Lesson 1 Definition of Statistics
Lesson 1 Definition of Statistics
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No of Hours/Semester:
80 hours/semester
Core Subject Description:
At the end of the course, the students must know
how to find the mean and variance of a random
variable, to apply sampling techniques and
distributions, to estimate population mean and
proportion, to perform hypothesis testing on
population mean and proportion, and to perform
correlation and regression analyses on real-life
problems.
Lesson 1:
Definition of
Statistics
Lesson 1:
Objective
b. classifying data
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2. Secondary Data
Examples: information from newspaper or journals,
economic indicators. The data being used are collected
by another person or organization.
Different Ways of Classifying
Data
C. According to Arrangement
1. Ungrouped Data
2. Grouped Data
Data
According to Arrangement
1. Ungrouped Data
• are the data without any specific order or
arrangement. They are referred to as raw
data.
2. Grouped Data
• are data arranged or tabulated and presented
in an organized manner.