PRACTICE TEST IN STATISTICS

Name:___________________________ Year/Sec.: ________________ Score: ______

I. MULTIPLE CHOICE: Choose the letter that corresponds to your answer.
_____________________1. an arrangement of data that shows the frequency of
occurrence of the different values of the variables.
a. grouped data
b. ungrouped data
c. frequency distribution
d. frequency
_____________________2. it shows the relationship between two or more sets of
quantities.
a. line graph
b. bar graph
c. picto graph
d. pie chart
_____________________3. the centermost observation that divides the ranked values
into halves.
a. measure of central tendency
b. mean
c. median
d. mode
e. none
_____________________4. the presentation of data in the form of a graph or diagram.
a. graphical method
b. tabular method
c. line graph
b. tabular method
_____________________5. it consists of vertical or horizontal bars of equal widths.
a. line graph
b. bar graph
c. picto graph
d. pie chart
_____________________6. the observation which occurs the most often in a set of
values.
a. measure of central tendency
b. mean
c. median
d. mode e. none
_____________________7. a way of representing numerical values through the use of
pictures or facsimiles.
a. line graph
b. bar graph
c. picto graph
d. pie chart
e. none
_____________________8. the process of presenting data in the form of a table.
a. graphical method
b. tabular method
c. line graph
b. tabular method
_____________________9. a typical value or a representation value of a set of data.
a. measure of central tendency
b. mean
c. median
d. mode
e. none
____________________10. it is appropriate in comparing the parts with the whole.
a. line graph
b. bar graph
c. picto graph
d. pie chart
e. none
____________________11. a series of columns, each having as its base one class
interval, and the frequency or number of cases in that class
as its height.
a. line graph
b. bar graph
c. histogram
d. pie chart
e. none
____________________12. the most commonly used of central tendency or it is
usually referred to as the average.
a. measure of central tendency
b. mean
c. median
d. mode e. none
____________________13. the data are arranged simply in order of size usually from
highest to lowest.
a. class interval
b. class mark
c. frequency
d. median
e. none
____________________14. the midpoint between the upper and lower class boundaries
or class interval.
a. class interval
b. class mark
c. frequency
d. median
e. none
___________________15. data that are presented in the form of a frequency
distribution.
a. class interval
b. class mark
c. frequency
d. median
e. none

II.

Prepare a frequency distribution of the statistics score of 54 students in

a High School Sophomore Class with the following columns: class interval,
class mark, frequency tally, frequency and cumulative frequency.
63

48

55

41

45

51

50

50

40

56

63

52

56

49

45

50

55

59

46

42

35

57

70

47

60

48

50

46

50

58

66

53

64

39

40

46

72

43

71

41

31

51

74

47

68

34

36

42

61

44

77

38

33

46

III. PROBLEM SOLVING: Show your complete solutions:

1. The number of incorrect answers on a true-false competency test for a random sample of
15 students were recorded as follows: 3, 1, 6, 0, 5, 5, 6, 0, 4, 7, 5, 2, 6, 5, and 2. Find
a) the mean;

b) the median

c) the mode

2. The number of building permits issued last month to 12 construction firms in a small
Midwestern city were 5, 7, 0, 7, 11, 4, 2, 15, 3, 5, 8, and 7. Treating the data as a population,
find
a) the mean

b) the median

c) the mode

3. The reaction times for a random sample of 9 subjects to a stimulant were recorded as
2.4, 3.8, 3.1, 2.3, 2.9, 2.5, 2.6, 4.3, and 4.4 seconds. Calculate
a) the mean

b) the median

4. The employees of a local manufacturing plant pledged the following donations, in dollars,
to the United Fund: 40, 10, 45, 8, 20, 10, 25, 48, 30, 10, 5, 15, 25, 50, 10, 30, 5,
25, 45, and 15. Treating the data as a population, calculate
a) the mean

b) the mode