DE REAL, CHRISTOPHER G.

JULY 20, 2020

BSIS/1ST YEAR/BSIS1D MMW

ANSWERS FOR EXERCISES IN MODULE STATS

Exercise

Identify the following underlined quantitative variables as discrete or continuous.

1. Number of foreigners migrating to Philippines every year.
 discrete
2. The boiling point of water is 1000C.
 continuous
3. Number of students per class.
 discrete
4. John’s height is 170 cm.
 continuous
5. The number of children in Barangay Pinagpala with missing/decayed teeth is 2000.
 discrete
6. The data are the densities of sample substances taken from Tabing-Ilog River.
 continuous
7. The average speed of motorboats cruising in Manila Bay everyday is 49 m/s.
 continuous
8. Number of Grade one pupils in LNHS.
 discrete
9. Number of Job Applicants at Tiktak Company
 discrete
10. Length of hair of female students.
 continuous

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 Exercise

Identify the type of Measurement Scale. (Nominal, Ordinal, Interval or Ratio)

1. Length of mackerel in a fish pond.
 Interval
2. Speed of a car.
 Ratio
3. Weight in pounds of new born babies.
 Ratio
4. Degree of agreement or disagreement of respondents about appropriateness of a
television program for children below 10 years old.
 Ordinal
5. eye color is brown.
 Nominal
6. Miya wears a skin tone dress.
 Nominal
7. IQ level of grade 5 pupils as low, average or high.
 Interval
8. Educational attainments of Warwick and Sona.
 Ordinal
9. Number of children in a family.
 Ratio
10. The comfortable ambient temperature, generally taken as about 21 °C (70 °F) and 0°C
is the freezing point of water.
 Interval

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 Exercise

Find the ∑X, mean, median and mode(s) of the following numbers:
1. 8, 3, 17, 17, 9, 22, 19, 3

Sum of X values:
 ∑X = 8+3+17+17+9+22+19+3 = 98

Mean of X values:
∑X 98
 X́ = = X́ = 12.25
N 8

Ascending order of X values:

 3, 3, 8, 9, 17, 17, 19, 22

Median of X values:
9+17
 MEDIAN = = 13
2

Mode of X values:
 3, 17

2. 5, 3, 8, 1, 3, 4, 7, 8
Sum of X values:
 ∑X = 5+3+8+1+3+4+7+8 = 39

Mean of X values:
∑X 39
 X́ = = X́ = 4.88
N 8

Ascending order of X values:

 1, 3, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 8

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 Median of X values:
4+5
 MEDIAN = = 4.5
2

Mode of X values:
 3, 8

Given the following Prelim Examination scores of MMW students:

52, 70, 95, 48, 56, 69, 105, 103, 90, 85, 74, 82.
Find the following: QD, IR, DD, and PD.

Number of Obs. (n):

 12

Ascending order of X values:

 48, 52, 56, 69, 70, 74, 82, 85, 90, 95, 103, 105

1) For QD:

First Quartile:
k
Qk = n
4
1
= 12
4
=0.25 (12)

=3

= 3th score

 Q1 = 56

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 Second Quartile:
k
Qk = n
4
2
= 12
4
=0.5 (12)

=6

= 6th score

 Q2 = 74

Third Quartile:
k
Qk = n
4
3
= 12
4
=0.75 (12)

=9

= 9th score

 Q3 = 90

Quartile Deviation:

Q 3 −Q1 90−56
 QD = = = 17
2 2

2) For IR:

 IR = Q3 - Q1 = 90-56= 34

3) For DD:
First Decile:

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 k
Dk = n
10
1
= 12
10
= 0.1 (12)

= 1.2 (round up)

= 2nd score

 D1 = 52

Ninth Decile:

k
Dk = n
10
9
= 12
10
= 0.9 (12)

= 10.8 (round up)

= 11th score

 D9= 103

Decile Deviation:
 DD = D9 - D1 = 103-52 = 51

4) For PD:
Tenth Percentile:
k
Pk = n
100
10
= 12
100
=0.1 (12)

= 1.2 (round up)

= 2nd score

 P10 = 52

90th Percentile:
k
Pk = n
100

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 90
= 12
100
=0.9 (12)

= 10.8(round up)

= 11th score

 P90 = 103

Percentile Deviation:
 PD = P90 - P10 = 103-52 = 51

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