Republic of the Philippines

BATANGAS STATE UNIVERSITY

Pablo Borbon Main I
Rizal Avenue, Batangas City

COLLEGE OF ACCOUNTANCY, BUSINESS, ECONOMICS AND

INTERNATIONAL HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT
Graduate School
MIDTERM EXAMINATION

Name: _________________________________ Score: ____________

1. Discuss the the advantages and limitations of the following sampling techniques: (20 pts)
a. Simple Random Sampling
b. Stratified Random Sampling
c. Convenience Sampling
d. Quota Sampling

2. On April 20, 1999, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold entered Columbine High School and
began shooting teachers and students. Thirteen individuals died, and the psychological
community was again asked to explain such violent behavior. A psychologist might
decide to interview Columbine students to obtain their perspectives on the factors that
motivated the two young men to commit such a horrendous act. A group of ten students
has already decided to meet and discuss the events of that day. The psychologist asks if it
would be all right to attend the meeting and ask them some questions. The students agree,
and the psychologist records their thoughts. Based on this information, the psychologist
concludes that a primary reason for the violent behavior was the peer dynamics in the
school that created groups of outcasts. (20 pts)

a. Who appears to constitute the population of interest?

b. Which type of sampling procedure best describes that used by the psychologist?
c. What are the limitations of this sampling method, and in what specific ways could the
sampling method have affected the findings?
d. What specific steps would you have taken to obtain a representative sample?

3. In a high school graduating class of 100 students, 54 studied mathematics, 69 studied

history, and 35 studied both mathematics and history. If one of these students is selected
at random, find the probability that; 20 (pts)
a. the student took mathematics or history;
b. the student did not take either of these subjects;
c. the student took history but not mathematics.

4. If a letter is chosen at random from the English alphabet, find the probability that the
letter (20 pts)
(a) is a vowel exclusive of y;
(b) is listed somewhere ahead of the letter j;
(c) is listed somewhere after the letter g.

5. The following are historical data on staff salaries (dollars per pupil) for 30 schools sampled
in the eastern part of the United States in the early 1970s. (10 pts)

3.79 2.99 2.77 2.91 3.10 1.84 2.52 3.22

2.45 2.14 2.67 2.52 2.71 2.75 3.57 3.85
3.36 2.05 2.89 2.83 3.13 2.44 2.10 3.71
3.14 3.54 2.37 2.68 3.51 3.37

a. Construct a relative frequency histogram of the data

b. Compute for the mean, median and mode

6. The lengths of power failures, in minutes, are recorded in the following table. Find the
mean, median and mode. (10 pts)
22 18 135 15 90 78 69 98 102
83 55 28 121 120 13 22 124 112
70 66 74 89 103 24 21 112 21
40 98 87 132 115 21 28 43 37
50 96 118 158 74 78 83 93 95

Prepared by:

NORXINE L. MONTALBO, ASEAN Eng.

Associate Professor 1

Noted by:

Dr. APRIL M. PEREZ

Department Chair, Graduate School

Approve by:

Dr. BENDALYN M. LANDICHO

Dean, CABEIHM Graduate School