Activity 4

Tell whether the given value is a statistic or a parameter. (2 pts. each)

1. The city of Manila is politically divided into 6 legislative districts.
2. The Philippines consists of 7.107 islands.
3. Fifty students who were randomly selected will participate in a study on the
effects of using calculators in learning mathematics.
4. The mathematics department is consists of 10 male teachers, 12 female
teachers, and one department head.
5. Jupiter has 67 confirmed moons.
6. The Statistics teacher randomly selected 35 questions from previous questions to
be given in the coming second periodic examination.
7. It was found out that 10 of the teachers in a certain private high school have
doctorate degrees.
8. In a survey of 1,500 bulbs manufactured by a company, it was found out that 120
of them were defective.
9. The Philippine Senate is composed of 24 senators.
10. Based on a sample of 1,200 surveyed students, it was found out that 20% of
them needed financial aids.

Answer the following problems. Show your complete solution. (5 pts. each)

The following are the heights to the nearest centimeter of 15 Mathematics

teachers in St. Joseph's Academy:
162, 160, 152, 164, 154, 153, 163, 155, 161, 165, 156, 165, 166, 160, 151
Compute the following:
11. mean
12. variance
13. standard deviation
The IQ of 10 randomly selected senior high school students are given below:
102, 125, 120, 128, 116, 108, 124, 115, 99, 109
Compute the following:
14. mean
15. variance
16. standard deviation
The following are the heights in cm of the 10 basketball players of White Horses team:
172, 181, 175, 175, 174, 172, 171, 173, 170, 174
Compute the following:
17. mean
18. variance
19. standard deviation