WORKSHEET NO. 1.

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Basic Terms, Concepts and Procedures in Statistics

Name:__________________________________________________ Score:__________

Course and Year:_______________________ Date:_________

A. Identify if the following variables are categorical or numerical.

1. Religion ________________________
2. Length of days spent in vacation tour. ________________________
3. Gender ________________________
4. Academic Performance as poor, good, fair, very good ________________________
5. Weight of babies in Hospital X. ________________________
6. Number of hours spent in shopping. ________________________
7. Boiling point of water ________________________
8. Eye color ________________________
9. Telephone number ________________________
10. Skin color ________________________

B. Identify if the following variables are continuous or discrete.

11. Average speed of racing cars. ________________________
12. Amount of raindrops _______________________
13. Temperature in the Philippines ________________________
14. Intensity level of the earthquake ________________________
15. The net weight of a bag of sugar. ________________________
16. Enrollment increase or decrease ________________________
17. Average of students qualified for academic scholar. ________________________
18. Price increase in selected items in the grocery store. ________________________
19. Wave length ________________________
20. Competency in Physics of students based on the scores.
________________________

C. Identify the scale of measurement in items 1-20 above.

1.______________ 6.______________ 11.______________ 16.______________

2. ______________ 7. ______________ 12. _____________ 17. _____________
3.______________ 8.______________ 13.______________ 18.______________
4.______________ 9.______________ 14.______________ 19.______________
5. ______________ 10. _____________ 15. _____________ 20. _____________
 WORKSHEET NO. 1.2
Basic Terms, Concepts and Procedures in Statistics

Name:__________________________________________________ Score:__________

Course and Year:_______________________ Date:_________

Identify if the following variables are either categorical or numerical. If the variable is numerical
determine if it is continuous or discrete. Identify also the scale of measurement

1. Gender: Male-25 Female: 30 ________________________

2. The mean score of students in statistics is 65. ________________________
3. Civil Status: Single, Married, Widow ________________________
4. Favorite books borrowed in the library. ________________________
5. The height of 5 selected students enrolled in Math. ________________________
6. The number of absent students yesterday is 7. ________________________
7. Music played during the program. ________________________
8. The money left in my wallet is P239.75 ________________________
9. Amount of time spent in using the internet. ________________________
10. Major subjects offered this semester. ________________________
11. Study habits ________________________
12. Learning styles ________________________
13. Socio- economic status ________________________
14. Name of schools offering nursing course in the ________________________
Philippines. ________________________
15. Religion ________________________
16. Allowance for a week. ________________________
17. Length of hours spent in working ________________________
18. Number of days in a year. ________________________
19. Body temperature of patients with malaria in Hospital ________________________
20. IQ level of students as low, average and high ________________________
21. IQ scores of students ________________________
22. Number of unemployed alumni of a certain school. ________________________
23. Annual income is P120,000. ________________________
24. Number of mathematics textbooks purchased.
25. Nationality
 WORKSHEET NO. 1.3
Basic Terms, Concepts and Procedures in Statistics

Name:__________________________________________________ Score:__________

Course and Year:_______________________ Date:_________

Classify the following statements as belonging to the area of descriptive statistics or inferential
statistics. Write DS for descriptive statistics and write IS for Inferential statistics on the space
provided.

1) The record yesterday shows that six (6) students were absent due
to severe headache.

2) The teacher computes the average score of the students in the

major examinations in statistics.

3) The manager wants to predict the factors that affect the sales
performance of a company for three years.

4) The teacher wants to determine the percentage of students who

got a score of 80 and above in the pre-test in Algebra.

5) A politician wants to determine his chance of winning in the

presidential election this upcoming election based on an opinion
poll.

6) A student wants to determine the average monthly expenses on

her allowance for the past 3 months.

7) The student conducting survey on attitudes in mathematics plans

to find out the significant differences in attitudes of male and
females students.

8) The researcher wishes to determine if the performance in English

is related in the performance in Mathematics.

9) Based from the present sales trend, it is expected that after 3

years, this year’s sales will increased by 75%.

10) The average grade of 20 students in Chemistry is 88.5%