Department of Education

National Capital Region

Schools Division Office of Marikina City
Marikina Science High School

Second Periodic Test

Statistics 8
S.Y. 2024 - 2025
Name: _________________________________________ Date: ___________________________
Year and Section: ________________________________ Score: __________________________
DIRECTIONS: Read and answer the following questions carefully. Shade the letter of the correct
answer in the provided sheet.

1. Which of the following is not considered a measure of central tendency?

A. Mean B. Median C. Mode D. Variance
2. How is the mean computed?
A. Arrange the observations in increasing or decreasing order then find the middle value
B. Get the sum of all observations then divide the sum by the number of observations.
C. Inspect the data set for the value which has the highest frequency.
D. Add the highest and lowest values then divide by 2.

For numbers 3 to 6, refer to the data below,

The scores of 7 students in a 10-item Science Quiz are as follows: 2, 5, 7, 5, 6, 5, and 9.

3. What is the mean for the given scores?

A. 5.60 B. 5.57 C. 5.5 D. 5.0
4. What is the median?
A. 5.60 B. 5.57 C. 5.5 D. 5.0
5. If there was an eight student, what should his/her score be to make the new mean 5.5?
A. 1 B. 5 C. 6 D. 8
6. If there was an eighth student, what should his/ her score be to make the new data set unimodal?
A. 5 C. any score from 0 to 10
B. 2, 6, 7 or 9 D. any score from 0 to 20

7. There are 2001 values arranged in increasing order, which is the median?
A. The 1000th observation
B. The 1001st observation
C. The 1002nd observation
D. The sum of the 1000th and the 1001st observations divided by 2.
8. What is the mode of the data set: 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3?
A. 1 B. 1, 2 C. 2,3 D. 1,2,3
For numbers 9 – 10, refer to the frequency distribution table below.

Interval Frequency

10 - 14 4

15 - 19 6

20 – 24 8

25 – 29 8

30 - 34 4

9. What is the mean of the given data set?

A. 22.33 B. 22.5 C. 22.625 D. 24.5

10.What is the median?

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 A. 22.33 B. 22.5 C. 22.625 D. 24.5

11. Which of the following divides the arrayed dataset into 10 equal parts?
A. Deciles B. Median C. Percentiles D.Quartiles
12. What is Q1 for 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 16?
A. 7 B. 8 C. 8.5 D. 9
13. What is the first quartile for 7, 8, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16?
A. 7 B. 7.5 C. 8 D. 11
14. What is the percentile rank of 11 in 7, 8, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16?
A. 30% B. 38% C. 39% D. 40%
15.What is the percentile rank of 16 in 7, 8, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16?
A. 90% B. 91% C. 92% D. 94%
16. How should P20, Q1, D3 be arranged if they are in decreasing order?
A. P20, Q1, D3 C. P20, D3, Q1
B. Q1, P20, D3 D. D3, Q1, P20 Interval Frequency
For numbers 17 -19, refer to the table on the right. 0 - 19 2

20 - 29 8
17. What is the median? 30 - 39 20
A. 34.5 B. 37 C. 39 D. 39.5
nd
18. What is the 2 decile? 40 - 49 12
A. 29.5 B. 28.7 C. 28.5
D. 28.3 50 - 59 8
19. What is the 70th percentile?
A. 49.5 B. 43.67 C. 42.75
D. 42.0

20. Which measure of dispersion is the most affected by extremely high or extremely low values?
A. Range C. Mean Deviation
B. Interquartile D. Standard Deviation
21.What is the quartile deviation for 7, 8, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16?
A. 6.5 B. 7.0 C. 7.5 D. 8
22. Which measure of dispersion finds the difference between the third and first quartiles?
A. Range C. Mean Deviation
B. Interquartile D. Standard Deviation
23. What is obtained by dividing the total of the squared deviations from the mean by the number of
observations in the data set?
A. Mean Deviation C. Sample Variance
B. Standard Deviation D. Population Variance
24.Which measure of dispersion determines the spread of values within only the middle 80% of the
distribution?
A. Percentile Range C. Quartile Deviation
B. Interquartile Range D. Standard Deviation
25. Which of the following sets of values has the least range?
A. 11, 6, 3, 10, 15
B. 10, 50, 40, 30, 20
C. 101, 109, 134, 128
D. 287, 263, 284, 295, 300

For numbers 26-28, refer to the table on the right.

Interval Frequency
26. What is the percentile range? 10 - 19 2
A. 24.5 B. 25 C. 25.5 D. 26
27. What is the interquartile range? 20 - 29 3
A. 10 B. 12.5 C. 12.75 D.
12.91 30 - 39 10
28. What is the sample standard deviation?
A. 8.53 B. 8.89 C. 9.12 D. 40 - 49 5
12.01

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29. Which type of skewness has more scores to the left of the mean?
A. Negative Skewness C. Not Skewed (symmetric)
B. Positive Skewness D. Cannot be determined
30. Which type of skewness will the scores of students have if the test was very easy?
A. Negative Skewness C. Not Skewed (symmetric)
B. Positive Skewness D. Cannot be determined
31. How will we interpret a data set with coefficient of skewness equal to 0?
A. Negative Skewness C. Not Skewed (symmetric)
B. Positive Skewness D. Cannot be determined
32. How will we interpret a data set with coefficient of skewness equal to 0.56?
A. Negative Skewness C. Not Skewed (symmetric)
B. Positive Skewness D. Cannot be determined
33. Which graph shows a positively skewed distribution?

34 What is the Pearson’s First Coefficient of Skewness of 7, 8, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16?
A. -1.15 B. -1.09 C. 0.13 D. 0.98
35. What kind of skewness does 7, 8, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 have?
A. Negative Skewness C. Not Skewed (symmetric)
B. Positive Skewness D. Cannot be determined
36. Which distribution has a very steep curve?
A. Platykurtic distribution C. Leptokurtic distribution
B. Mesokurtic distribution D. Cannot be determined
37. Which type of kurtosis will the scores of students have if the scores are so varied?
A. Platykurtic distribution C. Leptokurtic distribution
B. Mesokurtic distribution D. Cannot be determined
38. How will we interpret a data set with a percentile coefficient of kurtosis equal to 0.263?
A. Platykurtic distribution C. Leptokurtic distribution
B. Mesokurtic distribution D. Cannot be determined
39. Which type of kurtosis will the graph of the data set have a flat curve?
A. Platykurtic distribution C. Leptokurtic distribution
B. Mesokurtic distribution D. Cannot be determined
40. What is the midpoint of the class interval called?
A. Class Limit B. Class Frequency C. Class Boundary D. Class Mark
41. What is the value halfway between the lower-class limit of the class and the upper-class limit of the
previous class called?
A. Class Frequency B. Class Mark C. Lower Class Boundary D. Upper Class
Boundary
42. What is the correct arrangement for the steps in constructing a frequency distribution table?
I. Determine the approximate number of classes IV. Compute for the class size
II. Determine all the class intervals’ class limits V. Sum the frequencies and check against the
total.
III. Tally the number of observations for each interval
A. I, II, III, IV, V B. I, IV, II, III, V C. I, II, V, III, IV D. II, I, IV, V, III
43. Which of the following is Sturge's formula, for determining the approximate number of class
intervals?
A. K = 1x3.322 log N C. K = 1 + 3.322 log N
B. K = 1 - 3.322 log N D. K = 1/3.322 log N
44. Which variation of the frequency distribution table counts the number of observations in the data set
less than the interval's upper-class boundary?
A. Greater than cumulative frequency
B. Less than cumulative frequency
C. Relative frequency percentage

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 D. Relative frequency

Use the information below to answer numbers 45–50.

Height (in cm) Number of Students
136.5 – 140.4 5
140.5 – 144.4 4
144.5 – 148.4 10
148.5 – 152.4 12
152.5 – 156.4 6
156.5 – 160.4 3
45. How many learners are included in the survey?
A. 50 B. 40 C. 30 D. 20
46. What is the class size?
A. 3.9 B. 4 C. 4.1 D. 5
47. What is the class mark of the first interval?
A. 138.5 B. 138.45 C. 138.0 D. 137.5
48. What is the upper-class boundary of the interval 156.5 – 160.4?
A. 156 B. 156. 45 C. 160. 45 D. 160.9
49. What is the relative frequency of the interval 144.5 – 148.4?
A. 0.1 B. 0.25 C. 10 D. 40
50. What is the value of less than cumulative frequency for the interval 140.5 – 144.4?
A. 4 B. 5 C. 9 D. 35

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