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Department of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
MATH01 – Quiz No. 1 – Midterm
(Mathematics in the Modern World)

Name: ___________________ Section: ____ Date: ______

A. Write the letter of your choice in the space provided before the
number. If your answer is not among the choices, write E.
_____ 1. A number that is computed from the sample data.
a. measurement c. statistic
b. population d. parameter
_____ 2. A number that summarizes some aspect of the population as a
whole.
a. sample c. measurement
b. parameter d. statistic
_____ 3. Measurements for which consist of attributes, labels, or other
nonnumerical characteristics.
a. qualitative c. descriptive
b. inferential d. quantitative
_____ 4. Sample that consists of the whole population.
a. element c. subset
b. collection d. census
_____ 5. Which of the following data sets is an example of a population?
a. The gender of every second customer who enters a movie theater.
b. The ages of the fourteen supreme court justices of the Philippines.
c. The GPAs of a randomly selected group of students on ICCT Colleges.
d. The lengths of milk fishes caught in a fishing trip to the shore.
_____ 6. Which of the following measures as quantitative?
a. The gender of the first 40 newborns in a hospital this year.
b. The natural hair color of 20 randomly selected fashion models.
c. The fuel economy in miles per gallon of 20 new cars purchased last
month.
d. The political affiliation of 500 randomly selected voters.
_____ 7. If the sample consists of the whole population, which of the
following statements is true?
a. The sample variance is equal to the population variance.
b. The sample standard deviation is equal to the population standard
deviation.
c. The sample mean is equal to the population mean.
d. There is no enough information.
_____ 8. The following are measures of variability, except:
a. range c. variance
b. mean d. standard deviation

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_____ 9. The following are relative positions of data, except:
a. z-score c. quartile
b. percentile d. interquartile range
_____ 10. Which of the following is true about quartiles?
a. The first quartile is the mean of the lower set.
b. The third quartile is the median of the upper set.
c. All observations in the upper set is greater than the third
quartile.
d. All observations in the lower set is less than the first quartile.
_____ 11. Which of the following is true about z-scores?
a. The z-score is negative if the mean is greater than the standard
deviation.
b. The z-score is negative if the mean is less than the standard
deviation.
c. The z-score is negative if the mean is greater than the sample
value.
d. The z-score is negative is the standard deviation is greater than
the sample value.

B. An ordered stem-and-leaf diagram gives the score is 70 randomly

selected students on an exam.

i. Determine the mean, median, and mode.

𝑥̅ = __________ 𝑥̃ = __________ 𝑥̂ = __________

ii. Compute the range, variance, and standard deviation.

𝑅 = __________ 𝑠 2 = __________ 𝑠 = __________

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 iii. Find the percentile rank of the grade 84.
𝑃(84) = __________

iv. Find the percentile rank of the grade 48.

𝑃(48) = __________

v. Find the three quartiles.

𝑄1 = __________ 𝑄2 = __________ 𝑄3 = __________

vi. Compute the Interquartile Range and give the five-number

summary of the data.
𝐼𝑄𝑅 = __________

𝐹𝑖𝑣𝑒-𝑁𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑆𝑢𝑚𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑦: ___________________________________

C. For the population:

0.5 2.1 4.4 1.0

Compute for:
i. mean
𝜇 = __________

ii. standard deviation

𝜎 = __________

iii. z-score for every value in the data set.

𝑧(0.5) = __________ 𝑧(2.1) = __________

𝑧(4.4) = __________ 𝑧(1.0) = __________

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