Statistics
Statistics
Descriptive Statistics – it is the data to provide descriptions of the population, either through
numerical calculations or graphs or tables
Inferential Statistics – it makes inferences and predictions about a population based on a sample
of data taken from the population in question.
Population – broader group of people to whom you intend to generalize the results to your
study; group of phenomena that has something in common
Primary Data – data that is collected by a researcher from first-hand sources, using methods
like survey, interviews, or experiments.
Secondary Data- data gathered from studies, surveys, or experiments that have been run by
other people or other research.
LEVELS OF MEASUREMENT
Quantitative data - to quantify a problem or address the “what” or “how many” aspects of a
research question. It is a data that can either be counted or compared on a numeric scale
Crosstabulation - useful for describing data or two variables since it provides a tabular
summary of data
Frequency - The frequency of a bin summarizes the number of times the value has occurred.
Data Dashboard - Data-visualization tool that illustrates multiple metrics and automatically
updates these metrics as new data become available.
Historgram - a plot that shows the underlying frequency distribution or shape of continuous
data. This allows the inspection of the data for its underlying distribution, outliers, skewness, etc.
Scatter Diagram - A scatter chart is a useful graph for analyzing the relationship between two
variables.