BASIC MATHEMATICS

STATITICS
NOR ILYANA BT MOHAMED
JUNITA ANAK PATRICK
MAWARDAH BT BASERAH
NUR FARHANA BT MOHD SAFUAN
NURUL IZZA BT MOHAMAD
TYPES OF CHANNEL FREQUENCY RELATIVE PERCENTAGE OF
FREQUENCY FREQUENCY

TV1 2 0.10 10

TV2 3 0.15 15

TV3 9 0.45 45

TV8 2 0.10 10

TV9 4 0.20 20
 PICTOGRAPH
CHANNEL NUMBER OF AUDIENCES

TV1

TV2

TV3

TV8

TV9

Represent 2 no. of audience

 PIE CHART
No of audience

10%
20%

15% TV1
TV2
TV3
10% TV8
TV9

45%
 BAR CHART
10
9
8
7
6 TV1
TV2
5 TV3
4 TV8
TV9
3
2
1
0
TV1 TV2 TV3 TV8 TV9
 ADVANTAGES AND
DISADVANTAGES OF STATISTICS
 AVANTAGES
The main advantages of statistics are:
• they are familiar to library staff and managers
• they can be analysed relatively quickly
• information is collected in a standardised way
• they are usually straightforward to analyse
• they overcome the difficulties of encouraging
participation by users
• they are often required and respected by
decision-makers within the institution and
beyond eg : funders, government
• they support qualitative data obtained from
questionnaires, interviews etc with 'hard facts'
• they are useful for benchmarking purposes.
 DISADVANTAGES
The main disadvantages of statistics are:
• they are not an appropriate method to
understand issues in great depth and identify
ways to solve problems highlighted
• they are not suitable to evaluate user opinions,
needs or satisfaction with services
• it may be time-consuming to arrange methods of
data collection eg: contacting vendors, liaising
with IT departments
• the statistics provided from different sources,
eg : by different vendors, may not be
comparable
• requires technical expertise
• because the field is changing so rapidly,
statistics may not be comparable year-on-year