HMA 112 Statistics and Probability Quiz # 2 -Finals STC 11 4M

I. Choose the best sampling method to obtain the individuals in the sample for each problem.
Write your answer only. ( 1 point each)
1. The province of Cavite is considering the construction of new LRT Line. The province
wants to conduct a survey to ask the residents if they agree to use their taxes for this
purpose.
2. A school official wants to know the students’ opinion regarding the students’ services
offered by the school.
3. A reporter wants to know the opinion of the people of the Philippines about waging a
war against China because of territorial disputes.
4. A teacher would to assign reporters of five different topics to five students.
5. A barangay captain wants to know if his constituents would consider vaccine. He would
ask every 20th household for the survey.
II. Determine whether the underlined value is a parameter or statistic.
1. According to a national survey on cigarette, 10% of respondents smoke at least 5
cigarettes a day within the past 3 months.
2. A study of 6,076 adults who use public toilets in Metro Manila found that 12 % of them
did not wash their hands before leaving the toilet.
3. An interview conducted with 100 females that are at least 20 years old in Metro Manila
reveals that 20 % of them know how to minimum age requirement for a presidential
candidate.
4. A survey in the province of Pampanga on Covid Vaccine, 45% are not sure if they will
consider the vaccine.
III. Consider the population consists of the scores of 5 students in a quiz as follows:
11, 12, 14, 15, 17. By using sampling distribution , find the population mean using a
random variable of size n = 4. ( 12 points).Solve
1. Variance ( 2 points)
2. standard deviation ( 2 points)
3. draw the histogram ( 5 points)