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This document provides examples of research objectives, statements requiring descriptive or inferential statistics, and variables that are either qualitative or quantitative. It contains 3 sections: 1) Two examples of research objectives are given, identifying the population and sample for each study. 2) Ten statements are classified as requiring either descriptive or inferential statistics. 3) Fifteen variables are identified as qualitative or quantitative, and further classified by level of measurement and whether discrete or continuous.

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This document provides examples of research objectives, statements requiring descriptive or inferential statistics, and variables that are either qualitative or quantitative. It contains 3 sections: 1) Two examples of research objectives are given, identifying the population and sample for each study. 2) Ten statements are classified as requiring either descriptive or inferential statistics. 3) Fifteen variables are identified as qualitative or quantitative, and further classified by level of measurement and whether discrete or continuous.

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ACTIVITIES/ASSESSMENTS:

I. A research objective is presented. For each, identify the (A) population and (B)
sample in the study.

1. A polling organization contacts 2141 male university graduates who have a


white-collar job and asks whether or not they had received a raise at work
during the past 4 months.

A: Male university graduates who have a white-collar job

B: 2,141 male university graduates who have a white-collar job

2. Every year the PSA releases the Current Population Report based on a
survey of 50,000 households. The goal of this report is to learn the
demographic characteristics, such as income, of all households within the
Philippines.

A: All households within the Philippines

B: 50,000 households within the Philippines

II. Indicate whether the following statements require the use of descriptive or inferential
statistics.

Descriptive Statistics 1. A teacher wants to know the attitudes of all students towards
abortion.
Descriptive Statistics 2. A market analyst of a sales firm draws a chart showing the
sales figures of a given product for the period 2006-2007.
Inferential Statistics 3. A forecaster predicts the results of an election using the number
of votes cast in 15 out of 25 barangays.
Inferential Statistics 4. Men are better in math than women.
Descriptive Statistics 5. Forty percent of the employees of an organization were
recorded tardy for at least 15 working days.
Inferential Statistics 6. There are very few gender-related occupations.
Inferential Statistics 7. An account predicts accuracy rate of a client’s financial
resources.
Descriptive Statistics 8. A quality control manager wishes to check production output.
Descriptive Statistics 9. Records indicated that 75% of the faculty in the graduate school
are doctoral degree holders.
Inferential Statistics 10. There is no relationship between educational qualification of
parents and academic achievement of their children.

III. Identify the qualitative and quantitative variables and indicate the highest level of
measurement required in each. If quantitative, classify whether discrete or continuous.

Qualitative – Nominal 1. Occupation


Quantitative – Ratio – Discrete 2. Number of government officials
Qualitative – Nominal 3. Favorite color
Quantitative – Interval – Continuous 4. Temperature in Celsius degrees
Qualitative – Nominal 5. Type of school
Quantitative – Ratio – Continuous 6. Volume of mineral water sold daily
Qualitative – Nominal 7. Employee number
Qualitative – Nominal 8. Civil status
Qualitative – Nominal 9. Zip code numbers
Qualitative – Nominal 10. Brands of soft drinks
Qualitative – Ordinal 11. Socioeconomic status
Qualitative – Nominal 12. Status Employment
Quantitative – Ratio – Discrete 13. Number of vehicles registered
Qualitative – Nominal 14. Jersey Number
Quantitative – Ratio – Discrete 15. Number of employees collecting retirement
benefits from GSIS

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