STA TERESA COLLEGE

Bauan, Batangas
HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT

THIRD MONTHLY TEST IN TECHNICAL WRITING 8

I. True or False. Write TRUE if the statement is correct and FALSE if otherwise.
1. Descriptive statistics usually operate within a specific area that contains all the target
population.
2. Conclusions as well as predictions are only done for inferential statistics.
3. The backbone of inferential statistics is descriptive statistics.
4. Without statistics, quantitative research is impossible.
5. If we attempt to determine if weekend sales are higher than weekday sales using inferential
statistics, we are testing a hypothesis.
6. Probability is used as basis for inferential statistics.
7. The height of President Duterte is an example of a variable.

II. Classification. A. For each statement, decide whether descriptive or inferential statistics is
used.
8. The average life expectancy in the Philippines is 78.49 years.
9. A diet high in fruits and vegetables will lower blood pressure.
10. The total amount of estimated losses from Typhoon Karen was 12 Million.
11. Researchers stated that the shape of a person’s ears is related to the person’s aggression.
12. In 2018, the number of high school graduates will be 4.2 million students.

B. Classify each variable as discrete or continuous.

13. ages of people working in a large factory
14. number of cups of coffee served at a restaurant
15. the amount of a drug injected into a guinea pig
16. the time it takes a student to walk to school
17. The number of gallons of milk sold each day at a grocery store

C. Write QN for quantitative and QL for qualitative.

18. annual income of teachers
19. gender
20. professional qualifications of job applicants
21. opinions of students regarding No Friday classes
22. age of teenagers getting pregnant

III. Multiple Choice. Choose the correct answer among the options. Write the letter of the correct
answer.
23. A researcher is interested in the sleeping habits of first year college students. She selects
first year students from her college and asks them to complete a sleep survey. In this
example, all students completing the survey would be the __________.
A. dependent variable C. population
B. independent variable D. sample
24. Which of the following statements is true regarding a population?
A. It must refer to people.
B. It must be a large number of values.
C. It is a collection individuals, objects, or measurements.
D. All of the above
25. Which of the following statements is true regarding a sample?
A. It is a part of population.
B. It refers to descriptive statistics.
C. It must contain at least five observations.
D. All of the above are correct.
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26. Numerical and pictorial information about variables are called ____________.
A. analytical statistics C. inferential statistics
B. descriptive statistics D. linear statistics
27. The entire group of interest for a statistical conclusion is called the _____________.
A. data C. sample
B. population D. tabular graph
28. College students at 20 campuses around the country were polled to find out how many
students own MP3 players. This small representative group of students is called a ________.
A. mean C. population
B. mode D. sample
29. Suppose students are randomly assigned to either get positive feedback or not get positive
feedback for their performance on daily quizzes and we measured their attitudes toward the
class at the end of the semester. What is the independent variable in this study?
A. the students
B. performance on the quizzes
C. their attitude toward the class
D. getting positive feedback or not getting positive feedback
30. The total number of Olympic medals won by a country is an example of which kind of
variable?
A. ratio C. interval
B. ordinal D. nominal
31. Which of the following is a discrete quantitative variable?
A. distance you walked yesterday
B. Philippine Stocks Market average
C. the volume of water released from a dam
D. the number of employees in an insurance company
32. Data that can be classified according to color are measured on what scale?
A. interval C. ordinal
B. nominal D. ratio
33. What is the purpose of statistics in research?
A. It allows sets of data to be compared.
B. It allows analysts to look for meaningful trends and changes.
C. It allows people to see how things are or not correlated and how a change in one
variable might affect one another.
D. All of the above.
34. Why are samples used in statistics?
A. It saves time and money.
B. It simplifies the research process.
C. It makes research easy to interpret.
D. It makes the findings complicated.
35. These are inputs of the study which cannot be manipulated in descriptive studies but can be
manipulated in experimental research.
A. dependent variable C. population
B. independent variable D. sample

IV. Essay. Answer the question for 5 points.

Why is statistics called the “tool of all the sciences” and the “language of research”?