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Unit 4 Lesson 4.1

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Statistics are used...

a)

in education

b)

in science

c)

in government

d)

in mathematics

e)

all of the answer choices

2.

Primary data refer to information obtained _____ by the researcher on the variables of interest for the specific purpose of the study.

a)

first-hand

b)

second-hand

c)

third-hand

3.

A scholarly journal discussing the impact of excessive drinking on high school students would be an example of a...

a)

Primary Source

b)

Secondary Source

4.

Which document is a secondary source?

a)

Philippines' Census Statistics

b)

An analysis of Lapu-Lapu: A Hero

c)

Autobiography of Miriam Defensor-Santiago

d)

An e-mail from your teacher

5.

Data collection is the process of...

a)

gathering and measuring information on variables of interest

b)

gathering and measuring books on variables of interest

c)

gathering and measuring newspapers on variables of interest

d)

gathering and measuring diaries on variables of interest

6.

Careful use of statistical methods does not include....

a)

carefully defining the situation

b)

gathering data

c)

summarizing the data accurately

d)

deriving and communicating meaningful conclusions

e)

throwing out data that does not fit the graph

7.
A survey should always be ____ and ____.
a)
random and biased
b)
random and unbiased
8.

Asking an open ended question in an interview generates___________.

a)

quantitative data

b)

qualitative data

c)

discrete data

d)

continuous data

9.

A sample is...

a)

a subset of a population

b)

an infinite selection of a population

c)

a characteristic of a population

d)

a data value generated by the statistical information

10.

A beverage company wanted to see if people in the Philippines liked their new logo.

Which choice best represents a population?

a)

A beverage company

b)

Every person in the Philippines

c)

A selection of shoppers in an area around the country

d)

Selected people who bought the beverage

11.

Complete the following statement about the change in sample size.

If you increase the size of your sample, the Margin of Error will . . . .

a)

increase

b)

decrease

c)

stay the same

12.

Which data collecting technique is most applicable if a researcher wants to determine if people who take vitamin C every day are less likely to get colds.

a)

Registration

b)

Texting

c)

Observation

13.
Ana wants to know the average student’s opinion of the tardy policy at her school. Which group of students should she survey in order to achieve the most accurate results?
a)
thirty students who are often tardy
b)
thirty students who are rarely tardy
c)
thirty of her friends
d)
thirty randomly selected students from her school
14.

A public library asked every 10th person who entered to name the type of book they were getting. What type of sampling was used in this situation?

a)

Simple random sampling

b)

Systematic random sampling

c)

Cluster random sampling

d)

Quota sampling

15.

A company makes DVDs and randomly selects 25 from 1500 to test them to see if they work. What sampling technique was used in this situation?

a)

Purposive Sampling

b)

Simple Random Sampling

c)

Multi-stage Random Sampling

d)

Systematic Random Sampling