Statistics and Simple Statistical Instruments

Statistics and Simple Statistical Instruments

Open Ended

Sheena wanted accurate data from students who won international awards from the last Southeast Asian Games. What would be the most economic statistical method can she use to achieve her goals?

Multiple Choice

What is the branch of mathematics that deals with collecting, organizing, and interpreting data to address a certain phenomenon?

• Algebra

• Statistics

• Geometry

• Trigonometry

Multiple Choice

What is the set of all data under a study?

• Population

• Sample

• Totality

• Class

Multiple Choice

These are raw data.

• Grouped Data

• Ungrouped Data

• Clustered Data

• Scattered Data

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is the researcher-completed instrument?

• Grading Scale

• Questionnaires

• Self-Check List

• Aptitude Test

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a subject-completed instrument?

• Tally Sheets

• Performance Checklist

• Time-and-motion logs

• Achievement Test

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is the second-hand data?

• Interviews

• Data from Questionnaires

• Data from Surveys

• Research Journals

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is the first-hand data?

• Answer of an interviewee written in a newspaper

• Answer of an interviewee in a live talk show

• Answer of an interviewee in a research journal

• Answer of an interview in an article

Multiple Choice

Amy is conducting a survey to draw conclusions about how the dogs behave when there is an incoming earthquake. What branch of statistics does she apply?

• Inferential

• Descriptive

• Differential

• Inscriptive

Multiple Choice

Ben is reading the newspaper and reads an article regarding the growth of bacteria in people’s stomach. What kind of data is he reading?

• Second-hand Data

• First-hand Data

• Tertiary Data

• Ungrouped Data

Multiple Choice

Mark let his subject answer a questionnaire for his study. What kind of statistical instrument did he use and what kind of data will he get?

• Subject-completed, Second-hand data

• Researcher-completed, First-hand data

• Subject-completed, First-hand data

• Researcher-completed, Second-hand data