Sitwork- September 04

1. What is statistics?
2. Identify the sample and the population

Sullivan company orders 10,000 light bulbs from the manufacturer who claims the mean life
of his bulbs is at least 1000 hours. Sullivan company tests 15 bulbs from the shipment. Using the
results of these tests, should the shipment be accepted?
3. Classify the following as to descriptive or inferential statistics:
a. An English teacher employs one teaching technique in one class and another teaching
technique in another class and then gives the same examination. Using the results, he
determines which technique is more effective.
b. A PBA basketball fan computes the shooting average of his favorite player during the
last PBA season.
c. As a result of the recent cutbacks by the oil producing nations, we can expect the
price of gasoline to double next year.
d. Of all patients who have received this particular type of drug at a local clinic,
50% later developed significant side effects.
e. The owner of a grocery store recorded the number of customers preferring brand x
milk everyday for 9 consecutive weeks and then estimates the average number of buying
customers.

4. Identify the independent and dependent variable in the following research problem
a. Is there a relationship between development orientedness and administrative performance?
b. What administrative factors are related to value orientation?

5. Classify the following variables as either discrete or continuous:

a. Time
b. Distance travelled by a car
c. Basketball Score
d Number of pages in a book
e. Height of a building

6. Identify each of the following as either a nominal, an ordinal, or an interval/ratio variable:

a. Paint color (red, blue, gray, etc.)

b. Distance (kilometers)

c. Weight ( in kilograms)

d. BMI Category (underweight, appropriate, overweight)

e. Shirt size ( small, medium, large)