NAME: _________________

QUIZ NO. 1: Exploring Data

Midterm grade of ABM172 class in Business Mathematics is given below:

93 83 82 99 85 86 95 94 91 98 99
81 82 96 95 80 92 77 96 97 91 98
91 99 83 93 91 95 86 87 98 97 79

Mean Absolute Deviation Population Variance Standard Deviation

∑ 𝒇|𝒙 − 𝒙
̅| 2
∑ 𝑓(𝑥 − 𝑥̅ )2 𝝈 = √ 𝝈𝟐
𝑴𝑨𝑫 = 𝜎 =
𝑵 𝑁

(8 pts)

𝑥 𝒇 𝒙 − 𝒙̅ |𝒙 − 𝒙̅| 𝒇|𝒙 − 𝒙̅| (𝒙 − 𝒙̅)𝟐 𝒇(𝒙 − 𝒙̅)𝟐

(10 pts)

I. Calculate the: a) MAD b) Population Variance c) Population Standard Deviation

a) MAD = b) 𝝈𝟐 = c) 𝝈 =
Find the mean, median and mode

Mean = Median = Mode =

Find 𝑸𝟏 , 𝑸𝟑 , 𝑫𝟓 , 𝑷𝟓𝟎

𝑸𝟏 = 𝑸𝟑 = 𝑫𝟓 = 𝑷𝟓𝟎 =

II. (5 pts)
A survey of students in a certain school is conducted. The survey questionnaire details the information
on the following variables. For each of these variables, identify whether the variable is qualitative (Ql) or
quantitative (Qt), and if the latter, state whether it is discrete (D) or continuous(C).
____________1. number of family members who are working
____________2. ownership of a cell phone among family members
____________3. length (in minutes) of longest call made on each cell phone owned per month
____________4. ownership/rental of dwelling
____________5. amount spent in pesos on food in one week
____________6. occupation of household head
____________7. total family income
____________8. number of years of schooling of each family member
____________9. access of family members to social media
_____________10. amount of time last week spent by each family member using the internet

III. (5 pts)
Identify the following as nominal level (N), ordinal level (O), interval level (I), or ratio level (R) data.
____________1. Age
____________2. Height
____________3. Class standing (freshman, sophomore, junior, senior)
____________4. Gender
____________5. Length of time it takes to get to school
____________6. High temperature
____________7. Shirt size (small, medium, large)
____________8. Number of siblings
____________9. Country of birth
____________10. Eye color

Define Statistics. (2 pts)

Statistics-