Makati Science Technological Institute of the Philippines

College of Psychology
Prelim Examination
nd
2 Semester – School Year 2022 – 2023

Statistical Psychology (STATPSY)

General Instructions
1. The examination consists of Objective Type Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) carefully designed to help you
assess your comprehension of the information presented on the topics covered in the discussion.
2. You will be using the separate answer sheet to input your answers. Please read each question carefully and shade
the corresponding letter of your choice based on the information covered on the topics from previous discussions.
3. The total score for the examination is based on your correct responses to all questions.
4. Follow all directions carefully.
5. Only use a pencil, and do not fold or mutilate the answer sheet in any way that might result in a failure of checking.

The following actions are STRICTLY PROHIBITED.

1. Having resource materials nearby like notebooks, reviewers, or books, and,
2. Allowing other individuals to interfere during your exam.
3. Using mobile devices/smartphones, other web browsers, software applications, during the exam.
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1. It is a number calculated on population data that 7. "Number of teachers in a school" is an example of

quantifies a characteristic of the population which type of variable?
A. Statistic A. Dependent variable
B. Parameter B. Independent variable
C. Independent variable C. Discrete variable
D. Dependent variable D. Continuous variable

2. Which of the following stands for summation? 8. The average prelim exam scores of all 2nd year
A. σ students in MSTIP' is an example of:
B. μ A. Parameter
C. ∑ B. Statistic
D. X̅ C. Both A and B
D. Neither A and B
3. The average value of a sample set of scores is
called 9. Most of the scores occur at the higher values of the
A. Statistic horizontal axis and the curve tails off toward the
B. Parameter lower end, this describes a _______________.
C. Independent variable A. Positive skew
D. Dependent variable B. Negative skew
C. Normal curve
4. It is the complete set of individuals, objects, or D. Symmetrical distribution
scores that the investigator is interested in
studying. 10. A curve is symmetrical if when folded in half the
A. Sample two sides coincide
B. Data A. True
C. Variable B. False
D. Population
11. The data as originally measured are often referred
5. It is any property or characteristic of some event, to as
object, or person that may have different values at A. Cut score
different times depending on the conditions. B. Empirical score
A. Population C. Discrete
B. Data D. Raw score
C. Sample
D. Variable 12. It is the variable that is systematically manipulated
in an experiment
6. Involves techniques that use the obtained sample A. Discrete variable
data to infer to populations. B. Continuous variable
A. Descriptive Statistics C. Independent variable
B. Inferential Statistics D. Dependent variable
C. True Experiments
D. Placebo 13. The sudden idea that often seems to occur after
conscious reasoning has failed
 A. Scientific Method A. Absolute 0
B. Data B. Significant
C. Hypothesis C. Equal Intervals
D. Intuition D. Magnitude

14. It uses reasoning alone for establishing truth 23. What do we call a distribution that has two modes?
A. Authority A. Unimodal
B. Intuition B. Bimodal
C. Rationalism C. Trimodal
D. Scientific Method D. Multimodal

15. In doing research for a school program, a 24. It is the property of “moreness”.
researcher reports on the number of students in A. Magnitude
each year level. This reporting on the number of B. Equal Intervals
students per year level is best described as which C. Absolute 0
type of variable? D. All of the above
A. Continuous variable
B. Discrete variable 25. What is the mode: 6, 2, 9, 3, 7, 6, 3, 9, 6
C. Independent variable A. 3
D. Dependent variable B. 6
C. 7
16. It is the most frequent score in the distribution D. 9
A. Arithmetic mean
B. Median 26. The mean is sensitive to extreme scores.
C. Mode A. True
D. Range B. False

17. Much anthropological and etiological research is of 27. The Celsius scale is an example of ___________.
this type A. Nominal scales
A. Behavioral observation B. Ordinal scales
B. Naturalistic observation C. Interval Scales
C. Case study D. Ratio Scales
D. Parameter estimation research
28. The sum of the scores divided by the number of
18. Public opinion polls are examples of which type of scores.
research? A. Arithmetic mean
A. Correlation B. Median
B. Behavioral observation C. Mode
C. Parameter estimation research D. Range
D. Naturalistic observation
29. The value on the measurement scale below which a
19. In this type of research, an attempt is made to specified percentage of the scores in the
determine whether changes in one variable cause distribution fall
changes in another variable. A. Cumulative frequency distribution
A. Correlation B. Relative f
B. Case study C. Percentile
C. True experiment D. Percentile rank
D. Observational studies
30. The difference between the highest and lowest
20. It gives the average dispersion about the mean of scores in the distribution
the distribution A. Mean
A. Range B. Standard deviation
B. Standard deviation C. Variance
C. Variance D. Range
D. z-Score
31. When grouping scores, assigning a class interval is
21. What is the mean: 8, 6, 13, 12, 11 not necessary
A. 6 A. True
B. 13 B. False
C. 11
D. 10 32. The percentage of scores with values lower than
the score in question.
22. It is obtained when nothing of the property being A. Cumulative frequency distribution
measured exists. B. Percentile
 C. Percentile rank B. The median is the centermost score if the
D. Relative f number of scores is odd.
C. Both A and B are true
33. What is the range: 3, 9, 2, 10, 3, 6, 4, 5 D. None of the above
A. 2
B. 4 43. It is a type of scale in which the numbers on the
C. 6 scale represent rank orderings, rather than raw
D. 8 score magnitudes.
A. Nominal Scales
34. What is the median: 5, 8, 3, 6, 10, 4, 12 B. Ordinal Scales
A. 5.5 C. Interval Scales
B. 6 D. Ratio Scales
C. 7
D. 6.5 44. Among the measures of central tendency, the mean
is least subject to sampling variation
35. The scale that has the property of equal intervals A. True
but not absolute zero point. B. False
A. Nominal scales
B. Ordinal scales 45. All of the following are measures of variability,
C. Interval Scales except _________.
D. Ratio Scales A. Standard deviation
B. Mean
36. It indicates the percentage of scores that fall below C. Variance
the upper real limit of each class interval. D. Range
A. Grouped frequency distribution
B. Relative frequency distribution 46. The number of employees at a Starbucks is best
C. Cumulative percentage distribution described as what kind of variable?
D. Cumulative frequency distribution A.Independent
B. Dependent
37. It is the lowest level of measurement scale and is C. Discrete
most often used with variables that are qualitative D. Continuous
in nature rather than quantitative.
A. Nominal scales 47. A curve that is skewed to the left would indicate
B. Ordinal scales that
C. Interval Scales A. More students got high scores than low
D. Ratio Scales scores
B. More students got low scores than high
38. Xi or the ith score does not vary in a distribution scores
A. True C. More students got scores closer to the
B. False average
D. Both A and B
39. It presents the score values and their frequency of
occurrence 48. In most businesses and organizations, employees
A. Frequency must be ranked according to performance in order
B. Frequency distribution to identify those who qualify for promotion. This
C. Summation ranking can be considered as a/an _________ scale
D. Percentiles A. Nominal
B. Ordinal
40. All of the following are measures of central C. Interval
tendency, except ______________. D. Ratio
A. Range
B. Mode 49. Type of variable that theoretically can have an
C. Mean infinite number of values between adjacent units
D. Median on the scale.
A. Independent
41. Standard deviation is stable with regard to B. Dependent
sampling variation C. Discrete
A. True D. Continuous
B. False
50. The Scientific Method uses ______________.
42. Which is true about the median? A. Intuition
A. The median is the average of the two B. Reasoning
centermost scores if the number is even C. Both A and B
D. Neither A nor B
51-70: SUMMATION 71-85: FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION
Given the data set below, answer the following Given the data set below, answer the following
questions (Show your computation and write it on the questions (Show your computation and write it on the
back part of this test paper). back part of this test paper).

GIVEN: DATA SET:

X1 = 15, X2 = 9, X3 = 20, X4 = 17, 5, 10, 8, 9, 7, 15, 11, 8, 14, 16, 25, 18, 8, 22, 6,
X5 = 23, X6 = 14, 10, 20, 23, 6, 12
  Approximate Class Interval = 4

51-53: Find 71-72: What is the range?

A. 15
A. 84 B. 5
B. 44 C. 20
C. 61 D. 25
D. 98
73-74: What is the width of each class interval?
A. 4
54-56: Find B. 5
C. 6
D. 8
A. 74
B. 69 75-77: How many scores (frequency of scores)
C. 84 fall under the first class interval?
D. 98 A. 1
B. 3
C. 8
57-60: Find D. 7

A. 116 78-80: How many scores (frequency of scores)

B. 127 fall under the second class interval?
C. 134 A. 5
D. 148 B. 3
C. 7
D. 2
61-65: Find
81-85: Compute for the RELATIVE
A. 7056 FREQUENCY of the given problem (Write your
B. 9604 answers in the space below)
C. 1720
D. 3721 ANSWER:

66-70: Find

A. 7056
B. 9604
C. 1720
D. 3721
86-100: Measures of Central Tendency and FORMULAS:
Variability
Range = H-L
PROBLEM:
A psychologist studies the dating habits of college
students. 10 students were included as samples in
the study and the following scores are recorded:
1, 12, 5, 4, 5, 10, 3, 5, 6, 9

Based on the problem above, Compute the

following: (Show your computation and write it on the
back part of this test paper).

86-87. What is the mean?

A. 6
B. 5 Mean:
C. 5.8
D. 6.4

88-89: What is the median?

A. 4 Standard Deviation: (Deviation Method)
B. 5
C. 6
D. 7

90-91: What is the mode?

A. 4
B. 5
C. 6
D. 7

Standard Deviation: (Raw Score Method)

92-93: What is the range?
A. 10
B. 9
C. 6
D. 11

94-98: What is the standard deviation? Variance:

A. 2.46
B. 3.37
C. 4.12
D. 4.16

99-100: What is the variance?

A. 17.30
B. 6.05
C. 8.32
D. 11.33