of children to read a paragraph

 Quantitative
 Continuous
 Interval
b. Water consumption of household
 Quantitative
 Continuous
 Ratio
c. Courses offered as 1-Nursing, 2-Engineering, 3-Commerce
 Qualitative
 Nominal
d. Number of e-mails received in a week
 Quantitative
 Discrete
 Ratio
e. Blood pressure of a patient (low or high)
 Qualitative
 Nominal
f. Political party
 Qualitative
 Nominal
g. Number of books distributed last year
 Quantitative
 Discrete
 Ratio
h. Ranks in PNP and AFP
 Qualitative
 Ordinal
i. Number of deaths in a given year
 Quantitative
 Discrete
 Ratio
j. IQ result
 Quantitative
 Continuous
 Interval

2. Classify the following statements as belonging to the area of descriptive statistics or

inferential statistics.

a. Of all patients who have received this particular type of drug at a local clinic,
60% later developed significant side effects.
 Descriptive statistics
 b. Assuming that less than 20% of the Columbian coffee beans were destroyed
by frost this past winter, we should expect an increase of no more than 30
cents for a kilogram of coffee by the end of this year.
 Inferential statistics
c. As a result of a recent poll, most Koreans are in favor of building additional
nuclear plants.
 Inferential statistics

3. For each of the following cases below,

i. Describe the population.
ii. Describe two possible sampled group.
iii. Give two quantitative variables that you feel would be appropriate for the
survey.
iv. Give two qualitative variables that you feel would be appropriate for the survey.

a. The administrator of a certain college was interested in determining whether

students who had enrolled over the past 3 years were satisfied with the
school policies and regulations.
i. students who had enrolled over the past 3 years
ii. (a) randomly selected students from accountancy department who
had enrolled over the past 3 years,
(b) randomly selected students from civil engineering department who
had enrolled over the past 3 years
iii. (a) number of students who were satisfied with the school policies and
regulations,
(b) number of students who were not satisfied with the school policies
and regulations
iv. (a) gender,
(b) age
b. The manager of a customer service division of a consumer electronics
company was interested in determining whether customers who had
purchased a videocassette recorder over the past 12 months were satisfied
with their products.
i. customers who had purchased a videocassette recorder over the past
12 months
ii. (a) randomly selected customers who had purchased a videocassette
recorder over the past 6 months,
(b) randomly selected customers who had purchased a videocassette
recorder over the past 2 months
iii. (a) number of customers who were satisfied with the product,
(b) number of customers who were not satisfied with the product
iv. (a) brand of the videocassette,
(b) color of the videocassette