PAMANTASAN NG LUNGSOD NG VALENZUELA Score:
ELEMENTARY STATISTICS
PROBLEM SET #2
Name:
Course and Section:
Answer the following questions.
1. For the study described, identify the population, sample, parameter, and statistic.
“The International Foods Corporation wants to estimate the average amount of calcium male teenagers consume.
From a random sample of 50 male teenagers, the researchers obtained a sample mean of 1081 milligrams of calcium
consumed.”
Population:
Sample:
Parameter:
Statistic:
2. Determine if the source would be a primary source or a secondary source.
a. A reporter describing his time in Iraq.
b. A classmate giving a report about the History of Mathematics.
c. A survey conducted by a teacher to determine the perception of students in the subject Mathematics in the Modern
World.
d. A monthly tropical cyclone forecast for the month of August according to PAG-ASA.
e. A textbook describing the different statistical tools.
3. Identify the sampling technique used.
a. The CPA Review Computer Center of the Philippines would like to conduct a seminar on computerized accounting
package in provincial areas. From the 17 regions, the director chooses one region to conduct seminar.
b. A professor of Psychology is conducting research on “commitment”. He needs a sample of 30 respondents working
and serving in parishes, from social workers and government officials.
c. To represent the class in the university week activities, a teacher selects 15 students from a class of 45 by drawing
their class numbers from a bowl.
d. In order to determine how well a new product is doing, the salesperson in the grocery store asked some buyers of the
product why they chose it.
e. A research team is seeking opinions about religion amongst various age groups. These 10,000 citizens are divided
according to age groups of 18-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, and 60 and above. The research team randomly took a
percentage of people on each group.
4. Complete the table using the concept of stratified random sampling.
College Population Percentage Sample
A 200
B 600
C 150
D 750
E 500
F 350
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