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Collecting, Organising and Displaying Data

This document discusses the process of collecting, organizing, and displaying data in statistics. It outlines the four main steps: 1) identify the question, 2) collect the data, 3) organize and display the data, and 4) analyze and interpret the data. It also describes different types of data, including qualitative vs. quantitative data and discrete vs. continuous data. Finally, it discusses two methods for collecting data: primary data collected directly from sources like surveys, and secondary data obtained from existing sources.

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Collecting, Organising and Displaying Data

This document discusses the process of collecting, organizing, and displaying data in statistics. It outlines the four main steps: 1) identify the question, 2) collect the data, 3) organize and display the data, and 4) analyze and interpret the data. It also describes different types of data, including qualitative vs. quantitative data and discrete vs. continuous data. Finally, it discusses two methods for collecting data: primary data collected directly from sources like surveys, and secondary data obtained from existing sources.

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CHAPTER – 4

COLLECTING,ORGANISING AND
DISPLAYING DATA
Data
General : Collection of information is called data.
Actual : data is a set of facts, numbers or other information.

Statistics involves a process of collecting data using it to try and


answer a question

The flow diagram shows the four main steps involved in this process
of statistical investigation
1.Identify the question
(problem to be solved)
 Is the question clear and specific

2.Collect the data


 What data will you need ?
 What methods will you use to collect it

3.Organise and display the data


 How will you organize the data to make it easy to work with?
 Can you draw a graph or chart to show the data clearly

4.Analyse and interpret the data


 Can you summarise the data?
 What trends are there in the data?
 What conclusions can you draw from the data
 Does the data raise any new questions?
 Are there any restrictions on drawing conclusions from the given data?
Different types of data
To know about this please answer these two questions
1. What is your favorite colour?
2. How many siblings do you have?
Your answer for first question is name of the colour your answer for second
question will be a number but both name and the number are type of data
1.Qualitative data or Categorical data
It is a non – numerical data, It names (or) describes something without
reference to number (or) size, colours, name of the people, places
Qualitative data is also known as Categorical data
2.Quantitative data or Numerical data
It is a numerical data or Number form It can be amount, measurement, time,
score etc.
Quantitative data is also known as Numerical data
Numerical / Quantitative data can be further divided into two groups
1. Discrete data
2. Continuous data

1. Discrete data
This is data that can only take certain values for example the number of
children in a class, goals scored in a match (or) Red cars passing a point. When
you count things, you are collecting discrete data

2. Continuous data
This is data that could take any value between two given values for example
the height of the person who is between 1.5 m and 1.6 m tall could be 1.5 m,1.57
m,1.5793 m,1.5793421 m or any other value between 1.5 m and 1.6 m,
depending on the degree of accuracy used. Heights, Masses, Distances and
temperatures are all examples of continuous data Methods of collecting data
Methods of collecting data
There are two methods to collect the data
1. Primary data
2. Secondary data
1. Primary data
Data can be collected from primary sources by doing surveys or interviews, by
asking people to complete questionnaires, by doing experiments or by counting
and measuring. Data from primary sources is known as primary data.
2. Secondary data
Data can also be collected from secondary sources. This involves using existing
data to find the information you need. For example, if you use data from an
internet site or even from these pages to help answer a question, to you this is a
secondary source. Data from secondary sources is known as secondary data.

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