Comprehensive Examination in Descriptive and Inferential Statistics Masters Degree

Programs for MPA, MAPA, MAGC and MLIS

A guidance Counselor conducted an experiment study which examined the effect of a
6-month counseling program on stress coping behavior among teenagers who have been sexually
abused. The teenagers stress levels were measured before and after the counseling program. The
descriptive and inferential analyses of the gathered data yielded the following results.
N
Before
After

25
25

Mean

SD

3.887
3.037

Stress
Level
SRS
MDS

0.603
0.806

DF

Computed Tabulated
Statistic
Statistic

24

-4.60

1.711

P-Value
0.000

N- number of cases, SD-standard deviation, DF-degree of freedom

Weighted mean ranges for the stress level

1.00-1.80 = not stress at all (NSA)
1.81-2.60 = slightly stress (SLS)
2.61-3.40 = moderately stress (MDS)

3.41 4.20 = strongly stress (SRS)

4.21-5.00 = totally stress (TLS)

Task 2. At =0.05, is there enough evidence to show that the counseling program was effective
in lowering the stress level of the sample teenagers at the end of six months? (20pts)
Mr. Alexis a city mayor wanted to find out if educational attainment relates to the local
leadership performance of barangay Chairmen in his jurisdiction. He randomly surveyed 36
barangay Chairmen and the resulting data analysis is shown in the table below.
Variable

Mean

SD

Computed Tabulated P-Value

Statistic
Statistic
Leadership performance 36 83.578
11.192 0.164
0.325
0.339
Educational Attainment 36 89.676
15.756
n = number of sample observation, SD standard deviation,
Task 3. Is there a significant relationship between local leadership performance and educational
attainment among barangay Chairmen at = 0.05? (20 pts)
A research was conducted to determine the life satisfaction of men and women library employees
in selected universities in the Visayas and Mindanao areas. The following table shows the life
satisfaction responses by gender.
Gender Life Satisfaction
Low High Total
Male
5
42
47
Female 8
76
84
Total
13
118
131

Computed
Statistic

Alpha
()

0.042

0.05

Tabulated P-Value
Statistic
3.841

0838

Task 4. Is there a significant relationship between gender and level of life satisfaction among
library employees in the Visayas and Mindanao areas? (20 pts)
The newly appointed Regional Director of the Philippine National Police (PNP) of
Central Visayas was surprised to know that there were more new women than men recruits to the
PNP. The scenario of more women passers sent his curiosity to conduct a research and find out if
gender has influenced on the recent trend of PNP recruitment examination performance. He
randomly chose samples of men and women examination results and the data are shown below.

Male
Female

Mean

SD

DF

Computed Tabulated
Statistic
Statistic

P-Value

62
78

83.73
91.65

18.76
15.29

116

-2.69

0.004

1.977

Task 5. Is there enough evidence to conclude that new PNP women recruits have significantly
higher examination performance than their male counterparts? Test at 0.05 level of significance.
(20pts)