STATISTICS
STATISTICS
and
Basic terms
STATISTICS
- is a branch of Mathematics that
deals with the collection,
organization, presentation,
analysis, and interpretation.
Population - is a complete collection of all elements ( scores,
people) to be studied.
Data
Classify the following!
A. Opinion on a political issue
C. Ages of congressmen
Result from either a finite number of Result from infinely many possible
possible values or countable number values that can be associated with
of possible values as 0, 1, 2, 3 and on. points on a continuous scale in such a
way that there are no gaps or
interruption.
LEVELS OF
MEASUREMENT
Nominal Ordinal Interval Ratio
• Conducting surveys
• Observing the outcomes of events
• Taking measurements in experiments
• Reading statistical publication
EXAMPL
E!
Mrs. Rivera wants to find the number of students in her advisory class who has a birthdays
falling on each of the 12 months. She collects the data in the following manner:
A. Check the date of birth of each student in the class registry.
B. Ask the student to raise their hands if their birthday fall in a certain month.
C. Make a form and ask the student to write their birthdates and return the form to her.
ORGANIZA
TION
OF DATA
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