WORKSHEET 1: INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICS

Name: ________________________________________________ Section: ______ Date: _________________________

TEST I: Beside each item, write D if the given situation involves the use of descriptive statistics and I if the it involves
the use of inferential statistics.
_____ 1. The manager of a department store records the number of buying customer daily for eight consecutive
weeks and then estimates the average number of buying customers for the following weeks.
_____ 2. An instructor ranks his students according to their average grades.
_____ 3. A basketball fan computes for the shooting average of his favorite players during the last NBA season.
_____ 4. A mathematics teacher employs one teaching technique in one class and another teaching technique in
another class and then gives the same examination. Using the results, he determines which technique is more
effective.
_____ 5. The market researcher of a manufacturing company constructs a graph showing the fluctuations in sales for
a major product line during the last five years.
TEST II. Identify the population of study and variable of interest in the following statements.
1. The dean of a certain college would like to determine the average weekly allowance of BS Computer Science
students.
Population: _________________________________________________________________________________
Variable of Interest: __________________________________________________________________________
2. The head librarian would like to identify the book/s commonly read by XYZ University.
Population: _________________________________________________________________________________
Variable of Interest: __________________________________________________________________________
TEST III. Given the following variables, check the space provided if the given variable is qualitative, quantitativediscrete or quantitative-continuous.
Variable
Qualitative
Quantitative-Discrete Quantitative-Continuous
1. Educational Attainment
2. Brand of Toothpaste
3. ID Number
4. IQ score
5. Time required repairing TV (in min)
6. Political affiliation
7. Speed of cars
8. Place of residence
9. Weight of a package
10. Number of years in School

Test IV. Given the following variables, check the space provided if the given variable is under the nominal, ordinal,
interval or ratio level of measurement.
Variable
Nominal
Ordinal
Interval
Ratio
1. Educational Attainment
2. Brand of Toothpaste
3. ID Number
4. IQ score
5. Time required repairing TV (in min)
6. Political affiliation
7. Speed of cars
8. Place of residence
9. Weight of a package
10. Number of years in School
Test V. Write N if the given variable is under nominal level, O for ordinal, I for interval and R for ratio.
Variable
1. The time required to produce each tire on an assembly line.
2. The number of quarts of milk a family drinks in a month
3. The ranking of four machines in your plant after they have been designated as excellent,
good, satisfactory and poor
4. The telephone area code of clients in the United States
5. The age of each of your employees
6. The dollar sales at the local pizza shop each month
7. An employees identification number
8. The response time of an emergency unit
9. The ranking of a company
10. The number of tickets sold at a movie theater on any given night

Answer

TEST VI. Determine the appropriate sampling techniques for the following research endeavors. Write SRS for Simple
Random Sampling, SYS for Systematic Sampling, STS for Stratified Sampling, CS for Cluster Sampling and PS for
purposive sampling.
______________ 1. Students response on effectiveness of the trimestral system of La Salle schools
______________ 2. Does smoking increase high-blood pressure?
______________ 3. Relationship between Math and Science grades of students in the Philippines
______________ 4. Fast-food chain preference of CSB and DLSU students according to year-level
______________ 5. Satisfaction Rating of SSS customers regarding SSS employees transaction handling every
Mondays.
Test VII. Write DCP if the given research title is a descriptive-comparative research. Otherwise, write DCR if it is
descriptive-correlational.
______________ 1. On the choice of college course and parental guidance of DLSU SHS students
______________ 2. On the study habits of DLSU and Ateneo students
______________ 3. Which is better in terms of services: Jollibee or McDonalds?
______________ 4. On the effects of smoking in sleeping habits
______________ 5. On the effectiveness of teambuilding seminars on the performance of employees