ANSWER 1

1. Marital status of respondents interviewed – qualitative,nominal,discrete

2. Height of students in a physical education class –quantitative,ordinal,continous
3. Types of book borrowed by students in a library – qualitative,nominal,discrete
4. Citizenship of foreign workers in Malaysia – qualitative,nominal,discrete
5. Average income for all families in Selangor – quantitative,ordinal,continous

ANSWER 2

Number of Tally Frequency (f) Relative Percentage Cumulative

patients frequency (%) frequency
(F)
6 ‫׀׀׀‬ 3 10.71 10.71 3
7 ‫׀׀׀׀‬ 4 14.29 14.29 7
12
8 ‫׀׀׀׀‬ 5 17.86 17.86
15
9 ‫׀׀׀‬ 3 10.71 10.71 18
10 ‫׀׀׀‬ 3 10.71 10.71 22
25
11 ‫׀׀׀׀‬ 4 14.29 14.29
26
12 ‫׀׀׀‬ 3 10.71 10.71 26
13 ‫׀‬ 1 3.57 3.57 28
14 0 0.00 0.00
15 ‫׀׀‬ 2 7.14 7.14

Total 28 100 100

ANSWER 3
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There are three measures of central tendency. State these three measures and give appropriate
examples to explain its advantages and disadvantages.

Measures of central Mean Mode Median

tedency
Mean: But it is easily is the most frequently is the mid point of
is typically the best affected by any occurring point in data when it is
measure of central extreme value/outlier. data. It is best for arranged in order. It
tendency because it Note that Mean can nominal data set in is typically when the
takes all values into only be defined on which both median data set has extreme
account. interval and ratio and mode are values or is skewed
level of measurement undefined. Note that in some
mode is defined on direction. Note that
nominal, ordinal, median is defined on
interval and ratio ordinal, interval and
level of measurement ratio level of
measurement

ANSWER 4

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 a. Variance.
=101.58

b. Standard deviation.
=10.08

ANSWER 5

As the shape of normal curve is fixed or standard, we can easily know the percentage of
scores above or below certain point. To put itanother way, in a normal curve, 50% of the
scores are below the mean, where half of the scores are below the mean in any symmetrical
distribution. Furthermore, as shown in figure above, 1 standard deviation (0 to ±1) consist
34% of the scores, 2 standard deviations (0 to ±2) show 48% of the scores, and 3 standrd
deviations (0 to ±3) consist of 50%.

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