EXAMINATION # 1

Name: _____________________________ Rating: __________________________

Course: ____________________________ School: __________________________

I. State whether each of the following situation / condition talks about descriptive statistics or inferential
statistics.

__________ 1. The percentage gain of a certain company for the last three years.
__________ 2. The total number of shoppers at SM Megamall for the last 7 days.
__________ 3. The common sizes of shoes bought every weekends for the last 4 months.
__________ 4. The average sales of the three companies for the last 2 years.
__________ 5. Comparison of shoppers’ behavior by their income level.
__________ 6. Sex in relation to the productivity of employees.
__________ 7. The temperature in Baguio City for the last 3 weeks every 12 o’clock noon.
__________ 8. The daily net income of a tricycle driver for the last 10 days.
__________ 9. The effect of oil price hike to the consumers.
__________ 10. The height of 25 applicants at the Philippine Airlines.
__________ 11. Number of employees who are on vacation during December.
__________ 12. Corporate sales for 1995 to 2005.
__________ 13. The impact of advertising on various market segments.
__________ 14. Predicting the population of students enrolled in the distance education by the end of
2005.
__________ 15. Total number of students enrolled for the last 10 years in the Business Administration
program.

II. State whether each of the following is a quantitative or qualitative data.

__________ 1. Brand of toothpaste.

__________ 2. Students’ class section
__________ 3. Height of trees
__________ 4. Number of participants in the seminar
__________ 5. Number of pages in a book
__________ 6. Weight of 15 basketball players
__________ 7. Prices of food in the cafeteria
__________ 8. Sizes of shoes in Marikina
__________ 9. Percentage of alcohol of 10 Local Wines
__________ 10. Distance traveled by a lecturer

III. Identify whether each of the following is discrete or continuous.

__________ 1. Age of 50 employees

__________ 2. Winners in the lottery
__________ 3. Weight of 80 samples of Quezo de Bola
__________ 4. Number of letters in 2 pages of the book
__________ 5. Time it takes to cook lunch
__________ 6. Height of 11 applicants in garment factory
__________ 7. Scores in the examination
__________ 8. Temperature in the poultry for the last ten hours
__________ 9. Sacks of palay harvested for the last month
__________ 10. Floor area of the condominium

IV. State whether each of the following is a nominal, ordinal, interval or ratio.

__________ 1. Educational attainment of 50 farmers

__________ 2. Places in the beauty contest
__________ 3. Prizes in the competition
__________ 4. Attitude towards birth control
__________ 5. Grades in Statistics class
__________ 6. Color of the Eyes of 10 foreigners
__________ 7. The number of face cards in the deck
__________ 8. The decision of the Court Judge
__________ 9. The scent of perfume
__________ 10. Status of Faculty members in the Business Administration Department