Eastern Samar State University-Graduate School

MAED 602: STATISTICAL METHODS (2nd Term, AY 2016-2017)

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L E A R N I N G TA S K N O . 1

T H E N AT U R E O F D ATA A N D T H E
F R E Q U E N C Y D I S T R I B U T I O N TA B L E

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Part One. A political analyst wants to do a survey on the popularity of a certain

politician in five of the municipalities under the politicians jurisdiction. (a) Compute for
the appropriate sample size using the Slovins formula at 90 percent confidence level;
and (b) if stratified random sampling is to be employed, determine the number of
samples per municipality based on the data below.
Computation of the
sample size

Municipali
ty

Distribution
of
Population
85, 642
74, 320
230, 911
58, 234
41, 098

Percenta
ge

Distributi
on of
Sample

Aros
San Julio
Barangon
Salcado
Bakalngay
an
TOTAL
Part Two. Complete the table below by categorizing the given variables according to
its nature as described in each column.
Quantitative or
Discrete or
Variable
Scale of Measure
Qualitative
Continuous
Blood Type
Shirt Size (e.g.
small)
Number of
Facebook friends
Monthly Electric
Consumption
Distance travelled
SSS Number
Temperature in
Fahrenheit

Part Three. Construct frequency distribution tables based on the data provided per
item.

Eastern Samar State University-Graduate School

MAED 602: STATISTICAL METHODS (2nd Term, AY 2016-2017)
A. Twenty families in a squatters area
have been asked to provide the number
of children in their family. Their
responses are given below.
7
7
9
5

5
6
9
8

9
8
10

10
8
5

11
10
5

No. of
Children in
the Family

f
(frequen
cy)

rf
(relative
frequenc
y)

6
6
7

B. Forty-five individuals were asked

regarding the number of text messages they receive per day as part of a survey of a
telecommunications company. The following were the responses.
52
18
76
43
55
91
36
12
5
18
29
33
31
48
55
112 94
13
26
39
30
43
33
26
85
58
104
65
68
71
54
58
43
84
81
75
75
57
65
44
58
58
60
63
70
(Indicate necessary computations)

Class
Intervals

Tally

Boundaries

Clas
s
mar
k

rf

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Part Four. Explain how you use statistics in the work that you do.

Eastern Samar State University-Graduate School

MAED 602: STATISTICAL METHODS (2nd Term, AY 2016-2017)

Value-Added Work: Do a research on frequency polygons, histograms, and stem-andleaf plots.