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    This document contains an activity worksheet with questions to test understanding of important statistical terms. The questions cover: 1) Identifying whether descriptive or inferential statistics apply in different situations. 2) Classifying variables as qualitative or quantitative. 3) Classifying variables as discrete or continuous. 4) Determining the appropriate scale of measurement for different variables - nominal, ordinal, interval, or ratio. The worksheet aims to help students learn key concepts for working with and analyzing statistical data.

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    This document contains an activity worksheet with questions to test understanding of important statistical terms. The questions cover: 1) Identifying whether descriptive or inferential statistics apply in different situations. 2) Classifying variables as qualitative or quantitative. 3) Classifying variables as discrete or continuous. 4) Determining the appropriate scale of measurement for different variables - nominal, ordinal, interval, or ratio. The worksheet aims to help students learn key concepts for working with and analyzing statistical data.

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    CARAGA STATE UNIVERSITY CABADBARAN CAMPUS

    T. Curato St., Cabadbaran City

    ACITIVITY 1
    Coverage: Important Terms

    NAME: ___________________________________________________ SCORE:


    _________________
    COURSE & YEAR: ________________________________________ DATE:
    __________________

    I. Decide whether descriptive or inferential statistics will be used in each of the given
    situations. On the blank before number, write DS for descriptive and IS for
    inferential.
    ______ 1. A manager wants to know the average age of his 50 rank-and-file
    employees.
    ______ 2. As a result of a favorable opinion poll, a president expects the plebiscite
    to be in his favor.
    ______ 3. A reporter wishes to list the win-loss record of all basketball teams in the
    NBA for the year 2011.
    ______ 4. A fresh milk distributor wants to estimate the average life of milk in
    storage by studying milk spoilage in the past six months.
    ______ 5. A CEO wishes to obtain information from his managers by asking them to
    fill out a managerial and executive practices profile.
    ______ 6. After studying the effects of the gradual increase of dosage of a certain
    drug on cancer patients, a scientist concludes that the drug can arrest
    cancer cell growth at increased quantities in all cancer patients.

    II. Classify the following variables as qualitative or quantitative. On the blank before
    each number write L for qualitative and N for quantitative.
    ______ 1. Room temperature in classrooms
    ______ 2. Color of cellular phone casing
    ______ 3. Number of dining customers
    ______ 4. Serial number of car motors
    ______ 5. Dimensions of a lot
    ______ 6. Flavor of ice cream

    III.Classify the following variable as discrete or continuous. On the blank before each
    number write D for discrete and C for continuous.
    ______ 1. Refueling time required by a planes maintenance crew
    ______ 2. Appearance of heads in six flips of a coin
    ______ 3. Number of students who failed a test
    ______ 4. Weight of content of a carton of milk
    ______ 5. Number of small businesses
    ______ 6. Depth of water in a lake

    IV. Determine which of the four scales of measurement is most appropriate to


    measure the given variable. On the blank before each number write N for nominal,
    O for ordinal, I for interval and R for ratio.
    ______ 1. Number of appearance of seven in five tosses of a pair of dice
    ______ 2. Weight of people who have completed a months work-out
    ______ 3. Temperature readings in Cabadbaran for the month of February
    ______ 4. Teacher rating of outstanding, very satisfactory, satisfactory, fair or poor.
    ______ 5. Appearance of a head in a toss of a coin
    ______ 6. Height of mercury level in barometer
    ______ 7. Educational attainment of teachers

    Adopted from: Essential Statistics by J. Gonzales and R. Nocon, 2013. Page 1 of


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