Name: ALYSSA V.
BACCAY Score: _______
Course/Year & Section: MAED MATH Date: _______
Exercise No. 1 S
Basic Concepts
1.1 Definition and Importance of Statistics
I. Classify the following statements as belonging to the area of descriptive statistics or
inferential statistics. Write DS for descriptive statistics and write IS for inferential statistics on
the space provided.
DS 1. Yesterday’s records show that twelve (12) students were absent due to A(H1N1)
virus.
IS 2. If the present trend continues, architects will construct more contemporary homes
than colonials in the next 3 years.
DS 3. In a certain city, juvenile delinquents were involved in 8% of all violence reported
last year.
DS 4. At least 30% of all new homes being built today are of a contemporary design.
IS 5. As a result of a recent poll, most Filipinos are in favor of finding employment
abroad.
DS 6. Philippines’ Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grows by 4.6% in 2002, 1.4 percentage
points higher than its 3.2% performance in 2001.
IS 7. The average grade of 10 students in English is 89.46%.
IS 8. Based from the present sales trend, it is expected that after two years, this year’s
sales will be doubled.
DS 9. All four provinces of ARMM are among the 10 poorest provinces in the Philippines
for 2002.
DS 10. During the period 1996 to 2002, unemployment rates among women are
consistently higher compared to men except in 1999 and 2000.
1.2 Definition of Some Basic Statistical Concepts
II. Identify the population, variable of interest and type of variable in the following: 1. The
dean of a certain college would like to determine the average weekly allowance of BS Nursing
students.
Population: the set of BS Nursing students
Variable: A = average weekly allowance
Type of Variable: Quantitative
2. The Urdaneta City University Guidance Office would like to conduct a survey on the preferred
courses of 4th year high school students in Urdaneta City.
Population: the set 4th year high school students
Variable: C = courses
Type of Variable: Qualitative
3. The dean of the College of Science would like to know the number of students who are
smoking.
Population: the set of students
Variable: S = smoking
Type of Variable: Qualitative
4. A survey by a group of students entitled “Dress Code” will be conducted to first year students
to determine the fashion preferences of these students.
Population: the set of first year students
Variable: F = fashion preferences
Type of Variable: Qualitative
5. Information will be collected to new voters for 2010 election to identify their opinion
regarding the politics in the Philippines.
Population: the set new voters
Variable: O = opinion
Type of Variable: Qualitative
6. From all students enrolled this semester, the Mathematics Department would like to know
how many students like mathematics.
Population: the set of all students enrolled
Variable: L = like mathematics
Type of Variable: Quantitative
7. A study to be conducted by an NGO would like to determine the Filipinos’ awareness about
the war against waste.
Population: the set of Filipinos’
Variable: A = awareness
Type of Variable: Qualitative
8. A group of students taking up Statistics conducted a study on the effect of boy-girl
relationship to the academic performance of the students.
Population: the set of students
Variable: A = academic performance
Type of Variable: Qualitative
9. The head librarian would like to identify the books read by UCU students.
Population: the set of UCU students
Variable: B = books read
Type of Variable: Quantitative
10. A statistics teacher would like to determine whether the number of
students in a class at the start of the semester can determine the number of
failures.
Population: the set of students
Variable: N = number of students in a class at the start of the semester can
determine the number of failures.
Type of Variable: Quantitative
II. Identify each statement as having discrete or continuous data. Write D for discrete
and C for continuous on the space provided.
D 1. Among 1,500,000 microcomputer chips made by a certain company, 2 are found to
be defective.
D 2. Yesterday’s records show that 25 students were absent.
D 3. Radar on EDSA indicated that the driver was going 150 kph when ticketed for
speeding.
C 4. The amount of time that a taxi driver spends yielding to individual pedestrians each
year is 2.367 seconds.
D 5. Upon completion of a diet and exercise program, Tony weighed 12.37 pounds less than
when he started the program.
D 6. As of November 2009, the population of Barangay San Jose is approximately
100,000.
C 7. The average daily water consumption of a person is 2.5 liters.
C 8. The distance from the town hall of Villasis to the city hall of Urdaneta is 10.23
kilometers.
D 9. There are hundreds of dialects present in the Philippines.
C 10. The width of the newest brand of cellular phone is 2.28.
III. Identify which of the following quantitative data would be represented by a discrete
variable or a continuous variable. Write DV for discrete variable and CV for continuous
variable.
DV 1. number of students
CV 2. time (in minutes) to finish an exam
CV 3. distance (in km) of school from place of residence
CV 4. length (in cm) of fish caught
CV 5. width of the newest brand of cellular phone
CV 6. percentage increase in enrolment this year
DV 7. number of enrollees
DV 8. Monthly income of 100 randomly selected persons at Urdaneta City
DV 9. Sum of points in tossing a pair of dice
DV 10. Lifetime (in yearsS) of televisions produced by SONY.
