ITMTE.

SIARGAO ISLAND INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Dapa, Siargao Islands, Surigao del Norte

STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY

Chapter Quiz

NAME
1- DIRECTION: Read the following statement. Choose the letter ofthe correct
answer. 2 points each item.

1. Which of the following variables is not categorical?

a. Gender
b. Age
C. Eye color
d. Marital status

2. Which of the following is not a method of data collection?

a. Questionnaires
b. Interviews
c. Observations
d. Textual

3. Which of the following is not a method of presenting data?

a. Questionnaires
b. Tabular method
C. Graphical method
d. Textual method

4. What is the process of drawing a sample population?

a. Sampling
b. Census
C. Survey
d. Research

5. A number calculated with complete population data and quantifiesa

characteristics of the population refers to:

a. A datum
b. A statistic
C. A parameter
d. A population
6. Which of the following term best describes data that were originally collected
by different person for a different purpose?

a. Primary data
 b Secondary data
c Experimental data
d Raw data

7 Which of the following statements are true

Quantitative variables can be continuous variables

Categonical variables are the same as qualitative variables
Categonical variables are the same as quantitative variables

only
b land Il only
c land l only
d ll and l only

8 Which of the following is not a form of non random sampling?

a Purposive sampling
b Quota sampling
C Convenience sampling
d Systematic sampling
9 Which of the following would generally require the largest sample size?

Simple random sampling

b Systematic sampling
c Cluster sampling
d Stratified samplin9
caled
10.A summary measures calculated for the population data is
An outlier
b. A sample statistic
c. A population parameter
d A sample parameter

11 A population in statistic means a portion ofthe

a. Ages
Men and women

C. Subjects or objects of interest

d People living in a countryy
12 A sample in statistics means a portion of the

Population of interest
b Sample of interest
C. Selected from the population of a country
d Selected from the population of an area

13. The scence of statistics is/are which of the following

 a Organizing data
b Presenting data
Interpreting data
d A. B and C

14 A qualitative vaniable

a Is not numeric
b. Always refer to a sample
c. Has only two possible outcomes
d. Both A and B

15 Which of the following would require the smallest sample size because of the
efficiency?
a. Simple random sampling
b. Systematic sampling
C. Cluster sampling
d. Stratified sampling

16. In descriptive statistics our main objective is to

a. Compute an average
b. Describe the population
C. Describe the data collected
d. Infer something about the population

17.A discrete variable

a. Cannot be negative
b. Is an example of a qualitative variable
Can assume only whole number values
Can assume only certain separated values.

18.A sampling method when each member of a population has an equally likely
chance of being selected

a. Purposive sampling
b. Quota sampling
C. Non random sampling
d. Random sampling

19.In a
study, the following variables
were measured on each respondent
gender, weight, height. The scale of these three variables are

a. Nominal, ordinal, interval

b. Nominal, ordinal, ratio
C. Nominal, interval, interval
d Nominal, ratio, ratio
20. Determining the sample interval (represented by k) randomly selecting a
number where between 1 and k, and including each kth element in your
sample are the steps for which form of sampling?

a. Simple random sampling

b. Systematic sampling
C. Cluster sampling
d. Stratified sampling

21.Ifa researcher took the 300 government employees, divided them by gender,
and then took a random sample of males and random sampling ofthe
females, the variable on which we would divide the population is called

a. Dependent variable
b. Independent variable
C. Sampling variable
d. Stratification variable

22. Which of the will give more "accurate" representation of the population from
which a sample has been taken?

a. A small cluster sample.

b. A large sample based on simple random sampling.
C. A small based on simple random sampling
d. A large sample based on purposive sampling
ACTIVITY1

1. Identify which of the following questions are answerable using a statistical process.
a. What is a typical size of a Filipino family?
b. How many hours in a day?
c. How old is the oldest man residing in the Philippines?
d. Is planet Mars bigger than planet Earth?
e. What is the average wage rate in the country?
f. Would Filipinos prefer eating bananas rather than apple?
8 How long did you sleep last night?
h. How much a newly-hired public school teacher in NCR eans in a month?
i. How tall is a typical Filipino?
j.Did you eat your breakfast today?
2. For each of the identified questions in Number 1 that are answerable using a statistical process,
describe the activities involved in the process.

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ACTIVITY2

requested all teachers of a particular school to fill up a

1. A market researcher company
to their product market study. The following are some of the
questionnaire in relation
information supplied by the teachers:

Highest educational attainment

Predominant hair color

Body temperature
Civil status
Brand of laundry soap being used
Total household expenditures last month in pesos

Number of children in the household

Number of hours standing in queque while waiting to be served by a bank teller

Amount spent on rice last week by the household

Distance travelled by the teacher in going to school

Time (in hours) consumed on Facebook on a particular day
a. If we are to consider the collection of information gathered through the completed

questionnaire, what is the universe for this data set?

b. Which of the variables are qualitative? Which are quantitative? Among the quantitative
variables, classify them further as diserete orcontinuous
highest educational attainment

predominant color
body temperature
civil status
brand of laundry soap being used
total household expenditures last month in pesos
number of children ina household
number of hours standing in queque while waiting to be served by a teler
amount spent on rice last week by a household

distance travelled by the teacher in going to school

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 consumed on Facebook on
particular day
time (in hours) variables identified in (b))
be observed from the
Give at least two populations that could

all buildings in their locality. If you

2. The Engineering Department of a big city did a listing of
characteristics of these building,
are planning to gather the
What is the universe of this data
collection activity?
a.
observe? It would also be better if you
could classify
the crucial variables to
b. What are
the
qualitative quantitative. Furthermore, classify
the variables as to whether it is
or

discrete or continuous.
quantitative variable as a

certain school in conducted. The survey questionnaire details the

3. A survey of student in a

identify whether the

information of the following variables. For each of these variables,
state whether it is discrete or
variable is qualitative or quantitative, and if the latter,
continuous.
a. Number of family members who are working

b. Ownership of a cell phone among family members

owned per month
c. Length (in minutes) of longest call made of each cell phone
d. Ownership/rental of dwelling

e. Amount spent in pesos on food in one week

f. Occupation of household head

g. Total family income

h. Number of years of schooling of each family member
i. Access of family members to social media
. Amount of time last week spent by each family member using internet
 ACTIVITY3

1. Using the data of a teachers in a particular school gathered by a market researcher

company, identify the level of measurement for each of the following variable.
Highest educational attainment
Predominant hair color
Body temperature
Civil status
Brand of laundry soap being used

Total household expenditures last month in pesos

Number of children in a household

Number of hours standing in queque while waiting to be served by a bank teller

Amount spent on rice last week by a household

Distance travelled by the teacher in goingto school
Time (in hours) consumed on Facebook on a particular day

2. The following variables are included in a survey conducted among students in a certain
school. Identify the level of measurement for each of the variables.

a. number of family members who are working

b. ownership of a cell phone among family members

c. length (in minutes) of longest call made on each cell phone owned per month
d. ownership/rental of dwelling

e. amount spent in pesos on food in one week

f.occupation of household head
g. total family income
h. number of years of schooling of each family member
i. access of family members to social media
j. amount of time last week spent by each family member using the internet
3. In the following, identify the data collection method used and the type ofresulting data.
a. the website of Philippine Airlines provides a questionnaire instrument that can be
answered electronically.
b. The latest series of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) generated by the Philippine
Statistics Authority was downloaded from PSA website.

c. A reporter recorded the number of minutes to travel from one end to another of the

Metro Manila Rail Transit (MRT) during peak and off-peak hours.
d. Students getting the height of the plants using a meter stick.

e. PSA enumerated conducting the Labor Force Survey goes around the country to

interview household head on employment-related variables.