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BENIGA

D 1. Which of the following is the use and application of statistics?

a. It helps in formulating and testing hypothesis
b. It helps in prediction
c. It simplifies the message of figure
d. A, b, c are correct
C 2. The following are types of measurement scales, which is not?
a. Ratio
b. Nominal
c. Percent
d. Interval
C 3. There are distinct classes but these classes have a natural ordering or ranking. This
refers to ____________________.
a. Nominal scales
b. Ratio scales
c. Ordinal scales
d. Interval scales
TRUE 4. True or false: A basic characteristic of a nominal scale is that it is measured on scale of
frequency of categories while interval is measured on a scale with no true zero.

5. What are the three main measures of central tendency?

Mean
Mode
Median
A 6. A statistic is:
a. a sample characteristic
b. a population characteristic
c. unknown
d. normally distributed

B 7. A parameter is:
a. a sample characteristic
b. a population characteristic
c. unknown
d. normal normally distributed

B 8. When the researcher wants to get the mean of the highest and the lowest values. He
wants to get the:
a. Midrange
b. Range
c. Mode
d. Median
D 9. A graph usually meant for showing the frequencies for various values of a variable.
a. Bar graph
 b. Line graph
c. Pie chart
d. Histogram
C 10. It is used to determine the number of observations which fall below a given value.
a. Whiskers diagram
b. Scatter diagram
c. Less than cumulative frequency ogive
d. More than cumulative frequency ogive

A 11. A sampling procedure that obtains a complete list of the population before randomly
selecting individuals from that list for the sample.
A. Simple Random Sampling
B. Stratified Sampling
C. Purposive Sampling
D. Multistage Sampling
C 12. The researcher uses their expert judgment to select participants that are representative
of the population by considering factors that might influence the population.
A. Simple Random Sampling
B. Stratified Sampling
C. Purposive Sampling
D. Multistage Sampling
B 13. A sampling procedure that determines the strata that the population will be divided into
and the number of participants necessary for each stratum.
A. Simple Random Sampling
B. Stratified Sampling
C. Purposive Sampling
D. Multistage Sampling
A 14. This is the data that you gather yourself through methods of investigation in the field.
A. Primary data
B. Secondary data
C 15. Which is NOT a technique under quantitative data gathering?
A. Paper-and-Pencil questionnaires
B. Computer Assisted Personal Interviewing (CAPI)
C. Observation Methods
D. Face-to-face interview

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