ACTIVITIES

I. Classify each of the following as either nominal, ordinal, interval or ratio

level of measurement.

Nominal 1. House numbers

Nominal 2. Type of blood
Nominal 3. Breed of swine
Nominal 4. Cell phone numbers
Ordinal 5. First second and third place in a dance contest
Ordinal 6. Attitude towards same sex marriage (favor, not in favor)
Ratio 7. Number of live births
Ratio 8. Distance travelled
Ratio 9. Monthly income
Nominal 10. Cellphone number
Nominal 11. Brand of electric fan
Ratio 12. Number of siblings
Ordinal 13. Birth order of children in the family
Ratio 14. T-shirt sizes
Ordinal 15. Socio economic status
Nominal 16. Hair color

Ratio 17. Number of Facebook friends

Nominal 18. Course completed in college

Ratio 19. Weight

Nominal 20. Parents’ occupation

II. Classify whether the number obtained in the following is
discrete or continuous.

Continuous 1. Distance of the school to your house

Continuous 2. Volume of a bucket of water
Discrete 3. Number of chairs in the classroom
Discrete 4. Number of graduates who passed the board exam
Continuous 5. Floor area of the classroom
Continuous 6. Scores of students in the final exam
Discrete 7. Number of electric fans sold
Discrete 8. Number of seminars and trainings attended
Continuous 9. Height of basketball players
Discrete 10. Number of school children vaccinated
Discrete 11. Number of varieties of rice
Discrete 12. Number of research published
Continuous 13. Speed of cars in kilometers per hour
Continuous 14. Blood pressure
Continuous 15. Amount of rainfall collected
 III. Below are titles of research studies. Identify the independent and
dependent variables. Write your answers on the table that follows. WRITE
ONLY THE KEY VARIABLE.

1. Scholastic and non-scholastic factors affecting the academic performance of

Grade 10 students.
2. The advantages of modern technology on students’ academic performance.
3. The relationship between the personal characteristics and professional
competencies of presidents of State Universities
4. The effects of adding 2 more years to the Basic Education Curriculum (K to 12)
5. Gender and Achievement: A comparative study on the Math performance of
female and male students of the College of Education.
6. Questioning techniques and student’s class participation in an English class
7. Poor students’ academic performance and teacher shortage. A correlation
analysis
8. The influence of parents’ involvement on the academic performance of
children 9. The effect of everyday graded recitation on motivation, engagement
and achievement of freshmen students.
10. A comparative investigation on the levels of intrinsic motivation of students
with high and low self-efficacy.

Item Independent variable/s Dependent variable/s

1 Scholastic and non-scholastic factors Academic performance of Grade 10 Students

2 Advantages of modern technology Student’s Academic performance

3 Personal characteristics Professional Competencies

4 Adding 2 more years K to 12

5 Gender and Achievement Math performance of College of Education

students

6 Questioning techniques Students class participation in an English Class

7 Teacher shortage Poor student’s academic performance

8 Influence of parents involvement Academic performance of children

9 Graded recitation Motivation, engagement and achievement of

freshmen’s

10 High and low self-efficacy Levels of intrinsic motivation

IV. Identify whether the underlined variable is
a. Independent c. Moderator e. Control
b. Dependent d. Mediator

A 1. There is a significant relationship between students’ IQ

and parent’s highest educational qualification.
B 2. The researcher investigates the influence of giving problem sets to the
motivation of students and the teacher will eliminate the influence of
positive feedback to students motivation.
B 3. The researcher investigates the influence of giving positive feedback
to the motivation of students while making effort constant.
E4. The researcher investigates the influence of giving positive feedback to
the motivation of students while making effort constant.
B 5. Academic performance is affected by parent’s involvement because the
more involved the parents are, the higher motivation the students have,
and in turn improves academic performance
A 6. Academic performance is affected by parent’s involvement because the
more involve the parents, the higher motivation the students have, and in
turn improves academic performance
D 7. Academic performance is affected by parent’s involvement because the
more involved the parents, the higher motivation the students have, and in
turn improves academic performance
D 8. Students who are motivated scored high on the test, only when test
anxiety is low.
E 9. Students from public school who are males have higher academic
performance compared to students from public schools who are females.
C 10. Females have higher effort that males, only for students with high
motivation.