Quantitative Methods

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OCCIDENTAL MINDORO STATE COLLEGE

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College of Arts, Sciences, and Technology
QUANTITATIVE METHODS
MIDTERM EXAMINATION
2nd Semester, AY 2020-2021
Name: __________________________________ Date:

________________
Course, Yr. & Sec.: _______________________ Score:
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TEST I. MULTIPLE CHOICE (20 items)
DIRECTION: Choose the letter of the correct answer and write your answer on the space
provided before the numbers.
___ 1. Which of the following is not included as secondary data?

a. Archived research data c. Data collected via census
b. Personal document d. Official documents
___ 2. What is the best statement to describe Questionnaire?
a. a measurement technique c. a research method
b. a data analysis technique d. a tool for data collection
___ 3. What is the Median of the following list of data 92, 75, 35, 10, 19, 80?
a. 35 c. 55
b. 45 d. 65
___ 4. What is the mode of the following numbers? 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 6, 7, 8, 7
a. 5 c. 7
b. 6 d. 8
___ 5. What is the arithmetic mean of the following numbers? 9, 10, 6, 5, 6
a. 36 c. 7.5
b. 7 d. 7.2
___ 6. What is the median of the following numbers? 9, 10, 6, 5, 6
a. 5 c. 9
b. 6 d. 7
___ 7. Ms. Mariano planning to conduct a research about how deep the ocean of Lubang. What
method of research she need to use?
a. Case study c. Qualitative methods
b. Quantitative methods d. Ethnographic studies
___ 8. Which statement best describe to a Quantitative data?
a. statistical analysis
b. any data you present in your report
c. graphs and tables
d. numerical data that could usefully be quantified to help you answer your
research questions and to meet your objectives
___ 9. What is the arithmetic mean of the following numbers? 8, 1, 2, 6, 1, 4
a. 22
b. 3
c. 3.60
d. 3.66
_______ 10. Which statement best describe a Pictogram?
a. a photograph
b. an illustration where each bar is replaced by a picture or series of pictures
chosen to represent the data
c. a way of measuring the impact of data presentation techniques
d. a line drawing
_______ 11. A graph that uses vertical bars to represent data is called a _______.
a. Line Graph c. Stacked Bar Graph
b. Vertical Graph d. Bar Graph
_______ 12. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of quantitative research?
a. Data are gathered before proposing a conclusion or solution to a problem
b. Method can be repeated to verify findings in another setting, thus, strengthen
and reinforcing validity of findings eliminating the possibility of spurious
conclusions
c. Figures, tables or graphs showcase summarized data collection in order to show
trends, relationship or differences among variables
d. It seeks to gather a more comprehensive understanding of activities related to
human behavior and the attributes that rule such behavior
_______ 13. Which of the following is the example of quantitative study?
a. public opinion to the corruption in our country
b. academic performance of high school students
c. attributes to malnutrition in children
d. all of the above
_______ 14. Which of the following is the example of prediction study?
a. Suppose the High School GPA is not the sole predictor of college GPA, what
might be the other predictor?
b. What is the effect of Home Schooling on the social skills of adolescents?
c. Which high school applicants should be admitted to college?
d. What is the level of study habits of the high school students?
_______ 15. Which of the following is not belong to the group?
a. Methodology c. Case study
b. Ex-Post Facto d. Survey
_______ 16. Which of the following is not considered as the strength of quantitative research?
a. Requires large number of respondents
b. Real and unbiased
c. Replicable
d. Analyzed in quick and easy way
_______ 17. Arrange the following steps to get the median of the following data 2, 8, 5, 9, 10, 1.
i. select the middle number
ii. arrange in numerical order
iii. divide the sum of all the numbers by the total of sample data
iv. get the sum of the numbers
a. i, ii, iv, iii c. ii, i, iii, iv
b. ii, iv, iii, i d. ii, i, iv, iii
_______ 18. The teacher of a class of third grades records the height of each student. Which
level of measurement is being used in the given scenario?
a. Nominal
b. Interval
c. Ordinal
d. Ratio
_______ 19. The teacher of a class of third grades, records the letter grade for mathematics for
each student. Which level of measurement is being used in the given scenario?
a. Nominal c. Ordinal
b. Interval d. Ration
_______ 20. A film critic lists the top 50 greatest movies of all time. Which level of
measurement is being used in the given scenario?
a. Nominal c. Ordinal
b. Interval d. Ratio
TEST II. COMPREHENSION (15 items)
DIRECTION: Identify if the single variable is CONTINUOUS or DISCRETE Variable. Write

“C” if your answer is CONTINUOS and “D” if your answer is DISCRETE.
_________ 1. Number of Personal Computer in the household.

_________ 2. Weight of the employees in a call center company.
_________ 3. Number of persons in a family.
_________ 4. Time taken to run a race.
_________ 5. Water temperatures of ten rivers in the Philippines.
_________ 6. Number of pages in a book.
_________ 7. Number of people in a race.
_________ 8. Length of a film.
_________ 9. Mitsubishi Montero sales in the three months.
_________ 10. Number of eggs in a basket.
_________ 11. Number of students in BSIT 3A.
_________ 12. The VAT of your groceries.
_________ 13. Radio frequency.
_________ 14. The price of rice.
_________ 15. The kilo of rice.
TEST III. COMPUTATION (45 items)
DIRECTION: Use the case problem to compute each questions. Write your solution on the
space provided.
CASE PROBLEM: Lubang Travel Agency offers special rates on a summer period. The
owner wants additional information on the ages of those people taking travel tours. A random
sample of 15 customers taking travel tours last summer revealed these ages.
40, 67, 53, 48, 44, 40, 65, 30, 39, 40, 44, 35, 78, 12, 15
1. Consider the following data above. Compute the value of the Mean, Median, and Mode,
show your solution. 4 points each.
Mean: __________ Median: ___________ Mode: __________

2. Use the sample data above, determine the value of the range (4 points), value of the standard
deviation (25 points), and value of the variance (4 points). Show your solution.
Range: ______________ Standard deviation: _____________ Variance:

____________

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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES

OCCIDENTAL MINDORO STATE COLLEGE

College of Arts, Sciences, and Technology

Name: __________________________________ Date:

TEST I. MULTIPLE CHOICE (20 items)

___ 1. Which of the following is not included as secondary data?

TEST II. COMPREHENSION (15 items)

DIRECTION: Identify if the single variable is CONTINUOUS or DISCRETE Variable. Write

_________ 1. Number of Personal Computer in the household.

Mean: ____ Median: _ Mode: ______

Range: __ Standard deviation: _ Variance:

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