1.

What field uses statistics as its backbone for market research such as
analyzing the stock market?
a. Business b. Psychology c. Electorate d. War

2. What type of statistics usually leads into an unprecedented conclusion based

on data that taken?
a. Solitary b. Descriptive c. Analytical d. Inferential

3. The singular equivalent word for data:

a. Datan b. Datanum c. Datum d. Datanus

4. Which of the following can be a primary data source?

a. Government records b. Dissertations
c. Books d. Opinions

5. Does the value, 100B, is also considered a sample of a population?

a. Yes b. Maybe c. No d. Why would I care?

6. Which of the following describes what’s true?

a. The independent variable is the result of how the dependent variable
has been controlled.
b. The independent variable is what we controlled for the dependent
variable as a result.
c. Both statement is either applied
d. None of these statements makes sense.

7. Which level of measurement doesn’t exactly start from absolute zero?

a. Nominal b. Interval c. Ratio d. Ordinal

8. Who formulated the equation on finding sample size?

a. Sloven b. Trachikovsky c. Lambda d. Gauss

9. Which of these is not considered as a constant variable?

a. Avogadro’s Number b. e=mc2 c. Evler’s Identity d. Sample

10. Which set of words contain a term that does not belong to the group?
a. [Discrete, Continuous, Quantitative]
b. [Dischotonomous, Trichonomous, Multinomous]
c. [Ratio, Nominal, Ordinal]
d. [Questionnaires, Internet, Interview]

11. The main purpose of sampling procedures in research is to take the study
process “doable”. Helps to reduce bias, accurately present the population and
 is cost-effective. Which of the following sampling procedures is not a fair
sampling method?
a. Fishbowl Sampling b. Purpose Sampling
c. Cluster Sampling d. Stratified Random Sampling

12. It is a tabulation or grouping of data into appropriate categories showing the

number of observations in each group or category.
a. Cartogram b. Scatter point diagram
c. Circle Graph d. None of the Above

13. One objective of a research is to present the data organize and accurately.
Which of the following is a form of presentation of data?
a. Miniature b. Questionnaire c. Narrative d. Sampling Materials

14. Which of the following given statements is/are true?

I. Tabular is a form of presentation uses statistical table that shows the data
in more chaotic and unsystematic manner.
II. O give is a kind of data presentation shows relationship between two sets
of quantities and is done by plotting in a Cartesian Plane.
a. Statement I is true b. Statement II is true
c. Both Statement are true d. None of the above are true

15. A method of collecting data used when the objective is to determine the cause
and effect of a certain phenomenon under some controlled conditions.
a. Observational Method b. Experimentation
c. Interview Method d. Questionnaire Method

16. It is the numbers that summarizes data for an entire population.

a. Parameter b. Statistics c. Central Tendency d. Both A and B

17. The _________ is the most commonly occurring value is a series.

a. Mean b. Median c. Mode d. All of the above

18. A Sample of 20 families gave the following data on the number of children per
family: 0,1,3,4,4,4,2,2,3,5,6,7,5,6,5,3,3,4,5,0. What is the mean?
a. 3.3 b. 3.4 c. 3.5 3.6

19. The natural extension of the idea of median.

a. Quartiles b. Quantiles c. Central Tendency d. Position
20. The following are the scores of 9 students in statistics quiz: 12, 15, 16, 17, 19
23, 25, 30, 33. What is the value of P65?
a. 23. 1 b. 23. 2 c. 23.3 d. 23.4
21. The following are the daily salaries of a group of employees. n=150.

DAILY SALARY NUMBER <cf

₱300 – 399 15 15
400 - 499 21 36
500 - 599 45 81
600 - 699 39 120
700 - 799 24 144
800 - 899 6 150
What is the value of P60?
a. 620.51 b. 621.55 c. 622.58 d. 623.85

22. I. The mean deviation measures the average deviation of the values from
arithmetic mean.
II. High variability means the data is spread out. High variability tells us that
the data are clustered together.
a. Statement I is true, Statement 2 is false
b. Statement I is false, Statement 1 is true
c. Both statement is true
d. Both statement is false

23. H is the dispersion in the middle of the data where it defines the spread of the
data.
a. Range b. Standard Deviation
c. Quartile Deviation d. Skewness

24. These are some characteristics of standard deviation and variance, Except?
a. It is the most important and most useful measure of dispersion.
b. it can be computed from an open and the distribution.
c. it is widely used in research.
d. it is used in drawing inferences from sample to population.

25. which type of measure of variation easily affected by extreme scores

a. Mean b. Range c. Standard Deviation d. IQR

26. Teacher Ryza gives a 50 item test in Trigonometry where the mean
performance of the group is 40 and the standard deviation is 6. Elsa obtained
a score of 45. Which of the following best describe her performance?
a. Average b. Outstanding
c. Below Average d. Above Average
27. Most of students who took the exam got scores above the mean. What is the
representation of the score distribution?
a. Skewed Horizontally b. Skewed to left
 c. Normally Distributed d. Positively Skewed

28. How many different permutations can be made from the letters of the word
“CIRCUMFERENCE”?
a. 88, 468, 400 b. 88, 486, 400
c. 86, 864, 400 d. 86, 486, 400

29. A committee of 5 people must be selected from 5 accountants and 8

educators. How many ways can be the selection be done if there are at least
3 educators in the committee?
a. 766 b. 966 c. 866 d. 566

30. How many ways can 5 faculty members and 7 students be selected in a row if
the faculty members and students must alternate?
a. 846,000 b. 604,800 c. 804, 600 d. 406, 800

31. A pizza restaurant offers a combination pizza consisting of any three of the
four ingredients: Sausage (S), mushrooms (M), Pepperoni (P), and Anchovies
(A). Determine the number of possible combination pizzas.
a. 4 combinations b. 8 combinations
c. 6 combinations d. 10 combinations

32. In how many ways can 10 pears be put together to form a bracelet?
a. 362,880 b. 3,628,800 c. 36,288 d. 3,628

33. A random variable that can assume at most a finite or a countable number of
possible values.
a. Random Variable b. Probability
c. Discrete Random Variable d. Continuous Random Variable

34. One that can assume any value in same interval or intervals of real numbers.
a. Random Variable b. Probability
c. Discrete Random Variable d. Continuous Random Variable

35. A couple is planning to have four children. What is the probability of having
Three (3) boys followed by a girl?
a. 2/16 or 1/8 b. 1/16
c. 3/16 d. 9/16

36. (Refer to Question 35) What about the probability of having no boys?
a. 2/16 or 1/8 b. 1/16
c. 3/16 d. 9/16
37. Is the weighted average of the possible values that the random variable can
take.
a. Mean of a discrete random variable X
b. Variance of a discrete random variable X
c. Mean of a Continuous Random Variable X
d. Variance of a continuous random variable X

38. Formula for variance of a discrete random Variable X.

fx
a. ∑
n
b. ∑ X i Pi
c. ∑ ( x−ui ) p 2i̇
d. ∑ ( xi −ui ) 2 pi̇
39. A rule, usually expressed as a formula that tells us how to calculate based on
information in the sample?
a. Estimation b. Point Estimate
c. Estimator d. Interval Estimate

40. Is some small probability that the method of constructing confidence intervals
will fail?
a. Critical Value b. Confidence Level
c. Alpha (α ) d. Confidence Interval

41. Measurement are made on a random sample of 100 components drawn from
a population size of 1,546 and having a standard deviation of 2.93mm. The
mean measurements in the sample is 67.45 mm. Determine a 95%
confidence intervals for an estimate of the mean of the population.
a. 66.876 < μ < 66.024
b. ̂ 66.876 < μ < 68.024
c. 67.024 < μ < 69.876

42. It is a specific numerical value of a population parameter:

a. Love Estimate b. Point Estimate
c. Interval Estimate d. Confidence Interval

43. Suppose x is normal population with the mean μ and standard deviation is
15. A sample of size 25 students and the sample mean x in a statistics test
was found to be 81. Compute a 99% confidence interval.
a. 73.275 < μ < 88.725
b. 73.375 < μ < 88.825
c. 74.275 < μ < 89.275
d. 74.275 < μ < 89.725
44. The _____________ is a number representing a part of a population and is
therefore an example of a population parameter.
a. Population mean b. Population proportion
c. Standard Error d. Confidence Interval

45. If p̂ is the proportion of ____________ in a random sample of size n, and q̂ =

1 - p̂, an appropriate 100 (1-a) % confidence integral for the binomial
parameter p.
a. Successes b. Failure
c. People d. Participation

46. A random sample of n = 400 observations from binomial population produced

x = 250. Estimate the population proportion.
a. p̂ = 0.725 and SE = 0.034
b. p̂ = 0.625 and SE = 1.024
c. p̂ = 0.625 and SE = 0.044
d. p̂ = 0.625 and SE = 0.024

47. The sample proportion is calculated as:

x n ❑
a. (x +n)2 b. c. d. (x +n) /2
n x

48. A sample survey is designed to estimate the proportion of households in a

certain barangay that segregate garbage. A random sample of 500
households is selected from the whole barangays, and 120 are found not
segregating their garbage. Use a 90% confidence interval to estimate the
proportion of households that are not segregating garbage.
a. 0.209 < p < 0.271
b. 0.5776 < p < 0.6724
c. 0.5886 < p < 0.6824
d. 0.234 < p < 0.237

49. Among 1500 Filipino women included in a survey showed that 810 are
conscious of their figure. What is the best estimation of the proportion?
a. p̂ = 0.54 and SE = 0.024
b. p̂ = 0.65 and SE = 0.035
c. p̂ = 0.66 and SE = 0.012
d. p̂ = 0.45 and SE = 0.042

50. It is used in comparing two means if the population standard deviation is

known
a. Chi-square b. t-test
c. Test d. z-test
51. It is used when the alternative hypothesis is non-directional which means that
the values of two measurements of the same kind are not equal.
a. Test Statistics b. Two tailed test
c. One tailed Test d. Critical Value

52. A statement that something is true, an intelligent guess.

a. Hypothesis b. Sentence
c. Guess d. No answer

53. A ____________ is committed when the researcher accepts the null

hypothesis when in fact it is false.
a. Type II error b. Type I error
c. Wrong Hypothesis d. Statistical Hypothesis

54. Which of the following is not true about null hypothesis?

a. It expresses the idea of non – significant difference
b. It is usually designated by a “not” or no item.
c. It is usually denoted as Ha or H0
d. It is usually denoted as H0

55. It is used to estimate the proportion of a population. This is called hypothesis

of inequality.
a. Single (one) portion z test
b. Two portion z test
c. Litmus test
d. T-test for correlated samples

56. This is used to determine whether proportions of two groups differ. It

calculates range of values that is likely to include the difference between the
population proportions.
a. One sample z test
b. T test
c. Two portion z test
d. Chi-square

57. These tests are statistical hypothesis test that you can use to analyze one or
two sample means involving a small number of cases (n < 30)
a. T test b. z test c. Litmus Test d. F Test

58. Which of the following is the solution for comparing sample mean and
population mean (t test)?

a. t=
∑D
√ n¿ ¿ ¿ ¿
 x−μ
t=
b. s
√n
x 1−x 2
t=
c.
√ [
[ n 1−1 ] ( s 21 )+ [ n2 −1 ] ( s 22 )

( o−E)
( n1 +n 2 )−2
2
¿ ][
1 1
+ ]¿
n 1 n2

d. x =∑
2
E
59. The government surveyed 25 randomly selected workers with an average
salary of 475 with a standard deviation of 35. The minimum wage cap in the
city is 450. Compute for the t-test value.
a. 3.57 b. 3.78 c. -3.51 d. -3.78

60. Using goodness-of-fit test we can assess whether a set of obtained

frequencies differ from as set of ________ frequencies.
a. Actual b. Expected c. Predicted d. Mean

61. By which other name is the chi-square goodness-of-fit is known?

a. One sample chi-square b. Chi-square Anova
c. Directional Chi-square d. Two-sample chi-square

62. What is the purpose of the chi-square goodness-of-fit test?

a. To compare the means of two or more groups.
b. To determine if there is a relationship between two categorical
variables
c. To determine how well observed frequencies fit expected frequencies
d. To test the significance of a correlation coefficient.

63. If the computed value of a chi-square goodness-of-fit test is greater than the
critical value, what do we conclude?
a. We reject the null hypothesis
b. We fail to reject the null hypothesis
c. The observed frequencies are significantly different from the expected
frequencies.
d. The observed frequencies are not significantly different from the
expected frequencies.

64. How many degrees of freedom are there in a chi-square goodness of fit test
with K-categories?
a. K b. k+2 c. k-2 d. k-1
65. Constant for any given straight line whole value represents how each unit
change of the independent variable changes the dependent variable.
a. Slope b. y-intercept
 c. Standard Deviation d. x-intercept

66. The number of variable/s used in simple regression analysis is:

a. Three b. One
c. Two d. More than these

67. What must you include when reporting an ANOVA?

a. Means
b. F Statistics
c. Degrees of freedom
d. P-value
e. All of the above

68. What do ANOVA calculate?

a. Z ratios b. F ratios
c. F Scores d. Mann Whitney

69. What is the formula to obtain the slope of regression line?

a. a= y−b x
b. y=a+b x
c. b=r
sy
d. ( y− y )2 sx

70. What is the primary purpose of the chi-square test of independence?

a. To determine if two variables are normally distributed
b. To compare means between two groups
c. To predict the value of one variable based on another
d. To determine if there is a significant relationship between two
categorical variables

71. What is required minimum expected frequency for each cell in the
contingency table when performing a chi-square test of independence?
a. 1 b.5 c.3 d.10

72. Which of the following is the formula used to calculate the chi-square value?
2
( o−E)
a. x =∑
2
E
E
(o−E)
b. x 2=
n
2 E−o
c. x =
σ
d. x =∑ (o+ E)2
2
73. What does “E” represents in the Chi-square formula
a. Experimental Data
b. Expected Frequency
c. Empirical Result
d. Error Margin

74. Which row would you normally consult to find your chi-square results in a chi-
square test for independence all assumptions being met.
a. N of valid cases
b. Fischer’s exact test
c. Pearson’s Chi-Square
d. Linear-by-linear Association