Documenti di Didattica
Documenti di Professioni
Documenti di Cultura
Data Management
Prepared by:
Asst. Prof. Xandro Alexi A. Nieto, M.Stat., M.Ed.(Math)
for the use of:
Mathematics & Physics Department
University of Santo Tomas
What is Statistics?
“Medical
students may
not like statistics,
but as doctors
they will.”
Martin
Bland
Why do we need to study Statistics?
STATISTICS
i s a n e s t i m a t e o f t h e
PARAMETER .
Variables vs. Constants
while
CONSTANTS are fixed.
In the given scenarios, identify the following:
STATISTICS
i s a n e s t i m a t e o f t h e
PARAMETER .
Data Presentation
Textual
Results are presented in declarative form.
Source: Source:
Gómez, M. (2012). The Academic Use of Social Networks among University Ogunfowora, B., & Drapeau, M. (2008). Comparing counseling and clinical psychology
Students/El uso académico de las redes sociales en universitarios. Comunicar (English practitioners: Similarities and differences on theoretical orientations revisited.
edition), 19(38), 131-138. International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling, 30(2), 93-103.
Data Presentation
Tabular
Results are tables, composed of rows and columns.
Source:
Pierce, R., & Fox, J. (2012). Vodcasts and active-learning exercises in a “flipped
classroom” model of a renal pharmacotherapy module. American journal of
pharmaceutical education, 76(10), 196.
Source:
Branden, E., Wallgren, S., Högberg, H., & Koyi, H. (2014). Computer tomography-
guided core biopsies in a county hospital in Sweden: Complication rate and diagnostic
yield. Annals of thoracic medicine, 9(3), 149.
Data Presentation
Graphical
Results are presented in diagrams
Line Graphs
To observe gaps between categories
per unit of time
To observe trends
Source: https://www.rappler.com/business/1166-ph-economy-under-aquino-slows-down-to-3-7-in-2011
Types of Graphs
Pie Graphs
Source:
http://churchillcoalition.weebly.com/tobacco.html
Types of Graphs
Scatterplots
Statistical Maps
Other graphs
Population Pyramid
Pictogram
Types of Graphs
Other graphs
violinplot
boxplot
Quantitative vs Qualitative variables
Quantitative
are in numerical form
Qualitative
are textual form
Levels of Measurement
Ratio
Quantitative
Interval
Qualitative Ordinal
Nominal
Levels of Measurement
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Gender, Nationality, Eye color 29
END OF UNIT 4.1