EXAMINATION # 1

Name: Katherine D. Ilano Rating: __________________________

Course: ____________________________ School: __________________________

I. State whether each of the following situation / condition talks about descriptive statistics or inferential
statistics.
INFERENTIAL
__________ 1. The percentage gain of a certain company for the last three years.
DESCRIPTIVE 2. The total number of shoppers at SM Megamall for the last 7 days.
__________ 3. The common sizes of shoes bought every weekends for the last 4 months.
__________ 4. The average sales of the three companies for the last 2 years.
__________ 5. Comparison of shoppers’ behavior b.y their income level.
__________ 6. Sex in relation to the productivity of employees.
__________ 7. The temperature in Baguio City for the last 3 weeks every 12 o’clock noon.
__________ 8. The daily net income of a tricycle driver for the last 10 days.
__________ 9. The effect of oil price hike to the consumers.
__________ 10. The height of 25 applicants at the Philippine Airlines.
__________ 11. Number of employees who are on vacation during December.
__________ 12. Corporate sales for 1995 to 2005.
__________ 13. The impact of advertising on various market segments.
__________ 14. Predicting the population of students enrolled in the distance education by the end of
2005.
DESCRIPTIVE 15. Total number of students enrolled for the last 10 years in the Business Administration
program.

II. State whether each of the following is a quantitative or qualitative data.

__________ 1. Brand of toothpaste.

__________ 2. Students’ class section
__________ 3. Height of trees
__________ 4. Number of participants in the seminar
__________ 5. Number of pages in a book
__________ 6. Weight of 15 basketball players
__________ 7. Prices of food in the cafeteria
__________ 8. Sizes of shoes in Marikina
__________ 9. Percentage of alcohol of 10 Local Wines
__________ 10. Distance traveled by a lecturer

III. Identify whether each of the following is discrete or continuous.

__________ 1. Age of 50 employees

__________ 2. Winners in the lottery
__________ 3. Weight of 80 samples of Quezo de Bola
__________ 4. Number of letters in 2 pages of the book
__________ 5. Time it takes to cook lunch
__________ 6. Height of 11 applicants in garment factory
__________ 7. Scores in the examination
__________ 8. Temperature in the poultry for the last ten hours
__________ 9. Sacks of palay harvested for the last month
__________ 10. Floor area of the condominium

IV. State whether each of the following is a nominal, ordinal, interval or ratio.

__________ 1. Educational attainment of 50 farmers

__________ 2. Places in the beauty contest
__________ 3. Prizes in the competition
__________ 4. Attitude towards birth control
__________ 5. Grades in Statistics class
__________ 6. Color of the Eyes of 10 foreigners
__________ 7. The number of face cards in the deck
__________ 8. The decision of the Court Judge
__________ 9. The scent of perfume
__________ 10. Status of Faculty members in the Business Administration Department