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Understanding Statistics and Data Collection

Statistics is a mathematical field focused on data collection, organization, and interpretation to analyze phenomena. Key concepts include population, sample, variables (qualitative and quantitative), data collection, and sampling. Statistical graphs and charts are tools used to visually represent data findings.

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Understanding Statistics and Data Collection

Statistics is a mathematical field focused on data collection, organization, and interpretation to analyze phenomena. Key concepts include population, sample, variables (qualitative and quantitative), data collection, and sampling. Statistical graphs and charts are tools used to visually represent data findings.

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Statistics is a branch of mathematics that deals with collecting, organizing,


and interpreting data to address a certain phenomenon.
Example: Marketing strategists use statistics to see the current market trend
and devise solutions on how companies could sell more of their products.
2. Population is the set of all possible cases from which data are collected.
Example: A study regarding the average height of students in a school requires
the set of all students studying in that school as its population.
3. Sample is a subset of the population under study.
Example: A study regarding the average height of students in a school may
focus only on the sample set of students in a single grade level studying in
that school.
4. Variables are characteristics that vary over time from subject to subject.
Example: Consider a study regarding the influence of social media on students'
preferences in choosing a student leader. In this study, a researcher may
include the number of social media accounts per sample student as one of the
variables. The researcher can also choose the gender of the sample student as
another variable.
5. Qualitative Variable is a type of variable that focuses on the quality or
characteristics of each experimental unit.
Example: Civil Status, Gender, Color, Favorite Movie
6. Quantitative Variable is a type of variable that measures a numerical
quantity on each experimental unit.
Example: Age, Height, Weight, Daily Allowance
7. Data Collection is the process of gathering data such as surveys, interviews,
etc.
8. Sampling is the process of selecting subset of the population.

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