Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education-Region IVA

Division of Laguna
Barangay Longos Senior High School
Long Test in
Statistics and Probability

Name:_________________________________ Score:__________
Section:________________________________

I. Write the classification of the following variables to complete the table. The choices are at the
topmost rows.

Variables Qualitative or IF QUANTITATIVE Nominal

Quantitative Discrete or Ordinal
Continuous Interval
IF QUALITATIVE Ratio
Write N/A
a. Weight of a dog 1. 2. 3.
b. IQ Level
4. 5. 6.

c. amount of chocolate 7. 8. 9.
powder used in a cake
d. Sweetness level of 10. 11. 12.
different types of sugar
e. Sugar level of a 13. 14. 15.
diabetic patient

II. Write the symbols for the following. Also, classify them whether they are PARAMETER or STATISTIC.

Symbol Parameter or Statistic

a. Sample Mean 1. 2.
b. Population Mean 3. 4.
c. Population Variance 5. 6.
d. Sample Variance 7. 8.
e. Sample Standard Deviation 9. 10.
f. Population Standard Deviation 11. 12.
g. Number of members of 13. 14.
population
h. Number of members of sample 15. 16

III. Solve the following problems.

1. Two balls are drawn in succession without replacement from an urn containing red balls and blue
balls. Let x be the random variable representing the number of blue balls. Complete the table below.

Value of the Random Variable x

Possible Outcomes
(number of blue balls)
2. Construct the probability distribution in the problem no.1.

Number of Blue balls Probability

x P(x)

3. The number of items sold per day at a retail store with its corresponding probabilities is shown at the
table below. Determine the mean, variance and standard deviation of the probability distribution.
Complete the table on your answersheet.

Number of
Probability x●P(x) x-μ (x − μ)2
items (x − μ)2 ● P(x)
P(x)
x
19 0.20 1.(_______) -1.80 6.(_______) 0.65
20 0.20 4.00 4.(_______) 0.64 0.13
21 0.30 2.(_______) 0.20 0.04 8.(_______)
22 0.20 4.40 5.(_______) 1.44 0.29
23 0.10 2.30 2.20 7.(_______) 0.48
Σ=3.(_______) Σ=9.(_______)

μ 10.(_______)

σ2 11.(_______) Conclusion: 13-14. (2 pts)

σ 12.(_______)

4. The results of a nationwide aptitude test in mathematics are normally distributed with μ= 80
and σ= 15.

a. What percent of the students got scores below 70?

b. What percent of the students got between 60 and 90?