Indicate which level of measurement is being used in the given example

below:
1. Places from where students are travelling 1. Nominal
2. Students’ scores on a biology test 2. Ratio
3. Number of cars 3. Ratio
4. Calendar year 4. Interval
5. Amount of calories in a Yogurt 5. Ratio
6. Color of lipstick available in store 6. Nominal
7. Shoe sizes 7. O/I/R
8. Height 8. Ratio
9. Birthplace 9. Nominal
10. ZIP code 10. Nominal
11. Arranging the shirt sizes as small, medium and large 11. Ordinal
12. Top 10 greatest movies of all time 12. Ordinal
13. Most expensive cars for 2017 13. Ratio
14. Jersey numbers for each of the players 14. Nominal
15. Birth year of students in ASC 15. Interval
A survey of students in a certain school is conducted. The survey questionnaire details the information on
the following variables. Identify whether the variable is qualitative or quantitative (discrete or continuous).
1) number of family members who are working
(quantitative: discrete)
2) ownership of a cell phone among family members
(qualitative)
3) length (in minutes) of longest call made on each cell phone owned per month
(quantitative: continuous)
4) ownership/rental of dwelling
(qualitative)
5) amount spent in pesos on food in one week
(quantitative: discrete)
6) occupation of household head
(qualitative)
7) total family income
(quantitative: discrete)
8) number of years of schooling of each family member
(quantitative: discrete)
9) access of family members to social media
(qualitative)
10)amount of time last week spent by each family member using the internet
(quantitative: continuous)
 Exploring
RANDOM VARIABLE
RANDOM VARIABLE
• is a function that associates a numerical value with every outcome of
an experiment.
• Its domain is a sample space and its range is some set of real
numbers.
• Denoted by a capital letter (X, Y, Z)
In some experiments such as:
➢ Tossing a coin three times;
➢ Rolling a dice twice; and
➢ Drawing two balls in a box.
Example 1:
Suppose two coins are tossed. Let 𝑿 be random variable
representing the number of heads that occur. Find the values of the
random variable 𝑿.

POSSIBLE 𝑿
H H OUTCOMES (number of heads)

H T
HH 2
HT 1
T H
TH 1
T T
TT 0

𝑿 = {𝟎, 𝟏, 𝟐}
Example 2:
Suppose THREE coins are tossed. Let 𝒀 be random variable
representing the number of tails that occur. Find the values of the random
variable 𝒀. POSSIBLE 𝒀
OUTCOMES (number of tails)
HHH 0
HHT 1
HTH 1
HTT 2
THH 1
THT 2
TTH 2
TTT 3
𝒀 = {𝟎, 𝟏, 𝟐, 𝟑}
Example 3:
Two balls are drawn in succession without
replacement from a box containing 5 red balls and 6 blue
balls. Let 𝒁 be random variable representing the number
of blue balls. Find the values of the random variable 𝒁.
𝒁
POSSIBLE OUTCOMES
(number of BLUE BALLS)
RR 0
RB 1
BR 1
BB 2
𝒁 = {𝟎, 𝟏, 𝟐}
Example 4:
Two fair dice are rolled at the same time. If a random variable 𝑿 denotes
the sum of the numbers in the dice, what are the possible values of 𝑿?

𝑿 = {𝟐, 𝟑, 𝟒, 𝟓, 𝟔, 𝟕, 𝟖, 𝟗, 𝟏𝟎, 𝟏𝟏, 𝟏𝟐}

Example 5:
Write all the possible values/outcomes of each random variable.
a) 𝑿:Number of even number outcomes in a roll of a die.

𝑿 = {𝟐, 𝟒, 𝟔}

b) 𝒀:Weight (in mg) of powder that does not exceed 80 mg.

𝟎 𝒎𝒈 ≤ 𝒀 ≤ 𝟖𝟎 𝒎𝒈

c) 𝒁:Scores of student in a 10-item test.

𝑿 = {𝟎, 𝟏, 𝟐, 𝟑, 𝟒, 𝟓, 𝟔, 𝟕, 𝟖, 𝟗, 𝟏𝟎}
d) 𝑷 :Product of two numbers taken from two boxes containing
numbers 1 to 3.

× 1 2 3

1 1 2 3

2 2 4 6

3 3 6 9

𝑷 = {𝟏, 𝟐, 𝟑, 𝟒, 𝟔, 𝟗}
 ½ crosswise

𝑷: Product of two numbers taken from two

boxes containing numbers 0 to 5.