2 Probability and Statistics
2 Probability and Statistics
TEST I: Encircle the letter of the correct answer: 7. You are conducting a survey of the people of the United Kingdom to find out how
popular the racket sports are. You randomly choose people to call, and make 1,000
(1-2) A survey will be given to 100 students randomly selected from the freshmen class at phone calls to people scattered across the country. In this study, what is the statistics
Palawan National School. term for the people in the U.K., and what is the statistics term for the people you
called?
1. What is the population?
a. Both the people of the U.K. and the people you called are population.
a. the 100 selected students b. The people of the U.K. are the population, and the people you called are the sample.
b. all freshmen at Palawan National School c. The people of the U.K. are the sample, and the people you called are the population.
c. all students at Palawan National School d. Both the people of the U.K. and the people you called are samples.
2. What is the sample? 8. You are conducting a study to see whether a new experimental medication will cause
a. the 100 selected students bald men to grow hair. You divide your patients into 2 groups. To one group you give
b. all freshmen at Palawan National School the medication. To the other group, you give a placebo. In this study, the correct
c. all students at Palawan National School terms for the taking of the medication and the growth of hair are the following.
a. Both the medication and the hair growth are dependent variables.
(3-4) Fifty bottles of water were randomly selected from a large collection of bottles in a b. Both the medication and the hair growth are independent variables.
company's warehouse. c. The medication is the dependent variable, and the hair growth is the independent variable.
d. The medication is the independent variable, and the hair growth is the dependent variable.
3. These fifty bottles are referred to as the
a. parameter 9. Age is classified as
b. population a. nominal data b. interval data
c. sample c. ratio data d. ordinal data
4. The large collection of bottles is referred to as the 10. It is a science which deals with the collection, organization, presentation, analysis,
a. parameter and interpretation of data.
b. population a. Statistics b. Descriptive Statistics
c. sample c. Inferential Statistics d. Logistics
5. A mean is known as a statistic if it is computed from the 11. A collection, organization, summarization and presentation of data in forms of tables,
a. parameter graphs and computations of measures.
b. population a. Statistics b. Descriptive Statistics
c. sample c. Inferential Statistics d. Logistics
6. Gender is categorized as 12. Formulation of conclusions or generalization about a population based on a series of
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b. ordinal a. Statistics b. Descriptive Statistics
c. ratio c. Inferential Statistics d. Logistics
13. Firsthand information from government agencies, business establishment, TEST III: Understand the following data and answer each corresponding
and other organizations. questions.
a. Discrete b. Continuous
c. Primary d. Secondary 1. The bar graph given below shows the percentage distribution of the total
expenditures of a company under various expense heads during 2003
14. Information from the newspapers, magazines, journals, republished materials.
a. Discrete b. Continuous
c. Primary d. Secondary
14-16. Methods of Presentation 2. The pie chart shows the amount of time each day
___________________________ that Jethro spends on various activities. What is
___________________________ the angle for the sector of the pie chart representing
the time he spends playing sport?
___________________________
A. 14°
B. 25.7°
17-20. Levels of Measurement C. 50.4°
___________________________ D. 52°
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___________________________
___________________________
3. This pie chart shows the McCreedy's household The pictograph shows the earnings of four men in one week. As well as whole notes representing
expenditure, broken down into categories: If their $100, there can be quarter, half and three-quarter notes.
expenditure on food is $300 per week, what is the weekly
expenditure on transport?
A. $50
B. $100
C. $125
D. $150
4. The population of a town was recorded every twenty years from 1900 to 2000.
The results are shown in the line graph.