Famela Rose H.

Malalis BSED-Mathematics 2

Exercise 1
BASIC CONCEPTS OF STATISTICS

CHECK YOUR PROGRESS: 1 In each of these statements, tell whether descriptive

(D) or inferential (I) statistics have been used.

I 1. By 2040 at least 3.5 billion people will run short of water (Sources: World Future
Society).
D 2. Nine out of ten on-the-job facilities are men (Sources: USA TODAY Weekend).
D 3. Expenditures for the cable industry were $5.66 billion in 1996 (Source: USA).
D 4. The median household income for people aged 25-34 is $35,888 (Source: USA).
I 5. Allergy therapy makes bees go away (Source: Prevention).
I 6. Drinking decaffeinated coffee can raise cholesterol levels by 7% (Source: A.H
Asso.)
D 7. The national average annual medicine expenditure a person is $1052 (Source: GTR).
I 8. Experts say that mortgage rates may soon hit bottom (Source: USA TODAY)
I 9. Teacher A get the test scores of students for grading.
I 10. Teacher B used PPT since it has increased the Math scores of her students.

CHECK YOUR PROGRESS: 2 Classify each as nominal-level, ordinal-level,

interval-level, or ratio-level measurement.

Ordinal-level 1. Pages in the 25 best-selling mystery novels.

Interval-level 2. Rankings of golfers in a tournament.
Interval-level 3. Temperatures inside 10 pizza ovens.
Ratio-level 4. Weights of selected cell phones.
Ratio-level 5. Salaries of the coaches in the NFL.
Ratio-level 6. Times required to complete a chess game.
Interval-level 7. Ratings of textbooks (poor, fair, good, excellent).
Ratio-level 8. Number of amps delivered by battery charges.
Ratio-level 9. Ages of children in a day care center.
Nominal-level 10. Categories of magazines in a physician’s office (sports, women’s,
health, news, etc.).

CHECK YOUR PROGRESS: 3 Classify each variable as qualitative or quantitative.

Qualitative 1. Marital status in nurses in a hospital.
Quantitative 2. Time it takes to run a marathon.
Quantitative 3. Weights of lobsters in a tank in a restaurant.
Qualitative 4. Colors of automobiles in a shopping center parking lot.
Quantitative 5. Ounces of ice cream in a large milkshake.
Quantitative 6. Capacity of the NFL football stadiums.
Quantitative 7. Ages of people living in a personal care home.
Quantitative 8. Math scores.
Qualitative 9. Acceptability level of games in class (most acceptable, acceptable, not
acceptable).
Qualitative 10. Students preference of teaching strategies.
CHECK YOUR PROGRESS: 4 Classify each variable as discrete or continuous.
Discrete 1. Number of pizza sold by Pizza Express each day.
Continuous 2. Relative humidity levels in operating rooms at local hospitals.
Discrete 3. Number of bananas in a bunch at several local supermarkets.
Continuous 4. Weights of the backpacks of first graders on a school bus.
Continuous 5. Blood pressures of runners in a marathon.

CHECK YOUR PROGRESS: 5 Give the boundaries of each value.

1. 36 inches
= 35.95 inches, 36.05 inches

2. 105.4 miles
= 105.35 miles, 105.45 miles

3. 72.6 tons
= 72.55 miles, 72.65 miles

4. 5.27 centimeters
= 5.22 centimeters, 5.32 centimeters

5. 5 ounces
= 4.95 ounces, 5.05 ounces