Republic of the Philippines

Central Philippines State University

Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental 6111
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Name: MERRY JOY LANAJA MANDALUPE Date: March 3, 2020 Score: __________

PROBLEM SET #1
Direction: Answer the items below as indicated. Kindly write your solution neatly and comprehensively
in a separate sheet of paper.

A. For each of the following indicate whether the variable is quantitative or qualitative. If it is
quantitative, tell whether it discrete or continuous. Finally, state the level of measurement of each
of the given variable.
a. Weight of women (in cm) before they took the diet.
b. Province/City in the Philippines you were born.
c. Highest educational attainment of applicants like no education, elementary, secondary etc.
d. Sizes of shirts of Statistics students (i.e. XS, S, M, L, XL)
e. Number of accidents at a certain intersection in any week.

B. Determine whether the given value is a statistic or a parameter.

1. A sample of students selected, and the average age (years) is 20.7 years.
2. After checking computer records for every commercial movie made last year, the longest running time
is found to be 187 minutes.
3. All of the state governors are surveyed, and 30 of them found to be on the anti-admin group.
4. Sugar packs are randomly selected and the average content per pack is 3.647 grams.
5. 78% of the banks that were sampled are savings banks.

C. Classify the following statements as belonging to the area of descriptive statistics or statistical
inference.
1. As a result of recent cutbacks by the oil-producing nations, we can expect the price of gasoline to
double in the next year.
2. At least 5% of all fires reported last year in a certain city were deliberately set by arsonists.
3. Of all patients who have received this particular type of drug at a local clinic, 60% later developed
significant side effects.
4. Assuming that less than 20% of the coffee beans were destroyed by the last typhoon Yolanda, we
would expect an increase of no more than 30 cents for a kilogram of coffee by the end of the year.
5. As a result of a recent poll, most Filipinos are in favor of building additional nuclear power plants.

D. The average cost for student textbooks last semester was determined to be P285.00, based on an
enrolment of 2000 students. As a class project, a Statistics class polled 250 students and determined
the average cost of student textbooks to be P286.50.
1. Identify the population.
2. Identify the sample.
3. Identify a statistic.
4. Identify a parameter.

Statistical Methods/Educational Statistics CPSU- Graduate School

 Republic of the Philippines
Central Philippines State University
Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental 6111
Graduate School

Name: MERRY JOY LANAJA MANDALUPE Date: March 3, 2020 Score: __________

ANSWERS TO PROBLEM SET #1

A. For each of the following indicate whether the variable is quantitative or qualitative. If it is
quantitative, tell whether it discrete or continuous. Finally, state the level of measurement of
each of the given variable.
VARIABLE TYPE OF VARIABLE TYPE OF LEVEL OF
QUANTITATIVE MEASUREMENT
VARIABLE
1. Weight of women
(in cm) before they QUANTITATIVE CONTINUOUS INTERVAL
took the diet.
2. Province/City in
the Philippines you QUALITATIVE DISCREET NOMINAL
were born.
3. Highest
educational
attainment of QUALITATIVE DISCREET ORDINAL
applicants like no
education,
elementary,
secondary etc.
4. Sizes of shirts of
Statistics students QUALITATIVE DISCREET ORDINAL
(i.e. XS, S, M, L,
XL)
5. Number of
accidents at a QUANTITATIVE DISCREET RATIO
certain intersection
in any week.

B. Determine whether the given value is a statistic or a parameter.

1. A sample of students selected, and the average STATISTIC
age (years) is 20.7 years.
2. After checking computer records for every
commercial movie made last year, the PARAMETER
longest running time is found to be 187
minutes.
3. All of the state governors are surveyed, and PARAMETER
30 of them found to be on the anti-admin
group.
4. Sugar packs are randomly selected and the STATISTIC
average content per pack is 3.647 grams.
5. 78% of the banks that were sampled are STATISTICS
savings banks.
 Republic of the Philippines
Central Philippines State University
Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental 6111
Graduate School

C. Classify the following statements as belonging to the area of descriptive statistics or statistical
inference.
FIELDS OF STATISTICS
1. As a result of recent cutbacks by the oil-
producing nations, we can expect the price STATISTICAL INFERENCE.
of gasoline to double in the next year.
2. At least 5% of all fires reported last year in
a certain city were deliberately set by DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS
arsonists.
3. Of all patients who have received this
particular type of drug at a local clinic, DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS
60% later developed significant side
effects.
4. Assuming that less than 20% of the coffee
beans were destroyed by the last typhoon STATISTICAL INFERENCE.
Yolanda, we would expect an increase of
no more than 30 cents for a kilogram of
coffee by the end of the year.
5. As a result of a recent poll, most Filipinos
are in favor of building additional nuclear DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS
power plants.

D. The average cost for student textbooks last semester was determined to be P285.00, based on an
enrolment of 2000 students. As a class project, a Statistics class polled 250 students and
determined the average cost of student textbooks to be P286.50.

1. POPULATION 2000 STUDENTS

2. SAMPLE 250 STUDENTS

3. PARAMETER P285.00 BOOK COST

4. STATISTIC P286.50 BOOK COST