Semillano, Marvin D.

– MED Mathematics, Kabankalan Center

EXERCISE
Identify the population and variable of the study.

1. What is the mean number of calories do Filipino men and women consume per day in the month of
June 2021?
Population : Filipino men and women
Variables : Number of calories

2. What are the most important factors that influence the career choices of USLS graduate students in
the A.Y. 2021 – 2022.
Population : USLS graduate students in the A.Y. 2021 –
2022 Variables : Factors that influence the career choices

3. What proportion of male and female USLS students of the 1st semester A.Y. 2021 – 2022 use the top
5 social networks?
Population : Male and female USLS students of the first semester in A.Y. 2021-
2022 Variables : Top 5 Social Networks

REVIEW EXERCISES
1. Classify each variable using the appropriate terms from the following list: Qualitative, Continuous,
Discrete.

a.) weight (in grams) of tomatoes at a grocery store

- Continuous
b.) number of times person checks their e-mail per day.
- Discrete
c.) political party. If any, that a person voted for in the last provincial election.
- Qualitative
d.) voter participation in past federal elections, as a percentage.
- Discrete
e.) daily Temperature (in degrees Fahrenheit) for last August.
- Continuous
f.) letter grades (A, B, C, D, or F) that an English 100 class received on their essays.
- Qualitative

EXERCISE (LEARNING TASK 2.1)

1. Classify each sample as simple, systematic, stratified, or cluster

a. In a large school district, all teachers from two buildings are interviewed to determine whether they
believe the students have less homework to do ow than in previous years.
- Simple
 b. Every seventh customer entering a shopping mall is asked to select his or her favorite store.
- Systematic

c. Rank and file employees are selected using random number in order to determine annual salaries.
- Cluster

d. Mail carriers of a large city are divided into four groups according to gender and according to
whether they walk or ride on their routes. Then 10 are selected from each group and interviewed
to determine whether they have been bitten by a dog in the last year.
- Stratified

2. The following are the numbers of hospitals located in 20 cities:

3, 5, 8, 5, 2, 4, 6, 9, 5, 7, 3, 1, 2, 8, 3, 5, 5, 10, 7, and 6

List the four possible systematics samples of size n=5 that can be selected from this list by starting with
one of the first four numbers and then taking each fourth number on the list.

a) Starting at 3, the samples will be {𝟑, 𝟐. 𝟓, 𝟐, 𝟓}

b) Starting at 5, the samples will be {𝟓, 𝟒, 𝟕, 𝟖, 𝟏𝟎}
c) Starting at 8, the samples will be {𝟖, 𝟔, 𝟑, 𝟑, 𝟕}
d) Starting at 5, the samples will be {𝟓, 𝟗, 𝟏, 𝟓, 𝟔}

3. A company has a total of 360 employees in four different categories:

CATEGORIES EMPLOYEES SAMPLE (n)

Managers 36 2
Drivers 54 3
Administrative staff 90 5
Production staff 180 10
N = 360 n = 20

How many from each category should be included in a sample of 20?

Managers= 36
𝑁𝑜.𝑜𝑓 𝑀𝑎𝑛𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑟𝑠
𝑁 ∙𝑛 = ∙ 20 = 𝟐 managers
360
Drivers= 𝑁𝑜.𝑜𝑓 𝐷𝑟𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠 54
∙ 20 = 𝟑 drivers
𝑁 ∙ 𝑛= 360
Administrative staff= 𝑁𝑜.𝑜𝑓 𝐴𝑑𝑖𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑓𝑓 90
∙ 20 = 𝟓 administrative staff
𝑁 ∙𝑛 = 360
Production staff= 𝑁𝑜.𝑜𝑓 𝑃𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑓𝑓 360∙
180
20 = 𝟏𝟎 production staff
∙𝑛
=
𝑁

Therefore, the sample of 20 will include 2 Manager employees, 3 Driver employees, 5

Administrative staff employees and 10 Production staff employees.