Samantha Isabel V. Alarcon MAED-English block B-C Sat.
7:30-11:00
Statistical Methods Applied to Education
Problem Set No. 1
July 10, 2017
1. Over a period of a week, the market research department of the Dairy Producers’
Association randomly selected 300 grocery shoppers and checked their shopping carts for
dairy products. Of the 300 carts, 210 contained at least one dairy product.
a. What would the research department report to management regarding the buying
habits of all grocery shoppers?
The researchers could report that for every 300 shoppers, 210 of them are buying at
least one dairy product.
b. Is the 300 a sample or a population?
It is the sample group that was taken out of the whole population of shoppers in the
market.
c. What is the population in this problem?
The population in the problem is the all the shoppers in the market place.
d. Is this an example of descriptive statistics or inferential statistics?
This is an example of an inferential statistics because it involves generalizing the findings
coming from the samples and takes it as a whole.
2. Refer to the following table :
Degrees Conferred by DHVTSU in the Second Semester
Academic Year 2016-217
Degree Conferred Number of graduates
Doctorate 6
Master’s 85
Bachelor’s 2,924
Associate’s 421
Total 3,436
a. Why are the data considered an ordinal level of measurement?
The data are considered to be in the ordinal level because it depicts an ordered
relationship among the variables that were observed.
b. Are the categories mutually exclusive? Explain.
The categories are mutually exclusive because they are sufficiently precise and it allows
the variables to be classified uniquely.
3. For the data below group the Attitude scores using frequency distribution and cross tabulate with
Sex.
SEX SCORE SEX SCORE SEX SCORE SEX SCORE SEX SCORE
M 70 F 83 M 75 M 50 F 58
M 56 M 82 M 58 F 90 M 86
M 80 F 72 F 65 F 60 F 84
F 80 M 64 F 83 F 48 M 81
F 78 F 68 F 80 F 79 F 83
F 90 M 75 M 81 M 60 M 89
M 75 M 75 M 69 M 65 M 58
F 82 F 85 M 70 M 68 M 65
F 70 F 88 F 75 M 78 F 70
M 60 F 76 F 88 M 54 F 81
Samantha Isabel V. Alarcon MAED-English block B-C Sat. 7:30-11:00
Lower Upper
Class Class Class Class Class Class <Cumulative >Cumulativ
Interval Tally F Midpoint Boundary Boundary Mark Boundary Frequency e Frequency
48-54 III 3 51 47.5 54.5 54.5 47.5 - 54.5 3 40
55-61 IIII 5 58 54.5 61.5 61.5 54.5 - 61.5 8 37
62-68 IIII 5 65 61.5 68.5 68.5 61.5 - 68.5 13 32
69-75 IIII - IIII 10 72 68.5 75.5 75.5 68.5 - 75.5 23 27
76-82 IIII - IIII 10 79 75.5 82.5 82.5 75.5 - 82.5 33 17
83-89 IIII 5 86 82.5 89.5 89.5 82.5 - 89.5 38 7
90-96 II 2 93 89.5 96.5 96.5 89.5 - 96.5 40 2
Intervals Male Female Totals
48-54 2 1 3
55-61 4 1 5
62-68 3 2 5
69-75 7 3 10
76-82 4 6 10
83-89 0 5 5
90-96 0 2 2
Total 20 20 40
4. Refer to the table below:
Frequency Distribution of 30 Faculty
Members in AB State College
Month Salary Number of Faculty
(in PhP) Members
21,000 – 29,999 4
30,000 – 38,999 6
39,000 – 47,999 10
48,000 - 56,999 5
57,000 – 65,999 3
66,000 - 74,999 2
a. Draw the histogram and the frequency polygon.
b. Construct a relative frequency distribution.
c. Calculate the midpoints.
d. Compute the less than and greater class boundaries.
e. Determine the less than and greater than cumulative frequencies.
Lower Upper
Class Class Class Class Class
Class Interval Tally F Midpoint Boundary Boundary Mark Boundary <Cf >Cf
21,000 –29,999 20,999.5-
IIII 4 25,999.5 20,999.5 29,999.5 29,999.5 29,999.5 4 30
30,000 – 38,999 29,999.5-
IIII – I 6 34,999.5 29,999.5 38,999.5 38,999.5 38,999.5 10 26
39,000 – 47,999 38,999.5-
IIII – IIII 10 43,999.5 38,999.5 47,999.5 47,999.5 47,999.5 20 20
48,000 - 56,999 47,999.5-
IIII 5 52,999.5 47,999.5 56,999.5 56,999.5 56,999.5 25 10
57,000 – 65,999 56,999.5-
III 3 61,999.5 56,999.5 65,999.5 65,999.5 65,999.5 28 5
66,000 - 74,999 65,999.5-
II 2 70,999.5 65,999.5 74,999.5 74,999.5 74,999.5 30 2
Samantha Isabel V. Alarcon MAED-English block B-C Sat. 7:30-11:00
Histogram
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