Assessment

1. A research objective is presented. For each, identify the (a)population and (b) sample in the
study.
(a) A polling organization contacts 2141 male university graduates who have a white-
collar job and asks whether or not they had received a raise at work during the past 4
months.
Population: All male university graduates who have a white-collar job.
Sample: 2141 male university graduates who have a white-collar job.
(b) A quality-control manager randomly selects 70 bottles of ketchup that were filled on
July 17 to assess the calibration of the filling machine.
Population: All bottles of ketchup that were filled on July 17
Sample: 70 bottles of ketchup that were filled on July 17
(c) Every year the PSA releases the Current Population Report based on a survey of
50,000 households. The goal of this report is to learn the demographic characteristics,
such as income, of all households within the Philippines
Population: All households in the Philippines
Sample: 50,000 households in the Philippines
2. Determine the level of measurement of each variable.
(a) birth order among siblings in a family
Answer: Ordinal
(b) favorite movie
Answer: Nominal
(c) volume consumption of water used by a household in a day
Answer: Ratio
(d) eye color
Answer: Nominal
(e) number of siblings
Answer: Ratio
3. Determine the type of sampling used.
(a) A member of Congress wishes to determine her constituents’ opinion regarding
estate taxes. She divides her constituency into three income classes: low-income
households, middle-income households, and upper-income households. She then takes
a simple random sample of households from each income class.
Answer: Stratified Random Sampling
(b) A college official divides the student population into five classes: freshman,
sophomore, junior, senior, and graduate student. The official takes a simple random
sample from each class and asks the members opinions regarding student services.

Answer: Stratified Random Sampling

(c) The presider of a guest-lecture series at a university stands outside the auditorium
before a lecture begins and hands every fifth person who arrives, beginning with the
third, a speaker evaluation survey to be completed and returned at the end of the
program.
Answer: Systematic Sampling
(d) To determine his DSL Internet connection speed, Shawn divides up the day into four
parts: morning, midday, evening, and late night. He then measures his Internet
connection speed at 5 randomly selected times during each part of the day.
Answer: Stratified Random Sampling
(e) 24 Hour Fitness wants to administer a satisfaction survey to its current members.
Using its membership roster, the club randomly selects 40 club members and asks them
about their level of satisfaction with the club.
Answer: Simple Random Sampling
4. Patricia categorized her spending for this month into four categories: Rent, Food, Fun, and
Other. The precents she spent in each category are pictured here. If she spent a total of PhP
26,000 this month, how much did she spend on rent?
Solution: P 26,000 x 26%
Answer: 6,760 pesos is spent on rent monthly.
5. You recorded the time in seconds it took for 8 participants to solve a puzzle. The times were:
15.2, 18.8, 19.3, 19.7, 20.2, 21.8, 22.1, 29.4.
(a) Calculate the mean and the median time it took for the 8 participants to solve a puzzle.
 15.2+18.8+ 19.3+19.7+20.2+21.8+22.1+29.4
Mean-SOLUTION: =
8
166.5
=
8
Mean: 20.8125 or 20.81 seconds
19.7+20.2
Median Solution: =
2
39.9
=
2
Median: 19.95 seconds
(b) Calculate the range and standard deviation of the time it took for the 8 participants to solve
the puzzle.
Range Solution = 29.4 – 15.3
Range: 14.1
Standard Deviation Solution:

x Mean x-Mean (x-mean)2

15.2 20.8125 -5.6125 31.50016
18.8 20.8125 -2.0125 4.050156
19.3 20.8125 -1.5125 2.287656
19.7 20.8125 -1.1125 1.237656
20.2 20.8125 -0.6125 0.375156
21.8 20.8125 0.9875 0.975156
22.1 20.8125 1.2875 1.657656
29.4 20.8125 8.5875 73.74516
Total   0 115.8288
Varianc
e     14.47859
Standard
Deviation   3.805075

Standard Deviation: 3.805075 or 3.81

6. Make up three data sets with 5 numbers each that have:
(a) the same mean but different standard deviations.
Set 1 : {13, 17, 18 , 24, 28}
 Where:
Mean= 20
Standard Deviation = 5.33

x Mean x-Mean (x-mean)2

13 20 -7 49
17 20 -3 9
18 20 -2 4
24 20 4 16
28 20 8 64
Total   0 142
Varianc
e     28.4
Standard
Deviation   5.329165

Set 2 : {11, 14, 15. 28, 32}

Where:
Mean= 20
Standard Deviation = 8.37

x Mean x-Mean (x-mean)2

11 20 -9 81
14 20 -6 36
15 20 -5 25
28 20 8 64
32 20 12 144
Total   0 350
Variance     70
Standard
Deviation   8.3666

Set 3 : {10, 15, 20, 25, 30}

Where:
Mean= 20
Standard Deviation = 8.37
 x-
x Mean Mean (x-mean)2
10 20 -10 100
15 20 -5 25
20 20 0 0
25 20 5 25
30 20 10 100
Total   0 250
Varianc
e     50
Standard
Deviation   7.071068

(b) the same mean but different medians.

Set 1 : {10, 15, 20, 25, 30}
Where:
Mean= 20
Median = 20
Set 2 : {11, 14, 15. 28, 32}
Where:
Mean= 20
Median = 15
Set 3: {13, 17, 18 , 24, 28}
Where:
Mean= 20
Median = 18
(c) the same median but different means.
Set 1: {13, 17, 18, 24, 28}
Where:
 Mean= 20
Median = 18

Set 2: {10, 15, 18, 22, 30}

Where:
Mean= 19
Median = 18
Set 2: {7, 12, 18, 36, 47}
Where:
Mean= 24
Median = 18