MIDTERM EXAMINATION

Statistics with Software Applications

Name: Score:________________ Year and

Section:____________________________ Date:_________________

I. Identify the following.

1. A large corporation wants to find out which benefits plan its employees would
prefer. Which procedure would be most likely to obtain a statistically unbiased
sample? a. survey a random sample of employees from a list of all employees b. invite
all employees to indicate their choices by e-mail
c. place suggestion boxes at random locations in the company’s plant and offices d.
assemble a group with one member from each department and record the
preferences of these employees

2. A university polled 500 of its students, randomly selecting them proportional to

the number of students enrolled in each degree program. Classify the sampling
method.
a. simple random d. systematic
b. stratified e. cluster sampling
3. To do market research, a telemarketing firm randomly selected 1000 names from a
store’s database and contacted them. Classify the sampling method. a. simple random
d. systematic
b. stratified e. cluster sampling

4. The marketing manager for an electronics chain store wants information about the ages
of its customers. Over the next two weeks, at each store location, 100 randomly selected
customers are given questionnaires to fill out asking for information about age, as well as
about other variables of interest.
a. simple random d. systematic
b. stratified c. cluster sampling
5. When a random starting point is chosen, followed by every nth individual, this sampling
method is
a. simple random sampling c. stratified random sampling
b. cluster random sampling d. systematic random sampling 6. Systematic random
sampling is used to interview residents in 25% of 80 apartments in a building. The sampling
interval would be
a. 4 c. 5
b. 20 d. 16
7. A simple random sample of 200 people is selected from the 1230 male students in a
university psychology course to take part in a psychological test. The population being
considered is
a. 200
b. the university
c. people taking part in the test
d. male students enrolled in a university psychology course
8. A researcher wants to study the early-career salaries of young adults who graduated 5
years earlier from one university. She obtained a list of all students who graduated 5 years
ago and separated them into groups based on major. Then, she randomly selected 5 groups
and asked all of the young adults in those groups to report their salaries. Which random
sampling method did she use?
a. simple random sampling c. stratified random sampling
b. cluster random sampling d. systematic random sampling
9. A study was done to determine the age, number of times per week, and the duration
(amount of time) of residents using a local park in San Jose. The first house in the
neighborhood around the park was selected randomly and then every eighth house in the
neighborhood around the park was interviewed. The sampling method was: a. simple
random sampling c. stratified random sampling
b. cluster random sampling d. systematic random sampling
10. A teacher wants to know if her students are doing homework, so she randomly selects
rows two and five and then calls on all students in row two and all students in row five to
present the solutions to homework problems to the class. What is the method used? a.
simple random sampling c. stratified random sampling
 b. cluster random sampling d. systematic random sampling
11. It is also useful when the researcher has limited budget, time and workforce; usually
according to the researcher’s judgement.
a. probability method c. stratified random sampling
b. non-probability method d. systematic random sampling

12. a nonrandom method of selecting a sample; this method selects individuals that are
easily accessible and may result in biased data.
a. convenience sampling c. snowball sampling
b. purposive sampling d. quota sampling
13. To get reactions about a particular new car, readers of a car magazine were asked to
mail in their answers to a survey. Classify this sampling method.
a. simple random c. convenience
b. stratified d. voluntary response
14. An easily accessible sample is chosen.
a. simple random c. convenience
b. stratified d. voluntary response
15. The researcher wants to know the opinion of high honor students about distance
learning.
a. snowball sampling c. convenience
b. judgmental sampling d. voluntary response

II. Classify the type of data.

16.blood pressure
a. Nominal
b. Ordinal
c. Interval
d. Ratio
17.nationality
a. Nominal
b. Ordinal
 c. Interval
d. Ratio
18. Degrees Celsius
a. Nominal
b. Ordinal
c. Interval
d. Ratio
19.level of satisfaction
a. Nominal
b. Ordinal
c. Interval
d. Ratio
20.Military position
a. Nominal
b. Ordinal
c. Interval
d. Ratio

III. Qualitative or Quantitative

21.A statistics professor collects information about the classification of her students as
freshmen, sophomores, juniors, or seniors.
a. Qualitative b. Quantitative
22.The registrar at State University keeps records of the number of credit hours students
complete each semester.
a. Qualitative b. Quantitative
23.The hair color of the BTS members
a. Qualitative b. Quantitative
24.The genres of movies
a. Qualitative b. Quantitative
25.The number of vaccinated Filipinos
a. Qualitative b. Quantitative
 IV. Choose the appropriate test statistics.
26.Does height affect weight?
27.Does the number of absences affect amount of salary?
28.Are men more likely to be elected as politicians?
29.Do women have greater IQ scores than men?
30.Which among the COVID-19 vaccines reduce number of covid patients?

V. Software Application
Use the following data (excel file) to find the following unknown. (2 pts each)

1. Range of the data

2. Most observed value
3. Third Quartile
4. Standard Deviation
5. Average of the Data