Name:_________________________ a) As it refers to (all) MLB teams

(population), this is a parameter.

Section: __________ Date: b) As it refers to (all) MLB teams
___________ (population), this is a statistic.
Score: __________ c) As it refers to some MLB teams
(sample), this is a parameter.
d) As it refers to some MLB teams
ADVANCED STATISTICS (sample), this is a statistic.
SEM 9
Quiz No. 1 _____ 8. What is the symbol used for
Directions: Choose the letter of the best population mean?
answer. Write the chosen letter before each a) μ c) σ
number. If the answer is not among the b) x d) s
choices, provide the correct answer. Note:
Please refrain from making any erasures.
_____ 9. What is the symbol used for
population standard deviation?
_____ 1. It is the science of collecting,
organizing, analyzing and interpreting data in a) μ c) σ
order to make decisions. b) x d) s
a) Data c) Statistics _____ 10. What is the symbol used for
b) Variable d) Population population variance (i.e. standard deviation
squared)?
_____ 2. What is data? a) μ c) σ2
a) Information coming from observations,
counts, measurements or responses. b) x d) σ
b) The science of collecting, organizing,
analyzing, and interpreting data in _____ 11. What is the symbol used for sample
order to make decisions. mean?
c) A numerical description of a population a) μ c) σ
characteristic. b) x d) s
d) A numerical description of a sample
characteristic. _____ 12. Which of the following is an example
of a statistical question?
_____ 3. Complete the definition: a) What color shirt are you wearing?
A _________ consists of all subjects (human or b) How many dogs do you have?
otherwise) that are being studied c) What are the favorite ice cream flavors
a) Statistics of CMS 6th graders?
b) Number d) Is it a nice day outside?
c) People
d) Population _____ 13. What is the median of the following
dataset?
_____ 4. Complete the definition: 112, 120, 107, 104, 109
A _______ is a subset of a population
a) sample a) 107
b) people b) 112
c) statistics c) 120
d) group d) 104
_____ 5. It is a numerical description of _____ 14. What is the mode of the following
a population characteristic. dataset?
a) Parameter 2.4, 2.2, 2.4, 2.7, 3,1, 2.6
b) People
c) Statistics a) 2.2 c) 2.4
d) Data b) 2.6 d) 3.1
6. It is a numerical description of _____ 15. What is the mode of the following
a sample characteristic dataset?
a) Statistic 11, 13, 15, 13, 11, 13, 17
b) Statistics
c) Parameter a) 11 c) 13
d) Data b) 14 d) 17
_____ 7. In 2006, major league baseball teams _____ 16. A prediction has been made that the
spent a total of $2,326,706,685 on players’ chance that a person will be robbed in a
salaries. Does this numerical value describe a certain city is 15%.
population parameter or a sample statistic?
a) Inferential
 b) Descriptive a) of the exact methods you will use to
c) Interval gather, organize, compile, and analyze
d) Ratio data.
b) of the exact literature you will use to
_____ 17. Tell if the statement if Descriptive or gather, organize, compile, and analyze.
Inferential c) of the exact introduction you will use to
gather, organize, compile, and analyze.
A recent survey of 2000 adults having an MBA d) of the exact findings you will use to
reported that the average salary is more than gather, organize, compile, and analyze
$65,000 a year. data.
a) Inferential
b) Descriptive _____ 25. In order to use samples to estimate
c) Interval something from the population, the sample
d) Ratio should be _________________ the population.

_____ 18. The type of programming on each a) exactly the same as

radio station in your city (e.g., 93.7 KSKS play b) nothing like
Country, Y101.1 plays Pop) c) representative of
a) Nominal d) larger than
b) Ordinal
c) Interval _____ 26. Norman is hosting a kiddie party in
d) Ratio his house. Seven kids aged 11 and 8 babies
aged 1 – 3 attended the party. Which measure
_____ 19. The number of hours you spent of central tendency is appropriate to use to
studying each day during the past week find the average age?
a) Nominal
b) Ordinal a) Mean
c) Interval b) Mode
d) Ratio c) Median
d) Range
_____ 20. The cell phone listed as third best on
an online electronics review website. _____ 27. For the set of data consisting of 12,
a) Nominal 12, 13, 14, 14, which statement is true?
b) Ordinal
c) Interval a) mean = mode
d) Ratio b) mean = median
c) median = mode
_____ 21. Information gained using the 5 d) mean < median
senses
a) observation _____ 28. What is the median of the sample 5,
b) inference 5, 11, 9, 8, 5, 8?
c) qualitative
d) quantitative a) 5
b) 6
_____ 22. Your teacher has asked you to c) 8
explain the difference between quantitative d) 9
and qualitative observations. Which statement
is correct? _____ 29. What is the mean of 73, 63, 71, 69,
a) Quantitative observations use numbers, 70 and 68?
qualitative uses the senses.
b) Quantitative observations use the a) 18
senses, qualitative uses numbers. b) 47
c) Quantitative observations use c) 69
measurement, qualitative uses d) 98
numbers.
d) Quantitative observations use colors, For numbers 30 - 34, refer to the following
qualitative uses the senses. data set.
A = {43, 11, 94, 46, 43, 74} B = {4, 2, 9, 7, 5,
_____ 23. The leaves on the plant are turning 9, 3}
brown.
a) Qualitative _____ 30. Find the mean value of set A.
b) Quantitative
c) Both a) 44.50
d) Neither b) 46
c) 51.83
_____ 24. Methodology provides a d) 74
description ..........
_____ 31. What is the median of the values in d) 46.5
set A?
_____ 39. What is the ΣfX?
a) 43
b) 44.50 a) 85
c) 46.50 b) 112
d) 60 c) 3304
_____ 32. What is the mode of set A data? d) 9520

a) 11 _____ 40. What is the mean of the data?

b) 43
c) 46 a) 24.5
d) 94 b) 29.50
c) 34.5
_____ 33. What is the median of the values in d) 40
set B?
For numbers 41-43, Mike did a survey about
a) 4 c) 5 the variety of plants owned by his neighbors,
b) 6 d) 7 with the following results: {4, 2, 7, 1, 6}

_____ 34. What is the mode of set B data? _____ 41. What is the range of the given data
set?
a) 3 c) 4
b) 5 d) 9 a) 5
b) 6
_____ 35. Ermie got the following scores in the c) 7
fourth quarter quizzes: 12, 10, 16, x, 13, and d) 4
9. What must be her score on the 4th quiz to
get an average of 12? _____ 42. What is the sample variance of the
given data set?
a) 12 c) 13
b) 15 d) 16 a) 6.4 c) 6.6
b) 6.5 d) 6.7
For numbers 36 – 40, refer to the following
frequency distribution table. _____ 43. What is the sample standard
deviation of the given data set?
The ages of 112 people in an island are
grouped as follows a) 2.55
Class Limit F b) 2.45
80-89 1 c) 2.50
70-79 3 d) 2.40
60-69 7
50-59 10 _____ 44. If the range of a set of scores is 10
40-49 11 and the lowest score is 5, what is the highest
30-39 16 score?
20-29 23
10-19 21 a) 25
0-9 20 b) 10
c) 15
d) 30
_____ 36. What is the class interval of the
given data?
_____ 45. The process of finding the range of a
given data set is?
a) 7 c) 8
b) 9 d)10
a) maximum ÷ minimum
b) minimum × maximum
_____ 37. What is the modal class?
c) maximum + minimum
d) maximum – minimum
a) 0 - 9
b) 10 - 19
_____ 46. Standard deviation is the square root
c) 20 - 29
of?
d) 40 – 49
a) range
_____ 38. What is the value of the median
b) average deviation
class?
c) variance
d) total frequency
a) 10 - 19
b) 20 - 29
c) 30 - 39
_____ 47. The word statistics originated from rest. Which measure of central tendency is
terms related to the state and government. most appropriate to use and why?
Which situation BEST shows how this origin is
still relevant today? a. Mean, because it uses all data values
a. A student calculating the average of quiz b. Median, because it is less affected by
scores for practice extreme values
b. A government using census data to allocate c. Mode, because it identifies the most
funds for public hospitals common income
c. A teacher counting the number of books in d. Mean, because it gives the highest possible
the classroom average
d. A shopper comparing prices without
recording data _____ 53. A shoe store owner wants to know
which shoe size to stock the most for the next
_____ 48. Statistics involves not only collecting school year. Which measure of central
data but also interpreting it. Why is tendency should be used?
interpretation a critical part of statistics?
a. It reduces the need for accurate data a. Mean, because shoe sizes are numerical
collection b. Median, because it shows the middle shoe
b. It allows numbers to be presented without size
explanation c. Mode, because it identifies the most
c. It helps transform data into meaningful frequently bought size
information for decision-making d. Range, because it shows the spread of shoe
d. It ensures that all conclusions drawn are sizes
always correct
_____ 54. Which situation best shows a
_____ 49. A business owner decides production disadvantage of using the mean?
levels based only on personal experience,
ignoring statistical data. a. Finding the average score of a quiz
What is the MOST likely risk of this decision? b. Comparing the heights of students
c. Determining the average salary when one
a. Increased creativity in business planning CEO earns much more than employees
b. Higher chances of meeting customer d. Calculating the average number of books
demand accurately read by students
c. Poor decision-making due to lack of
evidence _____ 55. A researcher claims that the mean is
d. Faster production regardless of market always the best measure of central tendency.
needs Which of the following statements best
challenges this claim?
_____ 50. Statistics became essential during
World War I for population counting and a. The mean is difficult to calculate
planning. b. The mean cannot be used with qualitative
Which modern situation MOST closely reflects data
this same need for statistics? c. The mean is affected by extreme values and
skewed distributions
a. Choosing a favorite social media platform d. The mean is not unique
b. Planning disaster response using population
and damage data _____ 56. The median is preferred over the
c. Memorizing historical dates mean in reporting house prices in a city. What
d. Estimating time for daily homework is the main reason for this choice?

_____ 51. Some people think statistics is only a. The median is easier to compute
about numbers and computations. b. The median ignores the order of data
Which statement BEST challenges this c. The median is not influenced by very
misconception? expensive houses
d. The median always gives a higher value
a. Statistics always produces exact and fixed than the mean
answers
b. Statistics focuses only on mathematical _____ 57. Which of the following data sets
formulas would make the mode the most meaningful
c. Statistics helps analyze data to support real- measure of central tendency?
life decisions
d. Statistics is only useful in mathematics a. Test scores of 40 students
classes b. Monthly electricity bills of households
c. Blood pressure readings of patients
_____ 52. A school administrator is analyzing d. Favorite type of mobile phone brand
the average family income of students to
decide scholarship eligibility. A few families _____ 58. Two classes have the same mean
earn extremely high incomes compared to the score in Mathematics. However, one class has
scores that are very spread out, while the
other has scores close to the mean. Which
concept helps explain this difference?

a. Measure of central tendency

b. Measure of variability
c. Measure of position
d. Measure of frequency

_____ 59. Which statement correctly describes

the difference between measures of central
tendency and measures of variability?

A. Central tendency shows spread, while

variability shows the average
B. Central tendency describes the center of
the data, while variability describes how data
are spread
C. Both describe how far values are from zero
D. Variability replaces the need for central
tendency

_____ 60. Why is accuracy and absence of bias

important when using statistical data?

A. To make reports longer and more detailed

B. To ensure decisions based on data are fair
and reliable
C. To increase the number of calculations
involved
D. To make data more complex for analysis

Do your best, stay honest

success earned fairly lasts
longer
Prepared by:

NORMAN A. REYES
Subject Teacher