Bicol UniversityGRADUATE SCHOOLLegazpi City

Student: Anthony LorchaProfessor: Dr. Eddie SeeACTIVITY NO. 1TYPES OF VARIABLES

1. Quantitative variablea. Define a quantitative variable Quantitative Variable - a variable based on quantitative data.b. Identify the quantitative variables in the table. The quantitative variables in the table are the age and salary.c. Determine the unit of measure/indicator for each of the quantitative variables. The unit of measure for age: Year The unit of measure for salary: Pesod. Identify the descriptive statistics for the data of each of the identified quantitative variables The average age of employees is 37 and the average amount of their salary is Php 53,550. The oldest age is 50, while the youngest age is 22.

e. Calculate/summarize the identified descriptive statistics, assuming the data are population data.

f. Calculate/summarize the identified descriptive statistics, assuming the data are sample data.

g. What are the calculated parameters?

h. What are the calculated statistics (singular: statistic)?

2. Qualitative variablea. Define a qualitative variable Qualitative Variable - a variable based on categorical data.b. Identify the qualitative variables in the table. The qualitative variables in the table are gender, province and job type.c. Determine the unit of measure/indicator for each of the qualitative variables. The unit of measure for gender: Male and Female The unit of measure for Province: Albay, Sorsogon and Masbate The unit of measure for Job Type: Management, Technical and Clericald. Identify the descriptive statistics for the data of each of the identified qualitative variables The employees are composed of 33% male and 67% female. 50% of employees came from the province of Albay, 33% from Sorsogon and 17% from Masbate 50% of employees are assigned in Management group, 33% are in technical side and 17% are in clerical works.

e. Calculate/summarize the identified descriptive statistics, assuming the data are population data.

f. Calculate/summarize the identified descriptive statistics, assuming the data are sample data.

g. What are the calculated/summarized parameters?

h. What are the calculated/summarized statistics (singular: statistic)?

1. Variable with nominal measurea. Define a nominal measure Nominal measure refers to categorically discrete data such as gender, name of your school, type of car you drive or name of a book.b. Identify the variables with nominal measure in the table. The variables with nominal measure in the table are the gender and job type.c. Determine the unit of measure/indicator for each the identified variables. The unit of measure for gender: Male and Female The unit of measure for Job Type: Management, Technical and Clericald. Provide an equivalent numerical symbol for each of the indicators of the identified variables.

e. Identify the descriptive statistics for the data of each of the identified variables There are 2 Males and 4 females. Majority of the employees are females. There are 3 employees assign in Management, 2 in technical and 1 in clerical job.

f. Calculate/summarize the identified descriptive statistics, assuming the data are population data.

g. Calculate/summarize the identified descriptive statistics, assuming the data are sample data.

h. What are the calculated parameters?

i. What are the calculated statistics (singular: statistic)?

2. Variable with ordinal measurea. Define an ordinal measure Ordinal measure refers to quantities that have a natural ordering. b. Identify the variables with ordinal measure in the table. The variables with ordinal measure in the table are the rank by weight, temperature and salary. c. Determine the unit of measure/indicator for each of the identified variables. The unit of measure for weight: kilogram The unit of measure for temperature: degree centigrade The unit of measure for salary: Pesod. Identify the descriptive statistics for the data of each of the identified variables Ms. Esperanza has the highest weight and temperature. The employee with the highest salary is Ms. Caridad while the employee with the lowest salary is Ms. Corazon.

e. Calculate/summarize the identified descriptive statistics, assuming the data are population data.

f. Calculate/summarize the identified descriptive statistics, assuming the data are sample data.

g. What are the calculated parameters?

h. What are the calculated statistics (singular: statistic)?

3. Variable with interval measurea. Define an interval measure. Interval scales are numerical scales in which intervals have the same interpretation throughout.b. Identify the variables with interval in the table. The variable with interval measure in the table is the temperature.c. Determine the unit of measure/indicator for each of the identified variables. The unit of measure for temperature: degree centigrade.d. Identify the descriptive statistics for the data of each of the identified variables The highest temperature interval among employees is 25. The average temperature of employees is 19.83.

e. Calculate/summarize the identified descriptive statistics, assuming the data are population data.

f. Calculate/summarize the identified descriptive statistics, assuming the data are sample data.

g. What are the calculated parameters?

h. What are the calculated statistics (singular: statistic)?

4. Variable with ratio measurea. Define a ratio measure The ratio scale of measurement is the most informative scale because they tell us about the order; they tell us the exact value between units. The ratio data has a defined zero point.b. Identify the variables with ratio measure in the table. The variables with ratio measure in the table are the weight and salary.c. Determine the unit of measure/indicator for each of the identified variables. The unit of measure for weight: kilogram The unit of measure for salary: Pesod. Identify the descriptive statistics for the data of each of the identified variables Ms. Esperanza is the heaviest employee. The employee with the highest salary is Ms. Caridad while the employee with the lowest salary is Ms. Corazon. 67% (4 out of 6) of the employees have more female than male. The gender ratio of the employees is 1 male to 2 females (1:2)

e. Calculate/summarize the identified descriptive statistics, assuming the data are population data.

f. Calculate/summarize the identified descriptive statistics, assuming the data are sample data.

g. What are the calculated parameters?

h. What are the calculated statistics (singular: statistic)?

1. Variable with continuous measurea. Define a continuous measure Continuous data are numerical data that can theoretically be measured in infinitely small units. b. Identify the variables with continuous measure in the table. The variables with continuous measure in the table are the weight and height.c. Determine the unit of measure/indicator for each the identified variables. The unit of measure for weight: kilogram The unit of measure for height: meterd. Identify the descriptive statistics for the data of each of the identified variables Ms. Esperanza is the heaviest employee. Mr. Yu is the tallest employee.

e. Calculate/summarize the identified descriptive statistics, assuming the data are population data.

f. Calculate/summarize the identified descriptive statistics, assuming the data are sample data.

g. What are the calculated parameters?

h. What are the calculated statistics (singular: statistic)?i. 2. Variable with discontinuous/discrete measurea. Define a discontinuous/discrete measure Discrete data arise from observations that can only take certain numerical values, usually counts such as number of children or number of patients attending a clinic in a year.b. Identify the variables with discontinuous/discrete measure in the table. The variables with discontinuous/discrete measure in the table are the number of cars, number of friends and number of brothers.c. Determine the unit of measure/indicator for each the identified variables. Noned. Identify the descriptive statistics for the data of each of the identified variables Ms. Corazon has the most number of cars. Ms. Esperanza has the most number of friends. Mr. Pedro and Ms. Caridad have the most number of brothers.

e. Calculate/summarize the identified descriptive statistics, assuming the data are population data.

f. Calculate/summarize the identified descriptive statistics, assuming the data are sample data.

g. What are the calculated parameters?

h. What are the calculated statistics (singular: statistic)?