Statistical Analysis with Software Application

Nature of Statistic and Summation Notation Worksheet

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Test I: IDENTIFICATION
Directions: Identify what is being asked on the following questions.
___________1. It is the entire group that you want to draw conclusions about.
___________2. It is a numerical characteristic of a population, as distinct from a statistic of a sample.
___________3. It is the specific group that you will collect data from.
___________4. It is consist of numbers representing counts or measurements.
___________5. It can be separated into different categories that are distinguished by some nonnumeric
characteristics.
___________6. It is a statistics state facts and proven outcomes from a population.
___________7. It is a characteristic of interest measurable on each and every individual in a given sample or
population.
___________8. It concerns on generalizing from samples to populations by performing hypothesis testing,
determining relationships between variables and making predictions.
___________9. The data that can be counted.
___________10. The data that can be measured.

Test II: CLASIFICATION

Directions: Classify each statements.

A. Descriptive Statistics or Inferential Statistics

1. Jordan wants to find out his shooting average for the past 10 games.
2. A manager would like to predict based on previous years’ sale, the sale performance of a
company for the next five years.
3. A politician would like to estimate, based on an opinion poll, his chance for winning in the
upcoming senatorial election.
4. A market vendor wants to make an inference on how many kilos of mangoes will be sell based
on her sale last week.
5. A volleyball player wants to estimate her chance of winning the most valuable player (MVP)
award based on her current season average and averages of her opponents.

B. Population or Sample
1. The number of high school students in the Philippines.
2. The color of every third car that passes your house.
3. A survey of 100 spectators at a sporting event with 1800 spectators.

4. The age of each dentist in the United States.

5. The number of pets in each U.S. household.

C. Parameter or Statistics
1. The average annual salary for 35 of a company’s 1200 accountants is $68,000. 13.
2. In a survey of a sample of computer users, 8% said their computer had a malfunction that needed
to be repaired by a service technician.
3. In a recent survey of 1503 adults in the United States, 53% said they use both a landline and a
cell phone. (Source: Pew Research Center)
4. In a recent year, the average math scores for all graduates on the ACT was 21.1. (Source: ACT,
Inc.)
5. A recent survey by the alumni of a major university indicated that the average salary of 10,000 of
its 300,000 graduates was 125,000.
 D. Quantitative Variable or Quantitative Variables
1. A team of medical researchers weigh participants in kilograms.
2. A teacher conducts a poll in her class. She asks her students if they would prefer chocolate,
vanilla, or strawberry ice cream at their class party.
3. A survey asks “On which continent were you born?”
4. A census asks every household in a city how many children under the age of 18 reside there.
5. A census asks residents for the highest level of education they have obtained: less than high
school, high school, 2-year degree, 4-year degree, master's degree, doctoral/professional degree.

E. Discrete Data or Continuous Data

1. The number of suitcases lost by an airline.
2. The height of corn plants.
3. The number of ears of corn produced.
4. The number of green M&M's in a bag.
5. The time it takes for a car battery to die.

F. Level of Measurement
1. Flavors of frozen yogurt.
2. Amount of money in savings accounts.
3. Students classified by their reading ability: Above average, Below average, Normal.
4. Letter grades on an English essay.
5. Religions.
6. Commuting times to work.
7. Ages (in years) of art students.
8. Ice cream flavor preference.
9. Years of important historical events.
10. Instructors classified as: Easy, Difficult or Impossible.

Test III: SOLVING

Directions: Find the sum.

A. Given: x 1=2 ; x2 =4 ; x 3=6 ; x 4 =8 ; x 5=10 ; x 6 ¿ 12 ; x7 =14 ; x 8=16 ; x 9=18 ; x 10=20

10
1. ∑ xi
i=1
10
2. ∑ xi
i=3
10
3. ∑ xi
i=5
10
4. ∑ xi
i=8
10
5. ∑ xi
i=10

B. Given: x 1=1 ; x2=1; x 3=2 ; x 4=3 ; x 5=5 ; x 6 ¿ 8; x 7 =13; x 8=21; x 9=34 ; x10=55 ; x 11 =89 ; x 12=144
12
6. ∑ xi
i=1
12
7. ∑ xi
i=5
 12
8. ∑ xi
i=7
12
9. ∑ xi
i=8
12
10. ∑ xi
i=11

Directions: Find the following given.

A. Given:
x y
12 11
12 9
16 13
14 13
18 10
5
1. ∑ x i=
i=1
5
2. ∑ yi =¿ ¿
i=1
5
3. ∑ x i∗y i=¿ ¿
i=1

(∑ )
5 5
4. x i∗∑ y i =¿
i=1 i=1

B. Given:
x
6
5
7
7
9
4
3
7
2
1. ∑ x i =¿
i=1
7
2
2. ∑ x i =¿
i=3
7
2
3. ∑ x i =¿
i=5
7
2
4. ( ∑ x i ) =¿
i=1
7
2
5. ( ∑ x i ) =¿
i=6
7
2
6. ( ∑ x i ) =¿
i=7