Midterm Exam Biostat

DMC COLLEGE FOUNDATION, INC.
Sta. Filomena, Dipolog City, 7100, Philippines
Higher Education Department PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS

Prelim Exam Herard C. Napuecas
Name: _____________________________ Date Taken: _____________ Score: __________

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Provide necessary solutions.
2. Start the exam with a prayer and end it with a prayer. This will help you
overcome carnal temptations. Remember, exam scores are not the true
reflection of your intellectual worth.
3. Answer the exam questions critically and honestly. Bear in mind, things that
are sourced out from deceitful means dwindle (perish) away easily. Proverbs
13:11.
4. You are given 2 hours and a half to answer. Enough to answer all the items
with confidence and spirit of sanity.
5. Write your answers legibly in yellow papers/sheets which includes the tables
and solution sets.
6. Start answering at exactly 6 pm.
7. Pass your answers by taking pictures of the answer/solution sheets and email
them at herardnapuecas@gmail.com
8. Late answers will not be accepted.
I. TRUE/FALSE. Determine which of the following statements is/are correct. If it is
correct, write TRUE on the blank. Otherwise, write EURT. (2 points each correct
answer.)
_____1. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑑𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑣𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 .
_____2.𝐼𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑣𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑧𝑒𝑟𝑜, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑑𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑒
_____3. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑤𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑓 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑏𝑠𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑡𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒
𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑏𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛.
_____4. 𝑀𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑠 𝑢𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑑𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑠.
_____5. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑏𝑒 𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛.
II. CATEGORIZATION. Given the pool of variable, classify them according to what type of
variable they belong-qualitative or quantitative data. If it is quantitative, classify it further whether
it is continuous or discrete variable. Complete the table below by writing the data in its
corresponding category. Each correct answer will be merited by 3 points.
Pool of Variable
Heart rate Barometric Pressure
Index of Discrimination Positions in hierarchy of siblings
Mean score Number of heartbeats of a healthy person
Attitude Index Time of the Day
Emotional Quotient Systolic Blood Pressure
GPA Percent increase in the inflation rate
SAT Score Rating of Happiness from 1 to 10
Monthly Electric Bill Index of Difficulty
Qualitative Quantitative
Continuous Discrete
III. IDENTIFICATION.
A. Write N if the level of measurement of the variable is Nominal, O if Ordinal, R if ratio. Write
your answers on the blank. Each correct answer will be merited 3 points.
________ 1. Student Letter Grade
________ 2. Systolic Pressure
________ 3. Rating of Happiness from 1 to 10
________ 4. Time of Day
________ 5. Exercise Intensity
________ 6. Attitude Index
________ 7. Emotional Quotient
________ 8. Blood Pressure
________ 9. Heart rate
________ 10. Postal Code
________ 11. Index of Discrimination
________ 12. Index of Difficulty
________ 13. Mean Score
________ 14. SAT Result
________ 15. Diastolic Pressure
IV. PROBLEM SOLVING. Provide for the necessary solution being asked as indicated
in each problem. Use the most appropriate statistical tool in as much as possible.
Points system are manifested after exposing the conditions.
A.
1. Jones, a farmer, would like to find out which rice variant is more consistent in yielding crops.
To do this, he tallied the number of sacks each variant yields for 6 harvesting seasons.
Season 1 Season 2 Season 3 Season 4 Season 5 Season 6
RV 1 85 74 75 89 67 75
RV 2 112 45 78 65 80 85
Which rice variant is more consistent in yielding crops? Defend your answer. 15 points
2. Luigi’s salary in the bank he is currently working is on the 7 th decile. By what percent of his
workmates got a salary higher than Luigi? 10 points
3. What should be the possible values of x and y in the distribution 48, 21, 2, 17, x, 33, 3, 36 and
y if their mean is 26 and x is two more than thrice the value of y. 15 points
4. In the distribution x,8,15,22,29,36,43,50, and 57, find the sample standard deviation if the third
quartile is 46.4797975. 10 points
B.
An acclaimed epidemiologist conducted a study on a novel disease pestering a certain region. He
collected the data of all the patients in their respective region as shown below.
AGE OF PATIENTS WHO ARE INFECTED BY A NOVEL DISEASE IN PROVINCE A
2 36 12 45 34 17 36 14 17 35 57 68 74
56 74 23 35 26 53 46 53 34 58 58 68 43
69 65 1 4 15 17 62 65 50 52 39 58 56
AGE OF PATIENTS WHO ARE INFECTED BY A NOVEL DISEASE IN PROVINCE B

12 26 32 4 36 71 63 23 18 56 25 56 34
45 19 13 51 16 48 69 47 12 8 5 6 43
49 55 14 43 55 47 62 63 51 58 29 8 6
1. Construct a Frequency Distribution Table of the set of data given above in each respective
province. (30 points/15 points each FDT of every province)
2. Which of age group is mostly affected by the disease in:
a. Province A. (20 points)
b. Province B. (20 points)
3. Do provinces vary in terms of age group infected by the disease? Defend your answer by
providing statistical figures. (30 points)
4. What age lies exactly at the:
a. 70 percent of the grouped distribution in Province A? (10 points)
b. 30 percent of the grouped distribution in Province B? (10 points)
c. 70 percent of the patients in Province A? (10 points)
d. 30 percent of the patients in Province B? (10 points)

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DMC COLLEGE FOUNDATION, INC.

Sta. Filomena, Dipolog City, 7100, Philippines

Higher Education Department PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS

Name: _______________________ Date Taken: _ Score: ____

AGE OF PATIENTS WHO ARE INFECTED BY A NOVEL DISEASE IN PROVINCE B

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