Directions: Choose the letter of the best answer. Write the chosen letter on a separate sheet of paper.

1. An art and science which deals with the collection, organization, creative presentation, analysis, and interpretation of data is called _________.
a. statistics c. statistic
b. probability d. research
2. The focus groups, individual respondents and panels of respondents are classified as
a. pointed data sources c. itemized data sources
b. secondary data sources d. primary data sources
3. The variables whose measurement is done in terms such as weight, height and length are classified as
a. continuous variables c. flowchart variables
b. measuring variables d. discrete variables
4. The type of variable which can take fixed integer values is classified as
a. flowchart variable c. continuous variable
b. discrete variable d. measuring variable
5. The branch of statistics which considers the ratio scale and interval scale is considered as
a. parametric statistics c. distribution statistics
b. non-parametric statistics d. sampling statistics
6. The branch of statistics in which the data is collected according to ordinal scale or nominal scale is classified as
a. Distribution statistics c. parametric statistics
b. Sampling statistics d. non-parametric statistics
7. He was known as the origin of modern statistics
a. Rene Descartes c. Roldan Aylmer Fisher
b. Ronald Aylmer Fisher d. Adolphe Quetelet
8. In what year that Adolphe Quetelet started in applying the principle of probability to problems in the social sciences?
a. 1835 b. 1853 c. 1835 d. 1853
9. Which of the following classifies statistics according to purpose?
a. Parametric and nonparametric statistical tests
b. Distribution and sampling statistics
c. Descriptive and inferential statistics
d. None of the above
10. Fixed costs and acceleration due to gravity are examples of _________.
a. qualitative c. variables
b. quantitative d. constants
11. This branch of Mathematics is occasionally called inductive reasoning or inductive statistics is called ________.
a. inferential statistics c. parametric statistics
b. descriptive statistics d. nonparametric statistics
12. What source of information is kept by the Philippines Statistics Authority, Securities and Exchange Commission, SSS, and other government and private agencies?
a. Primary source c. tertiary source
b. Secondary source d. data source
13. This refers to any observable characteristics or attributes of a group of objects, individuals ore events is called _________.
a. qualitative c. variables
b. quantitative d. constants
14. Who is that Belgian astronomer and organizer of the 1st International Statistical Congress?
a. Rene Descartes c. Roldan Aylmer Fisher
b. Ronald Aylmer Fisher d. Adolphe Quetelet
15. Which of the following classifies statistics according to levels of data generated?
a. Parametric and nonparametric statistical tests
b. Distribution and sampling statistics
c. Descriptive and inferential statistics
d. None of the above