Orrega, Beverly Bea D.

BSHM 3D

Statistics: Activity 1

Introduction to Statistics

Answer the following:

A. Classify whether the following situations will make use of descriptive or inferential statistics.
Write your answer before the number.

Descriptive Statistics1. A sari-sari store owner computes her daily sales.

Descriptive Statistics2. A mother recorded their monthly expenses.

Inferential Statistics 3. A psychologist investigates if there is a significant relationship between

the size of the head and the IQ score.

Descriptive Statistics 4. The secretary of department posted the list of students who qualified for
dean’s lister.

Inferential Statistics 5. A psychometrician studies whether there is a significant difference

between the grade of students who watch anime and who did not watch anime.

B. Tell whether the following is quantitative or qualitative data:

Qualitative 1. Civil Status

Qualitative 2. Color of the eyes

Quantitative 3. Number of bags

Qualitative 4. Military ranks

Quantitative 5. Suicide rates

Qualitative 6. Cellphone numbers

Quantitative 7. Age of teachers

Qualitative 8. Kinds of books

Quantitative 9. Income

Quantitative 10. Score in exam

C. Identify each of the following as discrete of continuous:

Continuous Variable1. Speed of tricycle

Continuous Variable2. Volume of water

Continuous Variable 3. Length of room

Discrete Variable 4. Number of books

Discrete Variable 5. Number of customers in a shop.

D. Determine the scale of measurement for each of the following

Nominal 1. Brand of bags Nominal 6. Language

Ratio 2. Weight Interval 7. Temperature

Nominal 3. Nationality Ordinal 8. Academic Rank

Nominal 4. Kinds of works Ratio 9. Distance

Nominal 5. Course of student Ratio 10. Average Salary

E. A researcher would like to investigate the perception of students of Psychology major about the
issue of suicide. He divided the population based on the year of the student

1. Use stratified random sampling if the sampling to be drawn consists of 500 students.
2. Compute for the sample size using Slovin’s formula with 5% of margin of error and use it
for construction of strata.

1.

Number of Students Percentage Number of the Student

in the sample
First Year 2,500 500/2500= 0.2 0.2 (500)= 100
Second Year 1,500 500/1500= 0.33 0.33(500)= 165
Third year 1,500 500/1500= 0.33 0.33(500)=165
Fourth Year 1,000 500/1000= 0.5 0.5 (500)= 250

Number of Students Percentage Number of the Student

in the sample
First Year 2,000 500/2000= 0.25 0.25(500)= 125
Second Year 1,500 500/1500=0.33 0.33(500)=165
Third Year 1,500 500/1500=0.33 0.33(500)=165
Fourth Year 1,000 500/1000=0.5 0.5(500)= 250
 2. Slovin Formula

1 2
2500/(1+(2500)(0.05)²) 2000/(1+(2000)(0.05)²)
2500/(1+(2500)(0.0025)) 2000/(1+(2000)(0.0025))
2500/(1+6.25) 2000/(1+5)
2500/7.25 2000/6
=344.83 =333.33
1500/(1+(1500)(0.05)²) 1500/(1+(1500)(0.05)²)
1500/(1+(1500)(0.0025)) 1500/(1+(1500)(0.0025))
1500/(1+3.75) 1500/(1+3.75)
1500/4.75 1500/4.75
=315.79 =315.79
1500/(1+(1500)(0.05)²) 1500/(1+(1500)(0.05)²)
1500/(1+(1500)(0.0025)) 1500/(1+(1500)(0.0025))
1500/(1+3.75) 1500/(1+3.75)
1500/4.75 1500/4.75
=315.79 =315.79
1000/(1+(1000)(0.05)²) 1000/(1+(1000)(0.05)²)
1000/(1+(1000)(0.0025)) 1000/(1+(1000)(0.0025))
1000/(1+2.5) 1000/(1+2.5)
1000/3.5 1000/3.5
=285.71 =285.71