Trimex Colleges, Inc.

Barangay Poblacion, City of Biñan, Laguna

Final Exam

Name: ______________________ Program/Course: _______________ Date: _______

I. Direction: Encircle the letter of the correct answer.

1. A student has seven statistics books open in front of him. The page numbers are as follows: 231, 423, 521,
139, 347, 400, 345. The median for this set of number is
a.) 139. b.) 347. c.) 346. d.) 373.5.
2. A cyclist recorded the number of miles per day she cycled for five days. The recordings were as follows: 13,
10, 12, 10, 11. The mean number of miles she cycled per day was
a.) 13. b.) 11. c.) 10. d.) 11.2.
3. An instructor recorded the following quiz scores for the 12 students who were present for her Friday
statistics class. The scores were 7, 4, 4, 7, 2, 9, 10, 6, 7, 3, 8, 5. The mode for this set of scores is
a.) 9.5. b.) 7. c.) 6. d.) 3
4. A statement is made that more students are purchasing graphing calculators than any other type of
calculator. Which measure is being used here?
a.) Mean b.) Median c.) Mode d.) None of the above
5. Which of the following is not a measure of central tendency?
a.) Mode b.) Variability c.) Median d.) Mean

VALUES (x) FREQUENCY (f)

20 2
29 4
30 4
39 3
44 2

6. The mean of the distribution is

a.) 32.4. b.) 30. c.) 39. d.) 32.07.
7. The mode of the distribution is
a.) 29. b.) 30. c.) 29 and 30. d.) none of the above.
8. The median of the distribution is
a.) 4. b.) 30. c.) 29.5. d.) 34.5.
9. Examine the following data set:
12 32 45 14 24 31
The total deviation from the mean is
a.) 0. b.) 26.3333. c.) 29.5. d.) 12.
10. The most frequently occurring value in a data set is called the
a.) spread. b.) mode. c.) frequency. d.) median.
11. Which of the following would be affected the most if there is an extremely large value in the data set?
a.) The mode b.) The median c.) The frequency d.) The mean
12. If the number of values in a data set is even, and the numbers are ordered from the smallest value to the
largest value, then
a.) the median cannot be found.
b.) the median is the average of the two middle numbers.
c.) the median, mode, and mean are equal.
d.) none of the above answers is correct.
13. The mean of a set of numerical data is the value that represents
a.) the middle or the approximate middle value of the data set.
b.) the most frequently observed value in the data set.
c.) the average of the squared deviations of the values from the mean of the data set.
d.) the arithmetic average of the data set.
14. Examine the following data set:
4 3 7 7 8 7 4 8 6
What is the mean value for this data set?
a.) 4 b.) 5 c.) 6 d.) 7
15. What is the median value for this data set?
a.) 4 b.) 5 c.) 6 d.) 7
16. Which of the following is a measure of variation?
a.) Standard deviation
b.) Midrange
c.) Mode
d.) Percentile
17. The standard deviation is the
a.) squared deviation
b.) squared variance
c.) square root of variance
d.) square root of deviation
18. The formula in finding the range of a set of data is
a.) R = highest value + lowest value.
b.) R = lowest value – highest value.
c.) R = highest value – lowest value.
d.) R = lowest value + highest value.
19. The following values are the ages of a sample of 15 students in a statistics class: 18 21 25 21 28 23 21
19 24 26 21 24 18 27 23. The range for this se of data is
a.) 28. b.)18. c.) 10 d.) 11
20. Using the data in number 19. What is the value of the second quartile?
a.) 21 b.) 23 c.) 24 d.) 25
21. Which of the following statements is correct?
a.) If the standard deviation is greater than the mean, the data are close to each other.
b.) if the mean is greater than the standard deviation, the data are far to each other.
c.) if the standard deviation is less than the mean, the data are close to each other.
d.) if the mean is less than the standard deviation, the data are close to each other.
22. The formula in finding the lower boundary is
a.) LB = lower limit – 0.5.
b.) LB = lower limit + 0.5.
c.) LB = upper limit – 0.5.
d.) LB = upper limit +0.5.
23. The formula in finding the interval is
a.) (upper limit – lower limit) = i.
b.) (upper limit – lower limit) + 1 = i.
c.) (upper limit + lower limit) + 1 = i.
d.) (upper limit + lower limit) = i.
24. Which of the following is not a measure of position?
a.) 75th percentile
b.) Median
c.) Fourth decile
d.) Fourth quartile
25. The number of deciles in a data set is
a. 10. b.) 12. c.) 99. d.) 9

26. - 35. Find the sample variance and the standard deviation of the data: 10, 10, 20, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60

Values (x) Deviation (𝑥 − 𝑥) Squared Deviation (𝑥 − 𝑥)2

10
10
20
20
30
40
50
60
N= 𝛴= 𝛴=
 36. – 50. Calculate the 𝐷5 , 𝑃30 , and 𝑄3 of the Mathematics test scores of 50 students.

Scores Frequency Lower Boundary Less than

(f) (LB) cumulative
frequency (<cf)
46-50 4

41-45 8

36-40 11

31-35 9

26-30 12

21-25 6

Total Frequency
Interval (i) = (N) =

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