St. Paul College Foundation, Inc.

Bulacao Campus, Cebu City

College of Education
Prelim Examination
in
Elementary Statistics and Probability
Name: Mary Grace Ulgasan Program: BSED MATH Score: __________
Class Schedule: (TH-F 3:00-4:30)1 Date: 10-02-20 Instructor: Mr. Rennil Bornia

I. Indicate whether each of the following statements is a descriptive or inferential statistic.

Inferential 1.Last semester, the ages of students at a certain college ranged from 16 to 25 years old.
Descriptive 2. Based on the survey conducted by the National Statistics Office, it is estimated that 24%
of unemployed people are women.
Inferential 3. A survey says that 1 out of 10 Filipinos is a member of a fitness center.
Descriptive 4. Cigarettes were associated with 31% of the 4,700 civilian fire deaths in 2000.
Descriptive 5. A recent study showed that eating garlic can lower blood pressure.

II. Indicate which of the following examples refer to population or sample.

Sample 6. A group of 25 students selected to test a new technique.

Population 7. The total machines produced by a factory in one week.
Sample 8. The yearly expenditures on food for 10 families.
Population 9. The ages of employees of all companies in Metro Manila.
Sample 10. The number of subscribers of telephone companies.

III. Classify each variable as quantitative or qualitative. Write QL if it is qualitative or QN if its

quantitative.

QN 11. the height of giraffe living in India.

QL 12. the religious affiliation of the people in the Philippines.

QL 13. favorite movie
QL 14. the daily intake of proteins
QL 15. Nationality
QN 16. the days absent from school
QL 17. marital status
QL 18. the number of houses owned
QN 19. the monthly phone bills
QN 20. the number of students who fail their first statistics quiz

IV. Classify each as nominal, interval, or ratio level of data.

Nominal 21. social security number

Interval 22. the total annual incomes for a sample of families.
Nominal 23. the ages of students enrolled in a cooking class
Ratio Level 24. the rankings of tennis player
Ratio 25. the salaries of fastfood chain attendants

V. Classify each variable as discrete or continuous.

Dicrete 26. the number of breads baked each day
Continuous 27. the air temperature in a city yesterday
Discrete 28. the income of single parents living in Quezon City
Discrete 29. the weighs of newborn infants
Discrete 30. The capacity (in liters) of water in a swimming pool

VI. Classify each sample as random, stratified, systematic or cluster.

Systematic 31. Every 12th customer entering a shopping mall is asked to select his or her favorite
store.
Cluster 32. In a university, all teachers from three buildings are interviewed to determine
whether they believe the students have higher grades now than in previous years.
Stratified 33. Supervisors are selected using random number in order to determine annual
salaries.
Random 34. A teacher writes the name of each student in a card, shuffles the cards and then
draws five names.
Systematic 35. A head nurse selects 10 patients from each floor of a hospital.

VII. Evaluate the following.

6
2
36. ∑ i
i=1

8
37. ∑ i(i+2)
i=2

8
2
38. ∑ ( x + 8 x+16)
x=2

7
2i
39. ∑
i=3 i−4
5
1
40. ∑
x=1 x