St.
Paul University Philippines
Tuguegarao City
Graduate School
COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION
Statistics w/ Laboratory
I. Multiple Choice: Choose the letter of the correct answer.
For items 1-5, classify each according to the level of measurement.
Options: A. Nominal
B. Ordinal
C. Scale
1. Ages of employees in a certain company
2. Temperatures of sample automobile tires tested at 55mph for 6 minutes
3. Classification of students according to major field of specialization
4. Performance ratings of teachers (fair, good, excellent)
5. Professional License numbers
6. Which of the following is considered as a positional measure?
a. mean deviation b. range c. standard deviation d. median
7. Which of the following corresponds to the peak of the frequency polygon representing a set of
data?
a. mode b. mean c. median d. highest score
8. Which of the following measures of central tendency is most appropriate for homogenous set of
quantitative data?
a. mode [Link] [Link] [Link]
9. In a statistics test, the compound value of Q 3 is 45. What does this signify?
a. 3/4 of the respondents obtained scores that are less than or equal to 45.
b. 3/4 of the respondents obtained scores that are greater than or equal to 45.
c. 3/4 of the respondents obtained scores that are less than 45.
d. 3/4 of the respondents obtained scores that are greater than 45.
10. Which of the following is NOT true about right skewed distribution?
a. It has a longer tail on the right.
b. It is positively skewed.
c. There are more high scores in the distribution that tend to pull up the mean.
d. The mean is lower than the mode or median.
11. Q1 is the 25th percentile while median is the ___________.
a. 40th percentile c. 50th percentile
th
b. 45 percentile d. 60th percentile
12. When a test yields zero standard deviation, this simply means that
a. students’ scores are the same.
b. fifty percent of the scores are zero.
c. less than fifty percent of the scores are zero.
d. more than fifty percent of the scores are zero.
13. If the percentile rank of Nariel’s score in a 75-item long quiz is [Link] would mean that
_________________________.
a. Nariel’s score is 70.
b. Nariel got the highest score.
c. Nariel’s score is higher than 70% of his class.
d. The percentage of Nariel’s score is 70.
14. Which tells whether score distribution appears compressed or expanded?
a. Measure of Position [Link] of Variability
b. Measure of Correlation [Link] of Central Tendency
For item 15, refer to the table below.
The table shows the frequency and percentage distribution of the respondents classified in
terms of IQ level and gender.
IQ level Gender
Female % Male % Total
Above Average 9 15 8 13.33 17
Average 15 25 20 33.34 35
Below Average 3 5 5 8.33 8
Total 27 45 33 55 60
15. The set of female is what percent of the total respondents?
a. 27% b. 35% c. 45% d. 55%
For items 16-20, refer to the table below.
CLASS/Section N (Class size) MEAN SD (Standard Deviation)
VI-1 45 58.20 2.32
VI-2 44 57.10 2.01
VI-3 46 57.98 1.90
VI-4 43 52.46 6.19
VI-5 46 53.13 6.40
16. Which class is the most homogenous as shown in the table?
a. VI-1 b. VI-3 c. VI-4 d. VI-5
17. Which class has the best performance?
a. VI-1 b. VI-2 c. VI-3 d. VI-5
18. Which of the classes has the poorest performance?
a. VI-1 b. VI-3 c. VI-4 d. VI-5
19. Which class is the most heterogenous?
a. VI-1 b. VI-2 c. VI-3 d. VI-5
20. Two sections of students in Di-Masapsapulan High School grouped heterogenously obtained the
same mean in their 25-item [Link] the scores of the 1 st section has average deviation that is 0.3
lower than the 2nd section, then
a. both sections have the same degree of variation of scores.
b. the 2nd section has less scattered scores.
c. no comparison could possibly be made between the 2 sections.
d. the 1st section has less scattered scores.
21. The computed r for Math and English scores is -[Link] means that
a. Math and reading scores are not related
b. The higher the score in Math, the lower the Reading score.
c. The lower the score in Math, the higher the Reading score.
d. The lower score in Math , the lower the Reading score.
22. 1st Quartile is the same as ______________.
a. [Link] b.2nd Decile c.20th percentile d.25th percentile
23. What is implied by a positively skewed distribution?
a. The mode is high.
b. Most of the scores are high.
c. Most of the scores are low.
d. The mean, median, and mode are equal.
24. When the distribution is skewed to the right, the test is said to be
a. Very difficult c. average/moderately difficult
b. Very easy d. partly easy-partly difficult
25. In a normal distribution, which of the following is true?
a. Median = mode >mean c. Median <mode >mean
b. Median = mode = mean d. Median = mode <mean
[Link] SOLVING( 40 Pts.)
Directions:Answer the following [Link] the steps in hypothesis testing.
1. A teacher wants to find out whether academic performance is independent of the type of school
a student graduated [Link] sampled 150 students and results are shown [Link] the 0.05
alpha level,can the teacher say that there is a significant relationship between academic
performance and the type of school?
Academic Performance
Type of School Excellent Very good Good Fair Poor Total
Public 18 15 16 14 15 78
Private 20 12 19 13 8 72
Total 38 27 35 27 23 150
SPSS OUTPUT
Chi-Square Tests
Value df [Link].(2-sided)
Pearson Chi-Square 2.627a 4 .622
Likelihood Ratio 2.658 4 .617
Linear-by-Linear 1.008 1 .315
Association
N of Valid Cases 150
2. A researcher wishes to try three different techniques to lower the blood pressure of individuals
diagnosed with high blood [Link] subjects are randomly assigned to three groups; the
first group takes the medication,the second group excersises,and the third group [Link] four
weeks ,the reduction in each person’s blood pressure is recorded. At a=0.05, is there significant
difference among the means?
Medication Exercise Diet
10 6 5
12 8 9
9 3 12
15 1 8
13 2 4
SPSS OUTPUT ANOVA
Reduction
Sum of Squares df Mean Square F Sig.
Between groups 152.400 2 76.200 9.337 .004
Groups
Within groups 98.000 12 8.167
Total 250.400 14
3. In a corporation, male and female workers were matched according to years of experience working for
the company. Their salaries were then compared. The data (in thousands of pesos) are show in the table.
At a = 0.05, is there a significant difference in the salaries of the males and females?
Males 18 43 32 27 15 45 21 22
Females 16 38 35 29 15 46 25 28
SPSS OUTPUT
Group Statistics
Gender N Mean Std. Deviation Std. Error Mean
Salary : Male 7 29.29 11.354 4.291
Female 8 31.50 12.524 4.428
Independent Sample Test
Levene’s Test For
Equality of Variances
t-test for Equality of Means
95% Confidence Interval of
Sig. (2- Mean Std. Error
F Sig. t df the Difference
tailed) difference Difference
Lower
Salary: Equal Variances .125 .729 -.357 13 .727 -2.214 6.210 -15.629
assumed
Equal Variances
not assumed -.359 12.973 .725 -2.214 6.166 -15.538
4. An administrator of the High School hypothesized that senior high school student (N=800) would
achieve a percentile mean of 90 in the NSAT. However, the actual mean of the group was 88.5
with a standard deviation of 22. Was there any significant difference between the hypothesized
mean and actual mean at a = 0.05?
5. The data in table below represent the statistical output file for a research data that sought to
determine whether there is significant difference in the assessment made by the respondents
(students, testing personnel and system developers) with the respect to the developed
Automated Admission Test for a particular Private College in Region 2. The assessment was done
using a 5-point Likert scale with 5 as highest. (Fictitious data)
95% Confidence Interval for
Mea Std. Mean
AREA Respondents N Std. Error Minimum Maximum
n Deviation
Lower Bound Upper Bound
Students 350 4.35 .58219 .03112 4.2931 4.4155 2.33 5.00
Testing Personnel 15 4.56 .27217 .07027 4.4048 4.7063 4.00 5.00
Performance
System Developers 20 4.30 .52871 .11822 4.0526 4.5474 3.00 5.00
Total 385 4.36 .57122 .02911 4.3021 4.4165 2.33 5.00
AREA Source of Variation Sum of Squares df Mean Square F-Ratio P-value
Between groups 657 2 328 1.007 .366
Performance Within groups 124.639 382 326
Total 125.296 354
Questions:
1. What conclusion can be formulated based on the output generated?
2. Is the result significant at .05 level? Why?
