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Chapter 2 Exercises (With Answers)

This document provides examples to help students learn about elementary statistics concepts. It covers determining the level of measurement for different variables, identifying appropriate data collection methods, sampling techniques, and choosing the best type of graph or chart depending on the scenario. The examples address nominal, ordinal, interval and ratio levels of measurement; survey, experiment and observation data collection; simple random, cluster, quota, systematic and stratified sampling; and line charts, column charts, pie charts, bar charts and statistical maps.

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Chapter 2 Exercises (With Answers)

This document provides examples to help students learn about elementary statistics concepts. It covers determining the level of measurement for different variables, identifying appropriate data collection methods, sampling techniques, and choosing the best type of graph or chart depending on the scenario. The examples address nominal, ordinal, interval and ratio levels of measurement; survey, experiment and observation data collection; simple random, cluster, quota, systematic and stratified sampling; and line charts, column charts, pie charts, bar charts and statistical maps.

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Stat 101: Elementary Statistics

Exercises on Collection and Presentation of Data

A. Determine the level of measurement (Nominal, Ordinal, Interval, Ratio) used to measure the
following variables.

1. Length of time in minutes (Ratio)


2. Employee ID (Nominal)
3. Ages (in years) of UP students (Ratio)
4. Year Standing (1-Freshman, 2 - Sophomore, 3 - Junior, 4 - Senior) (Ordinal)
5. Years of important historical events (e.g. 1898, 100 B.C) (Interval)

B. Identify the method of data collection that is most appropriate for the following cases. (Survey,
Experiment, Observation).

1. A nongovernment organization compares the household expenditures of two districts in


Quezon City. (Survey)
2. A social welfare organization gathers information on hospital patients with mental
disorders. (Observation)
3. A group of medical intern students studies the effects of laughter to patients in a hospital.
(Experiment)
4. Iskassie wants to know the preference of UP Diliman students when it comes to pancit
canton flavors. (Survey)
5. A lawyer wishes to determine whether wetting your hair for within the first 24 hours after
getting a perm affects the deactivation of ammonium thioglycolate. (Experiment)

C. Determine the sampling technique used in the following scenario.

1. A famous Kpop group conducts a meet-and-greet event for fans. Fans are randomly selected
from a list of all those who purchased the products endorsed by that group by picking 100
numbers from that list and each number is assigned to a certain fan. (Simple Random
Sampling)
2. Manny, a farmer, divides his mango tree farm into 10 regions. He selects 3 regions using a
randomization mechanism and all the mango trees in the selected regions are now part of his
sample. (Cluster Sampling)
3. Ryujin selected a sample of 10 students for every college in UP Diliman by first going to that
college and interviewing whoever she meets and whoever is willing to be interviewed. She then
proceeds to the next college after reaching a total of 10 respondents from the previous college.
(Quota Sampling)
4. An owner of a shop wants to know if his products are defective. He samples his products by
selecting every 4th product coming out of the production line from a random start. (Systematic
Sampling)
5. Gilbert wants to study the perception of mothers on vaccination. He selects his sample by
dividing a barangay into 10 areas and then for each area he selects a sample of mothers.
(Stratified Sampling)
6. Daniel wants to study the effect of procrastination on the academic performance of college
students. He selects a sample of 10 colleges, and for each selected college, he took a sample
of 30 students per course. (Multistage Sampling)

D. Determine the most appropriate graph or chart for the following scenario.
1. Lorena wants to know if there is an increasing or decreasing trend in the monthly sales of a
certain product. (Line Chart)
2. Reniel wishes to know which calendar year did UP have the highest number of UPCAT
applicants. (Column Chart)
3. Earl would like to know the percentage distribution of students in terms of year standing in
his Stat 101 class. (Pie Chart)
4. Jerico wants to display the number of students in his Stat 101 per course and determine which
course has the greatest number of students. (Horizontal Bar Chart)
5. Rose would like to know how the coronavirus cases are spread out in Asia and determine
which areas the cases are concentrated. (Statistical Map)

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